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education
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Williams College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
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Georgetown University, J.D.
Senior Editor, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics
Managing Director, Barristers' Council
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New York
recent Articles
Choosing Between An SEC Receivership And Bankruptcy — Law360, March 11, 2021
In ‘Liu v. SEC’, Disgorgement Survives, But With Conditions — New York Law Journal, July 28, 2020
A Proposal For Efficient Post-Pandemic Justice in New York – Law360, April 26, 2020
joseph gallagher
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Joseph Gallagher is a commercial and employment litigator and counsellor, who combines thoughtful and aggressive advocacy with a practical approach to representing clients. His goal in every engagement is the same: understanding what his client needs and developing an effective path to getting there. He represents individual, partnership and corporate clients in state and federal courts, arbitrations, mediations, and in employment negotiations and separations.
“Joseph Gallagher and Harris St. Laurent helped me through an incredibly difficult settlement negotiation when I chose to end my business partnership. Joe . . . oversaw the mediation process and prepared the final term sheet and settlement agreement. This was an arduous process, but working with Joe and the Harris St. Laurent team made it much easier.”
Some of his recent engagements include:
Negotiating numerous employment and separation agreements for financial services professionals, senior executives, and startup founders.
Lead counsel for technology company defending against fiduciary duty, fraud, and contract claims brought against it and its founders by a foreign investor in New York State court.
Representing a well-known activist investor in arbitration against his former business partner over significant breakup payments.
Prosecuting an arbitration against BuzzFeed on behalf of dozens of former employees wrongly prevented from trading their company stock at its recent IPO. This has been covered nationwide, including in The New York Times, Axios, and Bloomberg News.
Advising boutique investment bank in arbitration against former client in a fee dispute over multi-million dollar transaction.
Defending a premier e-sports company in a breach of contract litigation over a purported “finder’s fee” demanded in connection with a financing transaction. Mr. Gallagher also has extensive experience with securities litigation, class actions, and whistleblower matters.
“I highly recommend Joe Gallagher and Andrew St. Laurent. I engaged them to handle a fast-paced Second Circuit appeal... Joe and Andrew brought their significant appellate expertise to bear in preparing a compelling presentation – both in the briefing and in Joe’s persuasive argument to the Second Circuit. Both were incredibly responsive and worked collaboratively with in-house and external counsel for the client, and achieved excellent results...”
Prior to joining Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, Mr. Gallagher practiced at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP. He received his BA, magna cum laude, from Williams College, and his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.