Megan Dubatowka represents individuals and companies in commercial and employment litigations, arbitrations and mediations, and in business and contractual matters.
Individuals often turn to Ms. Dubatowka at critical moments to confront career-threatening crises. She has successfully represented employers and employees in a full range of employment matters, including contract negotiations, discrimination claims, class action wage and hour claims, compensation disputes, terminations, whistleblower complaints, and disputes regarding restrictive covenants. She also has extensive experience conducting investigations and drafting independent reports concerning sexual harassment allegations and whistleblower complaints brought against companies. She likewise strategically counsels individual employees navigating workplace investigations that threaten their reputation and livelihood. Ms. Dubatowka enjoys mentoring junior lawyers and oversees the firm’s legal internship program. She is dedicated to providing pro bono representation and regularly participates in the Southern District of New York’s pro bono litigation program.
Notable Matters
Ms. Dubatowka’s noteworthy matters include:
i) winning, with Kim Michael, a JAMS arbitration securing an award of over $2.7 million for breach of contract, quantum meruit, and violation of the New York Labor Law arising out of an employer’s improper withholding of former investment banker’s earned bonus;
ii) member of team winning over $2.2 million in a FINRA arbitration for a former leveraged finance executive at a global investment bank whose deferred compensation was wrongfully withheld;
iii) representing, with Jonathan Harris, a cannabis testing lab, its officers, directors, and shareholders in a multi-jurisdiction litigation against its former CEO. Following a successful JAMS arbitration, the former CEO voluntarily dismissed a 13-count derivative complaint filed against the company and over 50 stakeholder defendants. After the CEO sought indemnification in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Ms. Dubatowka negotiated a favorable settlement for a fraction of the alleged damages;
iv) member of team achieving favorable settlement on behalf of an entrepreneur against the real estate brokerage company Compass in a multi-year litigation resulting in Compass recognizing the client as a founding team member and publicly reporting a $21 million legal charge; and
v) achieving, with others, a $3.9 million settlement against Wells Fargo on behalf of a class of financial advisors.
Education
Ms. Dubatowka graduated from the Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations in 2008 and received her law degree cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2013.
Admissions
Ms. Dubatowka is admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Updated Sep 2024
