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David M. Wissert

Partner
General Counsel
Chair, Employment

New York / New Jersey
T: +1 646.414.6912 F: +1 973.597.2561 dwissert@lowenstein.com
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With a distinguished career spanning three decades, David Wissert is a partner and the General Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler. David plays a critical role in managing the firm’s legal matters, as well as chairing the firm’s Employment practice. David spends a substantial amount of time providing ethical guidance and professional-responsibility advice to the firm’s lawyers and clients. He is also responsible for risk management, corporate governance, and internal policies and procedures. David is valued by internal and external clients for his counsel on ensuring compliance under federal and state laws, as well as for his creative strategies in solving complex problems to help them achieve their business goals. 

  • Successfully defended a client and its portfolio company in an AAA arbitration against claims by the company's former CEO that the board of the portfolio company did not have "cause" to terminate his employment, as defined by his employment agreement, and that he was therefore entitled to certain compensation and benefits amounting to several million dollars upon termination.
  • Conducted a sensitive internal investigation of discrimination allegations made against a high-level human resources executive at a Fortune 200 company. Conducted the investigation at the request of the general counsel and reported findings directly to the client's chief executive officer.
  • Represented the New Jersey Defense Association as amicus in the case of Maw v. Advanced Clinical, in which the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed that terminating an employee who refuses to sign a noncompete agreement does not constitute a violation of the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, reversing the New Jersey Appellate Division's decision and creating new law in this area.

 

  • Conducted a sensitive internal investigation of discrimination allegations made against a high-level human resources executive at a Fortune 200 company. Conducted the investigation at the request of the general counsel and reported findings directly to the client's chief executive officer.
  • Successfully defended a client and its portfolio company in an AAA arbitration against claims by the company's former CEO that the board of the portfolio company did not have "cause" to terminate his employment, as defined by his employment agreement, and that he was therefore entitled to certain compensation and benefits amounting to several million dollars upon termination.
  • Represented the New Jersey Defense Association as amicus in the case of Maw v. Advanced Clinical, in which the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed that terminating an employee who refuses to sign a noncompete agreement does not constitute a violation of the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, reversing the New Jersey Appellate Division's decision and creating new law in this area.

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Education

  • University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1994)

    University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1991), American History, with Distinction; cum laude

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
    • Member, Litigation and Labor & Employment Law Sections
  • Defense Research Institute
    • Member, Employment Law Committee
  • New Jersey Defense Association
    • Member, Employment Law Committee
  • Community Hope, Inc.
    • Board Member
  • Essex County Court Appointed Special Advocates
    • Member, Board of Trustees

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  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania

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