Representative Areas of Practice

Ms. Lesser has successfully mediated and arbitrated a wide range of complex cases. Those cases have included the following areas of practice and industries:

CLASS ACTIONS: nationwide financial services consumer class actions; sex and race discrimination class actions; securities fraud class actions; nationwide wage claim class action against the federal government.

CONSTRUCTION: disputes involving transit systems, communication systems, hotel and office building construction; performance and payment bond disputes, subrogation claims, builders’ risk policy coverage disputes.

EMPLOYMENT: numerous race, sex, ADEA, Equal Pay Act, retaliation, FLSA and Sarbanes Oxley whistleblower claims, both individual and class actions.

ENERGY: multi-million dollar billing overcharge dispute between municipality and energy provider; multiple contract disputes between energy futures trading partners, utilities and vendors.

GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE CONTRACT DISPUTES: contract, partnership and joint venture claims; disputes between government contractors and government entities, and between subcontractors.

INSURANCE COVERAGE: complex multi-party cases involving liability, D&O, surety, life insurance, property and professional liability policy claims.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: copyright and patent cases involving medical devices, real estate, software development, and manufacturing.

LAND USE AND REAL ESTATE: disputes concerning real estate limited partnerships; eminent domain proceedings; community/owner conflicts regarding proposed land uses.

SECURITIES and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: shareholder direct and derivative complaints against corporations; customer complaints against major brokerage houses for securities violations; insider trading and securities fraud claims brought by the SEC; private fraud suits by investors; NASD customer-broker complaints.

TECHNOLOGY: multi-million dollar disputes between major Internet service provider and business partners; software development disputes between developers and licensees.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: joint venture dispute between major telecommunications providers; contract disputes between telecommunications company and municipality.

TORT: wrongful death and personal injury claims; medical, legal and accounting malpractice cases; product liability cases; libel and defamation claims.