Jonathan M. Sabin

Jon is a commercial litigation partner who represents companies and business owners in high-stakes commercial disputes. Clients also turn to him for help navigating negotiations, internal disputes, regulatory issues, and other situations where legal judgment, business considerations, and people dynamics intersect. Regardless of the issue, Jon takes a pragmatic approach using technology and AI to improve efficiency, sharpen analysis, and deliver better work without adding unnecessary cost or complexity.

Jon’s litigation practice includes breach of contract and shareholder and member disputes, business divorces and buy-outs, trade secret and non-solicitation claims, real estate disputes, and copyright matters, as well as investigations and enforcement actions by the SEC, FTC, and Consumer Product Safety Commission. He speaks regularly on legal technology and AI, including before the International Legal Technology Association and the National Business Institute.

Jon joined Michael Best with the New York team of Kane Kessler, where he was a litigation partner and a member of the firm’s AI and Technology Committees. Prior to joining Kane Kessler, Jon practiced at an AmLaw 10 firm and a prominent litigation boutique. Before entering law school, Jon was a high school English teacher and writer for New York Magazine, Details, Fast Company, and other publications.

Solutions in action

Jon has represented clients in the following matters:

• Won a liability verdict at trial on behalf of a national financial consulting firm for breach of an employee non-solicitation provision.
• Won post-trial dismissal of a million-dollar federal jury verdict for a national over‐the‐counter supplement brand in a breach of contract action.
• Outside counsel for renewable energy developer.
• Successfully obtained a temporary restraining order on behalf of a China-based cryptocurrency exchange, leading to a favorable settlement.
• Represented corporate client in connection with grandy jury subpoena.
• Defended a public, outdoor apparel company in multi-million dollar breach of contract action in the Southern District of New York.
• Defended an international hotel and restaurant design firm in arbitration before the AAA involving breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims, achieving a favorable settlement after the hearing.
• Represented a national advertising agency in connection with a grand jury subpoena.
• Defended a national fashion design company in a copyright infringement action in the Southern District of New York.
• Won asylum for a Senegalese refugee.
• Served as amicus curiae counsel for the Humane Society of the United States, the largest nonprofit animal protection organization, in support of New York City’s regulation of “puppy mills.”