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Ariel P. Cannon

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acannon@dpklaw.com

Phone: (212) 943-9000 x 128

Fax: (212) 943-4325

 

Ariel Cannon is a first chair trial lawyer who successfully represents companies and individuals, from many different industries, in trials and arbitrations. She also represents corporate boards and board committees in board and regulatory investigations, and counsels companies on compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations.
 
Ariel is well known for her expertise in employment matters, which are a significant part of her practice. She represents parties involved in disputes concerning non-competes and non-solicits, theft of trade secrets, misappropriation of confidential information, and executive compensation. She also investigates and defends many different claims of employment discrimination and other unlawful employment practices.

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Ariel’s litigation practice often involves complex contractual issues. For example, she recently conducted a state court jury trial concerning claims for breach of contract involving an eight-figure insurance dispute. She counsels companies on contractual issues in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, technology, and financial services.
 
Ariel began her legal career at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. During her years at Paul, Weiss, Ariel worked on several high-profile matters, including representation of a financial services company in litigation concerning mutual funds and a financial services employer in class action employment discrimination lawsuit.
 

Representative Matters:

  • Represented a securities company in an employment suit involving digital assets, termination of a marketing agreement, and breach of contract, in which she successfully achieved dismissal of all claims. 

  • Represented a demand committee of a board of directors in connection with a demand by shareholders that the company sue current and former board members and executives for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, violations of federal securities laws, and other violations of law. DPK and the demand committee ultimately issued a report and presented the demand committee’s findings and recommendations to the board of directors. The board accepted those recommendations and rejected the shareholders’ demand.

  • Conducted an investigation into allegations of improper use of company entertainment resources arising out of a whistleblower complaint. DPK provided follow up advice and recommendations to a new team that redesigned the process for access to entertainment events.

  • J.D. cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

  • A.B. New College

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