about

An alumnus of the Temple University School of Law and the Bronx District Attorney's Office, Ted specializes in entertainment law and litigation, commercial litigation, employment law, and criminal defense.

His book, The Seven Deadly Sins of Legal Writing, is used in law schools and law firms throughout the country. Former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson wrote, “A remarkable and concise roadmap to more effective, intelligible and persuasive legal writing. An invaluable desktop resource.” Legendary trial lawyer Gerry Spence wrote, “Under penalty of disbarment this book should be read and understood by every lawyer, most of whom forget they, and the judges who read their miserable briefs, are human beings.”

 
 

representative matters

For more than three decades, Ted has successfully represented people and businesses.
Ted specializes in entertainment law and litigation, business disputes, and employment law. Representative matters include:

  • Defending lawyers in a rancorous partnership dispute in the Commercial Division of New York’s Supreme Court. Despite the plaintiff’s exorbitant demands, the case was settled with Ted’s clients paying the plaintiff nothing.

  • Defending the host of a TV show against allegations of sexual harassment.
    Again, the case ended with the host paying nothing.

  • Representing an executive in a wrongful termination case.
    To his client’s relief, Ted obtained a multimillion-dollar settlement.

  • Representing an actor in a dispute in which his name and likeness were misappropriated. The unlawful usage was stopped.

  • Successfully defending a talent agency against employment discrimination claims.

  • When representing the bank in Sheihk v. Habib Bank Ltd., Ted obtained a victory for the client when the Court changed New York employment law, finding that citizenship isn’t a “protected classification.”

  • In a hard-fought wrongful termination litigation, Ted obtained summary judgment for the employer. Shabbir v. Pakistan Int’l Airlines, 2008 WL 938427 (E.D.N.Y. April 7, 2008).

  • On behalf of the victim of sexual harassment, Ted obtained a six-figure settlement and the firing of the harasser, an entertainment industry executive.

  • On behalf of a company threatened with a lawsuit by a former employee who alleged disability discrimination, Ted obtained an outright dismissal of the case.

  • Ted secured a client’s acquittal on all felony counts in a case involving crimes arising from the 911 tragedy.

  • Defending a client charged with felony drug offenses, Ted obtained an order suppressing (excluding) the evidence. The District Attorney dropped the case.

  • Ted has helped clients avoid indictment in state and federal matters.