About
Welcome – my name is David Rich. I am a business litigation attorney with offices in Manhattan and New Jersey.
I litigate civil, commercial, employment, and securities matters in federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey.
I also arbitrate these before FINRA and other arbitral bodies and litigate appeals.
For civil and commercial matters, I’ve had considerable success in the following areas:
- Breach of contract actions
- Business torts cases
- Bankruptcy and adversary proceedings
- Civil racketeering actions
- Oppressed minority shareholder disputes
- Product liability litigation
- Franchisor-franchisee litigation
- Qui tam actions
- Divorce actions and post-divorce judgment proceedings.
In regards to employment and employee benefits matters, I have been successful in:
- Breach of employment contract actions
- Employment discrimination cases
- Retaliatory discharge actions
- Sexual harassment cases
- Actions for breach of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements
- ERISA actions to recover pension or health benefits
- And employee benefit funds’ actions to recover withdrawal liability payments and delinquent ERISA contributions.
And for securities matters, I have significant experience in:
- Securities fraud cases
- Breach of fiduciary duty actions
- Actions for breach of investment management contracts
- And arbitration proceedings to recover unpaid bonuses
If you need legal assistance with a business litigation or employment related legal matter, don’t hesitate to call me at 212.209.3972 in NY or 201.592.7200 in NJ.

