Michael Starr practices in all areas of employment and labor relations law. He represents management in court, before the NLRB and in other agency proceedings, as well as in arbitration, mediation, and collective bargaining. Mr. Starr advises clients on preventive labor and employee relations practices and is nationally recognized in sexual harassment, employment discrimination, non-competition and employee disloyalty litigation, and international employment law.
Mr. Starr's experience encompasses litigation in state and federal courts, including in the U.S. courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to defending employers in employment discrimination, breach of contract and other matters, his experience involves obtaining labor injunctions and the defense of employers in class action lawsuits, alleged employment discriminations, or wage-law violations.
His clients are engaged in a broad range of industries. He has represented companies engaged in hospitality, communications, media, publishing, and management consulting, as well as in retail, manufacturing and construction.
Before entering private practice, Michael served as a law clerk to The Honorable Abner J Mikva, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Starr is frequently published on employment issues, is the regular employment law columnist for The National Law Journal and was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
His extensive additional activities include being a member of the Pro Bono Panel for civil appeals of the U.S. Court for the Second Circuit and a mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was also a founding board member and member of the Board of Directors of the Court Appointment Special Advocates (CASA), a Board member of the Lawyers Alliance for New York, a member of the Board of Arbitrators with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and of the Human Resources Committee for the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce.
Representative Experience
Ongoing advice and litigation in both employment and labor-relations matters for Fox Television Stations, the New York Post and other companies affiliated with News Corporation.
Representing global hotel-and-resort company in arbitrations involving employment disputes with its most senior corporate executives.
Obtaining judgment against a company that wrongfully recruited the senior employees of an international management consulting firm to launch a "copy-cat" version of that firm's distinctive corporate finance consulting practice.
Obtaining a court-ordered injunction against the New York Newspaper Pressmen's Union to halt surreptitious workplace disruptions that interfered with the timely printing and distribution of the New York Post.
Obtaining on behalf of a global investment bank a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a completing global bank and eleven of its former employees who had defected en masse to the competitor and removed confidential proprietary documents.