Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, LLP 
Harvey Weinstein has hired attorney Patricia Glaser to wage a legal fight with the Weinstein Co. board.Weinstein was fired for cause on Sunday, three days after the New York Times' bombshell report on decades of sexual harassment allegations against him. The board concluded that Weinstein had violated the company's code of ethics, allegedly by trying to intimidate employees into not cooperating with an independent investigation. Weinstein denies that allegation.Weinstein, who signed a three-year contract in 2015, has alleged that the...
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, LLP
Patricia
Glaser
Partner / Chair, Litigation
Glaser has worked for and against a long list of studios, public figures and Fortune 500 companies, frequently litigating highly confidential employment matters, which have become more numerous in the post-#MeToo era. In recent months, she has been in the news for successfully representing ICM Partners and agent Rob Prinz in their pursuit of more than $10 million in commissions owed by Celine Dion, obtaining a temporary restraining order for actor Joel Kinnaman (“The Suicide Squad”) against a model accusing him of rape and being enlisted to handle Ron Meyer’s dispute with former employer NBCUniversal. Glaser serves as the de facto general counsel for Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment and is involved in litigation arising from purchase of the Weinstein Company.
