Elizabeth Trachtman

Dedicated, practical litigation and counseling solutions

Elizabeth Trachtman assists clients with general commercial counseling and litigation with an emphasis on disputes related to restrictive covenants, trade secrets and commercial contracts. She represents a variety of clients, particularly in the health care technology industry, including:

• Multistate employers
• Distributors
• Medical devices manufacturers

Elizabeth is dedicated to working with clients to understand their business objectives, providing practical solutions and managing risk in connection with their workforce and distribution partners. She particularly enjoys helping clients navigate the litigation process.

• Helps solve disputes, both pre-suit and litigation, related to distribution agreements and general commercial contracts.
• Advises businesses regarding drafting of noncompetition, nonsolicitation and confidentiality agreements to ensure enforceability and consistency for local and multistate employers, including compliance with recent changes in law related to the enforceability of restrictive covenants.
• Assists clients in evaluating the risk of competitive hires and best practices to avoid litigation and comply with applicable restrictive covenants.
• Significant experience using technology-based litigation tools. Elizabeth helps clients with complex e-discovery, forensic examinations and others.

• Acted as national counsel for several medical device manufacturer in connection with noncompetition and trade secret litigation.