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David T. Harmon focuses his practice on the areas of executive compensation, employment and business law, including representation of institutions of higher education. He is the Co-Chair of the firm’s Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group. He represents senior-level employees of both public and private companies in the negotiation of their employment packages and all associated agreements, whether at the commencement of the employment relationship or at termination. His successful negotiation of employment and severance packages for clients includes addressing all aspects of employment and post-employment compensation, respectively, and structures and strategies for those packages. His representation also includes providing advice and counsel to employers in the negotiation of employment and severance packages with their employees, and the design of compliance programs, including employee policy manuals, and counseling and training concerning implementation of those policies.
David represents institutions of higher education through extensive work as their outside general counsel. His work for these clients involves contract preparation and negotiation for licensing, grants, consulting, construction, real estate, and general corporate matters, including the design of strategies to maximize collections and coordination of department practices, procedures, and documentation relating to these strategies. He also represents small and medium-sized companies in all of their general corporate and transactional matters.
David is a member of the Board of Directors of the Wall Street Technology Association, and he is a member of the Business Law and Labor & Employment Sections of the New York State and American Bar Associations. He has published many articles and frequently speaks on various legal topics. David recently co-authored a chapter entitled Perspectives for Management and Executives on Structuring and Negotiating the Package: It’s Not Just About the Dollars for a soon-to-be-released book entitled Inside the Minds: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Plans for Aspatore Books, a Thomson Business Publisher. | 