Mark Lerner, Esq.

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Mark is a preeminent trial lawyer and employment attorney who draws on his prosecutorial background to lead cases and counsel clients on complex employment issues. His practice also encompasses conducting major internal investigations for clients and negotiating resolutions of disputes with regulatory agencies. Mark represents clients across a range of industries, including private equity, financial services, hedge funds, real estate, health care, energy, media, and apparel, among others. 

Along with providing strategic guidance on employment law and high-stakes disputes, Mark first-chairs cases in federal and state courts and in arbitration nationally involving a broad spectrum of employment issues. His extensive courtroom success and experience as a federal prosecutor enable him to regularly achieve favorable early resolutions for his clients. He handles matters involving executive compensation disputes (including among private equity partners), non-competition agreements, employee raiding and lift-outs, discrimination claims, harassment claims, theft of company information, terminations, layoffs, and wage and hour actions.

Prior to joining Mintz, Mark was chair of the Employment Practices and Litigation group at a national litigation law firm. Under his leadership, his department was recognized as New York’s top employment litigation practice group by the New York Law Journal. Earlier he spent more than seven years as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York. Mark has received extensive individual accolades for his work, including from Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation, Lawdragon, Legal 500 United States, the National Law Journal, and Law360.

While earning his JD, Mark served on the Stanford Law Review.