Richard S. Reisberg, Esq. has been a full-time mediator and arbitrator since joining JAMS in 2001. Mr. Reisberg’s practice includes automobile, banking, class action, complex business commercial, employment, entertainment, finance, and intellectual property disputes. Having served as a senior executive in private and public companies for over twenty-five years, Mr. Reisberg has encountered the virtual spectrum of issues that business presents. His reputation for creative solutions to complex problems and unwavering tenacity is the basis for Mr. Reisberg’s high settlement rate.
Representative Matters
Business Commercial
- Various tax shelter claims against accounting firms, banks, law firms, and investment advisors
- Appointed to design and manage the KPMG Class Action
- Dispute between landowner and an oil and gas company regarding lease terms of lease drawn in 1934, drilling rights, and royalties
- Insurance coverage dispute between a group of banks and D & O carrier concerning a credit facility extended to a public company that went into bankruptcy
- Removal of a minority partner that included value of his equity and real property owned by the partnership
- Dissolution of a long-term partnership that included value of the assets and sales incentives
- Dispute between a policyholder and insurance brokers regarding the sale of life insurance policies
- Public policy dispute concerning affordable housing
- Dispute between the franchisee and an international franchisor regarding renewing the franchise and expanding to other stores
- Accountant and attorney malpractice cases
Entertainment
- Numerous entertainment industry cases including agency/client commission issues (and vice versa), profit participation, ownership of intellectual property, distributor/producer (and vice versa), producer and film financier, infomercials, adult film distribution, pay or play, contract disputes among various combinations of parties, i.e., studios, broadcasters, talent, executives, etc.
- Theft of idea claim brought against a television network, studio, and writer that received “created by” credit on a hit television series
- Dispute between intellectual property owner and a company specializing in the production of computer generated cartoons, as well as the licensing and merchandising of those characters
- Dispute between a film production company and its foreign sales agent involving detrimental reliance, breach of contract, and fraud
- Adult film production company claims against several distribution companies that distributed the films and compilations on the internet in breach of their distribution agreements
- Dissolution of Internet music and publishing company involving claims of negligent misrepresentation, fraud, and conversion
- Dispute among partners in a personal management company concerning allocation of fees and profit participations
Banking
- Dispute between a loan company and borrower involving truth in lending, bankruptcy, and public policy
- Dispute between an investor and investment advisor concerning misrepresenting the valuation of securities
- Shareholder/company dispute related to performance, reliance on efficacy of forecasts, and representations
Automotive
- Numerous cases between automobile dealerships and factories concerning relocation, allocation of vehicles, purchase of parts, transfer of equity
- Disputes involving purchase of multiple dealerships by a single buyer/dealer principal
- Disputes regarding dealership performance issues
- Disputes concerning dealership relocation and remodeling of dealerships
- Song-Beverly (Lemon Law) cases involving cars valued in six figures
- Renewal of franchise disputes
- Dispute concerning a competing dealership established by the factory within the ten-mile radius
Employment
- Various employment cases that include wage-and-hour disputes, sexual harassment, abusive behavior by a manager, physical abuse by co-worker, wrongful termination based on ethnicity, age, race, gender, etc.
- Facilitated negotiation of a multi-million dollar contract between President, Chief Executive Officer, and the company
- Dispute involving an assertion by an employee that acceptance of employment was fraudulently induced by unfulfilled promises by the company
- Claim by a city employee of racial discrimination, personal injury, and assault who nevertheless sought to remain employed by the city
- Mediation that took place between a jury verdict and post-trial conference to reduce an eight-figure wrongful termination award to avoid bankruptcy of the defendant
- Breach of an employment contract by a high-cap, China-based metal company and six U.S.-based employees