Kenneth W. Taber

Ken also recently led the Pillsbury team that represented the cities of New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco in their suit against the Department of Defense and the military services. That suit sought to ensure the military services timely reported current and former service members disqualified from gun ownership, and was covered by more than 1,000 broadcast, print and online news outlets. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence honored Pillsbury as its Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year for that work.

Ken also previously led Pillsbury's landmark litigation to stem the flow of illegal out-of-state guns on behalf of the City of New York. The New York Times called that suit then-Mayor Bloomberg’s "most successful tactic … to undermine the illegal gun trade."

• Represented a Fortune 10 company in South Carolina theft of trade secrets litigation against a former business partner seeking to establish a competing business with stolen information.
• Representation of one of the world’s largest real estate brokerage firms in multi-jurisdiction antitrust litigation over residential real estate commission splits with buyer-side brokers. 
• Representation of one of the five largest asset managers in the world in complex technology disputes with vendors.
• Represented Korea's largest financial company, owners of the iconic San Francisco Fairmont hotel, in arbitration trial against the Fairmont brand.
• Represented a life sciences company in Connecticut arbitration proceedings, including 17 days of hearings, and a Federal Court suit, in which former employees sought more than $15 million in change-in-control benefits.
• Defended a leading Japanese trading company against national origin and race discrimination claims brought by multiple members of the client’s U.S.-based human resources team. Opposing counsel in that matter later served as the Brooklyn District Attorney.
• Advised New York City on legal issues pertaining to the city's disaster planning efforts, including analysis of scenarios as varied as pandemics, superstorms, dirty bombs, and chemical attacks.
• Served as Pillsbury's relationship partner in representing a former California governor and several political committees organized by that governor.
• Represented a cord blood stem cell bank in a New Jersey trade secret and confidential information misappropriation action against a former manager who took confidential data to his national sales VP position with a direct competitor.
• Represented electronic security company in New Jersey joint inventorship litigation and Florida patent infringement lawsuit.
• Represented a Bermuda-based reinsurer in multiple arbitrations arising from contested reinsurance agreements and the undisclosed risks claimed to be covered.
• Defended a high-profile boutique hotel group against multiple employment claims, including class actions.
• Represented a modeling agency in widely reported litigation against a top former model who joined a competing agency in breach of her exclusive representation agreement.
• Secured injunctive relief for a technology company to block an Internet smear campaign.
• Served as national trial counsel for a Fortune 500 company in its mass tort product liability litigation.
• Joined with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. on a pro bono basis to successfully represent a class of employees challenging racial discrimination at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

• Honors & Awards
  
  • Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Litigation – Labor and Employment (2020 – 2023)
  • One of only 16 attorneys in New York recommended in The PLC Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook for employment litigation. 
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. in Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes (2017 – 2018)
• Associations
  • Harlem School of the Arts, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Joint Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
  • Phelps Community Foundation, Chair of the Board of Directors