Aviva Grumet-Morris
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Aviva focuses her practice on labor and employment matters, including litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. She represents clients in complex employment disputes, with an emphasis on employment and employee benefits litigation. Aviva strives to provide clients with practical, timely advice in connection with their employment law needs.
Key Matters
- Represented a multinational company in an action brought by its former employee alleging breach of contract relating to unpaid bonus compensation.
- Represented medical device company in a trade secret misappropriation case against a former high level of employee, obtaining a temporary restraining order for our client on the same day that the action was filed.
- Represented a medical device company in obtaining emergency injunctive relief in state court following the departure of senior employee suspected of misappropriating trade secrets.
- Represented a former fiduciary in federal lawsuit alleging violations of ERISA in connection with a 401(k) plan.
- Represented a company in successful state court appeal of denial of motion to compel arbitration.
- Represented a medical device manufacturer in a case brought in federal court by a former employee alleging retaliation under the federal and a state False Claims Act. The court granted our motion for summary judgment, resulting in complete dismissal of all claims.
- Represented a company in a federal action against a former employee for trade secret misappropriation and violations of state law. After the court issued a temporary restraining order, we ultimately obtained a judgment against the defendant and later prevailed in the appeal to the Seventh Circuit.
- Represented a company in a complaint filed in by a former employee asserting claims for discrimination under Title VII and common law conversion stemming from the employee’s termination of employment. We succeeded in obtaining dismissal of the complaint against our client.
- Represented a company in a federal putative class action brought by retirees alleging the termination of retiree health benefits violated ERISA. After significant discovery, we briefed the motion for class certification and ultimately the Court denied certification.
- Represented a company in a lawsuit brought by third party provider asserting claims under ERISA for denial of benefits and various state law theories. The court granted our motion to dismiss the ERISA claim on the basis of standing and the state law claims were dismissed for lack of federal jurisdiction.