Charles S. Forgang, the Firm’s Founder and Principal Attorney, concentrates in Employment, Corporate and Business Law. He draws on over 25 years of experience as a New York attorney in advising executives, consultants and professionals seeking their own personal counsel, as well as entrepreneurs/business owners, privately-owned and publicly-held companies, professional practices and nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Forgang earned his law degree at Columbia University School of Law, following his graduation from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. He is also a graduate of the Horace Mann School in New York City.

Prior to founding the Firm, Mr. Forgang was a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., a 350 attorney national law firm, based in New York. Previously, he had been associated with the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Mr. Forgang’s Employment Law practice focuses on advising clients regarding their employment and other professional relationships, and the termination of those relationships, and in particular, the negotiation and structuring of their Employment Agreements, Offer Letters, Severance (Termination) Agreements, Consulting Agreements and related equity or partnership arrangements.

In his Corporate and Business Law practice, beyond providing general business representation, Mr. Forgang represents and counsels his clients in connection with various business transactions, such as contract negotiations, acquisitions and sales of companies, the structuring of joint ventures, business formation, including the formation of limited liability companies and partnerships, the negotiation of loans and other financial transactions, start-up company matters and the settlement of partner and commercial disputes.

Mr. Forgang represents clients, mostly by referral, in a wide range of industries, including financial services, marketing, technology, manufacturing, and communications, media and entertainment, the legal and health care professions and education.

Admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for both the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, Mr. Forgang is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as the New York Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association.

Mr. Forgang is additionally a member of The Wharton Club of New York (where he is also Co-Chair of the Wharton Media & Entertainment Network and All Councils Event Chair), the University of Pennsylvania Secondary School Committee and The Penn Club of New York. He has often served as a guest speaker, addressing topics in Employment Law, Corporate Law and Business Law, for a number of professional organizations, and has further served on the Boards of Directors of not-for-profit organizations.

Mr. Forgang has been AV^® Peer Review Rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.