F. Michael Ostrander

Areas of Practice:

Business Litigation
Employment & Non-Competition Agreements
Appellate Litigation
Employment and Labor Litigation
Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy
Insurance Coverage & Risk Management
Insurance Defense
Medical Malpractice
Special Investigations

Education:

University of Buffalo Law School, J.D.
State University of New York College at Geneseo, B.A.

Phone:

585-987-2816

Fax:

585-987-2916

Email:

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At a Glance:

Representative Matters:

• Assisted in the representation of a local business in a dispute with a former employee regarding the employee's right to payments of shares of stock under his agreement with the business' predecessor-in-interest.

• Assisted in the representation of a former employee and business owner with his former employer regarding the rights to his invention.

• Assisted in the representation of a former employee regarding his rights to practice his profession in the Rochester area under his employment agreement and restrictive covenants with his previous employer.

• Assisted in the representation of the purchaser of a business and employer in a dispute with the seller and former employee regarding compliance with the restrictive covenants in the sale and employment agreements.

• Assisted in the representation of an employer in a dispute with a former employee regarding misappropriation of confidential information, theft of trade secrets, and unfair competition.

• Assisted in the representation of a commercial property owner in obtaining a declaration that a binding contract had not been created and extinguishing an improperly filed notice of pendency so as to permit  the owner to consummate the sale of that property to a third-party.

• Assisted in the representation of a partner in the dissolution of a partnership for the practice of medicine regarding breaches of fiduciary duty and the usurpation of partnership opportunities.

Community Involvement:

Mr. Ostrander is the Secretary of the Irondequoit Democratic Committee.

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