Kelly D. Schneid is an associate with the firm concentrating her practice on employment matters and commercial litigation. Ms. Schneid’s employment practice focuses on helping businesses develop best practices, keeping in mind well-settled requirements, new laws, agency interpretations of these new laws, and judicial precedent, all of which impact employer-employee relations. She has extensive experience drafting employment contracts, preparing severance agreements, and counseling clients on discrete issues involving workplace discrimination, harassment, restrictive covenants, and termination. She has overseen employment matters at all stages of a dispute including exploring pre-litigation resolutions, aggressively pursuing litigation, and negotiating settlements.

Ms. Schneid’s commercial litigation practice focuses on contract disputes and business torts. Ms. Schneid works with small and large companies alike to ensure that they have business structures and contracts in place that are compliant with applicable laws and limit risk exposure. She has litigated in state court, federal court, and arbitral forums. She has experience in all stages of the litigation process including commencing actions, seeking emergency judicial intervention, engaging in discovery, preparing substantive and procedural motions, and drafting settlement agreements. She also has substantial appellate experience briefing complex, novel issues and arguing motions to secure interim relief.

Education

Brooklyn Law School, J.D.
Executive Board Member, Moot Court Honor Society
Associate Managing Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Northwestern University, B.A.

Admissions

Ms. Schneid is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.  She is also admitted to practice in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Published Articles

Co-Author, “Chefs and Hotels Unite,” Leisure and Hospitality International, January 2016

Co-Author,”4 Strategies to Legally Protect an Expanding Brand,” Restaurant Hospitality, September 2015

Co-Author,”Representing Purchasers and Renters in New York Real Estate Transactions and Litigation,” Inside the Minds: Representing Consumers in New York Real Estate Transactions, December 2014

Co-Author,”Responding to Recent Trends in the Leisure and Hospitality Industry,” Inside the Minds: Navigating the Complexities of Leisure and Hospitality Law, August 2014

Co-Author,”See and Be Seen: Triumphs and Pitfalls of Celebrity-Run Restaurants,” Leisure and Hospitality International, Summer 2014

Recognitions

2018-New York Super Lawyers®- Rising Star
2017-New York Super Lawyers®- Rising Star