Robert D. Kraus
Robert Kraus is a founding and managing partner of Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP. He has broad and extensive experience representing executives and professionals in all areas of employment law. Mr. Kraus regularly counsels the most senior executive and other top management from scores of major U.S. and multinational corporations, as well as other highly compensated individuals in a wide range of industries.
Mr. Kraus regularly litigates a wide variety of executive employment disputes, including whistleblower, bonus and other executive compensation, non-compete/non-solicit, ERISA, Title VII and ADEA and claw back claims. Recent notable victories include substantial monetary awards on behalf of: a former insurance company executive who asserted a whistleblower claim under Sarbanes-Oxley; the president of a multi-billion dollar radio station owner/operator who had been constructively terminated following a change-in-control; the former CFO of a large diversified multi-national company who had his lump sum retirement benefits improperly valued after his resignation; and, a CDO trader at a major financial services firm who was denied performance based bonus compensation following a year-end termination.
Mr. Kraus regularly lectures before various bar association and trade groups on a number of employment law topics, including a widely attended and prestigious annual conference on employment law issues in the financial services industry. Topics that Mr. Kraus has lectured on include executive pay, whistleblower protections, the Dodd-Frank Act, claw back policies, non-compete and other restrictive covenants, executive employment contracts, arbitration, FINRA procedures, privacy issues, and damages in employment law disputes.
Mr. Kraus is active in several major bar associations, including the American Bar Association, where he is a member of the Employees Rights and Responsibilities Subcommittee and co-chair of its Privacy Committee, the New York State Bar Association, where he is active in the Section on Labor and Employment Law, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where he is an active member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Committee. Mr. Kraus earned his undergraduate degree with Honors from the University of Michigan, and received his law degree from Georgetown University School of Law.
Copies of recent notable victories obtained for Mr. Kraus’s clients are available by clicking on the links below.
Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Claim Award
President of Radio Station Constructive Termination Award
CFO Retirement Benefits Dispute Award