Jay R. McDaniel

JAY R. McDANIEL (Partner) is an experienced business litigator and counselor, who focuses his practice on fiduciary litigation, including business divorce, corporate governance, probate and estate litigation, restrictive covenant,  trade secret and intellectual property disputes .He has represents publicly and privately-held companies and individuals  His representations have encompassed a range of industries, from Internet startups to established businesses in construction, entertainment, information technology, personal care, import, distribution, banking and construction.

Jay has focused on corporate governance disputes involving closely held corporation, often referred to as business divorce, since the mid-1990s. He has counseled businesses and their principal owners through complex business divorces in a broad range of industries and professions. These include both litigated and negotiated breakups of closely held corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Jay writes regularly on business divorce and is the editor and principal author of the Business Divorce Law Report (www.thebusinessdivorcelawyer.com)

Jay also represents parties in estate administration and fiduciary litigation involving contested estate, probate and trust matters.  He counsels clients on a variety of corporate and intellectual property matters as well as trademarks, copyrioghts and trade secrets.