Navigate conflict. Protect your position.
Strategic counsel for founders, investors, and executive teams navigating brand crises, contract disputes, and intellectual property conflict.
Strategic counsel for founders, investors, and executive teams navigating brand crises, contract disputes, and intellectual property conflict.
Conflict Containment
Direct support for founders and executives in commercial disputes. We help you control risk and protect your position in sensitive matters.
Filed Apr 2025. Commercial dispute. Delaware jurisdiction.Leverage maintained. Opposition withdrew under pressure.
IP Positioning
Proactive strategies to secure your brand and assets. We guide pre-litigation positioning and reputation protection.
Pre-litigation strategy to secure brand and assets. Reputation defense, takedown coordination, and positioning for enforcement.Cited in IP enforcement brief. Resulted in reinstatement + compliance.
Pre-Litigation Strategy
Gain clarity and leverage before escalation. We advise on complex disputes requiring discretion and precision.
Strategic memo delivered. Founder dispute—early alignment achieved.Position clarified ahead of escalation. Board termination prevented.Timestamped: Q2, 2025.
Executive Advisory
Confidential support for leaders facing high-risk decisions. Navigate complexity with confidence.
Statement prepared. Shared with board.Language engineered for exposure, not silence. Used in investor call and press briefing.
No guesswork, no legal theater, just high-trust strategy for volatile moments.
Partner, Executive Advisory
David Halberstam leads complex executive engagements involving investor friction, regulatory pressure, and reputational volatility. Known for his composed presence and precise language under scrutiny, David’s statements have been cited in press briefings, board transcripts, and regulatory disclosures.
Founding Partner, Strategic Disputes
C. Yvonne Grey leads Grey | Lasker LLP’s strategic dispute practice. With a background in corporate litigation and board advisory, she specializes in early-stage positioning and executive conflict strategy.
Counsel, Founder Advisory
J. Malik Benton is the go-to for founders navigating internal friction, leadership transition, or board-level conflict. His early interventions have aligned stakeholder positions and de-escalated pre-litigation risks with precision.
Partner, Intellectual Property & Enforcement
Trademark sniper. Defended brands from dilution, and enforced 100+ takedowns. Former in-house at a Fortune 100.
Counsel, Compliance & Regulatory Defense
Ex-DOJ. Handles subpoenas like love letters. Known for briefings that prevent panic and preempt overreach.
Associate, Complex Commercial Disputes
Young, sharp, terrifyingly organized. Handles fact patterns no one else will touch.
Insights & Updates
Apr 2025DisputeJurisdiction: DelawareResult: Opposition dissolved. Internal board realigned.
Q1 2025Jurisdiction: Federal
Result: Infringing content removed. Client reinstated.
Jurisdiction: Confidential
Result: Stakeholder tensions diffused. Transition completed with no external filings.
Jurisdiction: Internal Review + Federal CoordinationResult: Threat neutralized pre-discovery. Voluntary return of digital assets. No filings initiated.
Clear guidance on disputes, brand risk, and strategy.
A structured process for confronting commercial disputes. We clarify leverage, pressure points, and sequence of action.
We prepare counterpositioning frameworks. If needed, we escalate with supporting narrative, documentation, and coordination across legal teams.
Operators, investors, or board members seeking immediate action on disputes, founder fallout, or IP misuse.
No. We do not represent clients in court. We inform and support litigation, often preemptively. Engagements include legal review when necessary.