Mr. Ehrenberg also represents a named individual defendant in a complex international business and reputational-tort action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs—a United Kingdom investment company and its owner, an international entrepreneur with business interests in Europe and Central Asia—allege that the defendants directed false communications to Uzbek government officials and participated in an international media campaign intended to damage the plaintiffs’ reputations and business interests. The litigation involves claims of defamation and related business torts, disputed communications spanning several countries, and jurisdictional and third-party discovery concerning the individuals and entities allegedly involved in the claimed media campaign.

In addition, Mr. Ehrenberg represents a corporate defendant and associated individual defendants in a federal employment discrimination action pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He also represents corporate defendants in other federal employment matters, a corporate plaintiff asserting civil RICO, contract, and tort claims, and the lead defendant in a federal criminal prosecution in Maine in which the Department of Justice charged a licensed medical-cannabis cultivator and distributor with conspiracy to violate the Controlled Substances Act.

Mr. Ehrenberg’s recent litigation experience includes the successful representation of a company during a four-day bench trial involving alleged violations of noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements; the successful representation of a plaintiff during a seven-day jury trial involving complex medical-malpractice claims; and the successful defense of multiple plan fiduciaries, a plan sponsor, and a cash-balance pension plan in an ERISA fiduciary-duty action in which all claims against all defendants were dismissed following a six-day trial.

Mr. Ehrenberg has also successfully defended four military service members facing sexual-assault charges before military tribunals, including in the high-profile United States Naval Academy football court-martial. He has been widely quoted on military-justice matters in publications including The Washington Post and The New York Times and has appeared on programs including the CBS Morning News to discuss the military’s handling of sexual-assault cases.

Mr. Ehrenberg has extensive appellate experience. He has handled higher education, ERISA, employment, civil RICO, and other complex civil matters before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Ninth, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits.

A former Am Law attorney, Mr. Ehrenberg regularly counsels clients regarding issues arising under a wide range of federal and state employment statutes and regulations. He assists employers in drafting position statements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies; conducts internal investigations; and provides day-to-day employment and labor-law advice. He also routinely represents clients before federal and state administrative agencies.

Mr. Ehrenberg has substantial experience in all areas of ERISA and employee-benefits law. He advises plan sponsors, participants, administrators, service providers, and fiduciaries regarding plan administration, fiduciary responsibilities, benefits claims, and related litigation.

As part of his higher education practice, Mr. Ehrenberg advises university administrators, faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate students regarding their relationships with institutions of higher education. He represents students and professors in Title IX investigations, tenure disputes, academic dismissals, disciplinary proceedings, and related matters. He also assists university administrators with severance disputes and the structuring of compensation arrangements.