Harris, St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP is a premier boutique law firm renowned for its elite litigation, strategic advisory services, and unwavering commitment to client success. We represent clients in the full spectrum of employment matters; criminal, regulatory and internal investigations; and commercial litigation and arbitration.
The firm has earned national recognition for its excellence and has been shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation for National Labor & Employment Firm of the Year in 2024-2026, with six partners recognized as Litigation Stars, and two recognized as Future Stars.
Small by design, the firm was founded in 2009 with a singular end in mind: to deliver results for our clients in an open and modern manner. Harris, St. Laurent & Wechsler is not just a law firm—it’s a trusted partner in navigating complex legal challenges with precision, integrity, and unmatched expertise. We live for this and are prepared for whatever challenges our clients encounter.
Employment
HSW has a first-tier national employment practice, and is best known for representing individual founders, partners, C-suite executives, top producers, and practice leaders. In addition, the firm has a meaningful roster of company clients. Our practice includes litigation and arbitration, negotiation of employment agreements and separations, discreetly handling internal investigations, co-founder disputes, restrictive covenant disputes, and employment counseling. HSW is also known for its high-profile successes in FINRA arbitrations, having secured two of the six largest-ever FINRA awards. We advise clients on hundreds of millions of dollars of agreements, separations and disputes annually, and represent clients across a broad range of industries, including financial services, technology, real estate, media, health, travel, fashion, law, and entertainment.
White Collar
HSW’s White Collar department defends individuals and companies charged in sophisticated federal criminal, state and other governmental and internal investigations, typically involving financial crimes, public corruption or national security. We represent clients in cases and investigations brought by U.S. Attorney's offices, the SEC, the US Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve, and state and local prosecutors, among other agencies. These matters span a wide range of allegations, including insider trading, criminal antitrust, public corruption, crypto and NFTs related conduct, asset forfeiture, and other investigations. Because of our firm's elite Employment Practice, we also specialize in representing senior executives in connection with internal, regulatory, and criminal investigations stemming from their employment.
Civil Litigation and Arbitration
HSW leverages its proven skill and reputation as a first-seat trial firm to achieve results — through trial or resolution—for plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation and arbitration, including employment matters, founder’s disputes, breach of contract and business torts, securities and intellectual property cases. The firm specializes in matters demanding a high level of financial and commercial know-how. HSW tries cases in state and federal court, and in all major arbitral forums.
Updated Oct 2025
