Steve Eckhaus, head of McDermott’s New York Employee Benefits, Compensation, Labor and Employment Group, concentrates his practice in executive compensation, employment law and related litigation. Steve has earned a national reputation for representing decision makers in financial services, technology, media, real estate, education and sports, for whom he has used his “sharp end of the pencil” method to negotiate more than $6 billion in pay.

Equally adept in the courtroom as around the negotiating table, Steve has successfully litigated matters involving trade secrets, confidentiality and inventions agreements, restrictive covenants, fiduciary duties, contracts, Title VII, ERISA, securities, RICO, trusts and estates and criminal allegations.