Hannah Brooks
Partner · New York
§ 01Overview
Hannah Brooks represents employers in employment litigation, arbitration and agency proceedings, and advises boards on sensitive workplace investigations and executive matters.
She has tried discrimination, whistleblower and restrictive-covenant cases to verdict in state and federal courts.
§ 02Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Defending Hawley Finch in a securities class action
Representing a consumer company and its directors in a putative class action following a restatement.
Litigation & Trials
Restructured the workforce of a national retailer after a store closure programme
Advised on collective consultation, redundancy terms and related tribunal claims across 60 stores.
Employment
Obtained dismissal of restrictive-covenant claims against a team of portfolio managers
Defended a hedge fund and six new hires in expedited proceedings brought by their former employer.
Employment · Litigation & Trials
§ 03Credentials
Credentials
- Bar admissions
- New York
- Connecticut
- Education
- Calder University School of Law, J.D., 2005
- Northfield College, B.A., English, 2001
- Languages
- English
§ 04Insights
Insights by Hannah
Team moves: what employers can do before, during and after
When a group of employees leaves for a competitor, the first seventy-two hours matter most.