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.
Notable Matters:
Ms. Dubatowka’s noteworthy matters include:
- winning, with Kim Michael, a 2022 JAMS arbitration 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 a former employee’s earned bonus;
- winning, with Kim Michael, 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;
- representing, with Jonathan Harris, a cannabis testing lab, its officers and directors, and shareholders in 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;
- achieving, with Jonathan Harris, favorable settlement on behalf of an entrepreneur against real estate brokerage Compass in multi-year litigation resulting in Compass recognizing the client as a founding team member and publicly reporting a $21 million legal charge;
- 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 2023
