Associate Attorney | Commercial & Employment Litigation

Frank Tantone, Esq.

Associate Attorney

Commercial Litigation | Business Disputes | Employment Litigation | Contract Disputes | Restrictive Covenants

Frank Tantone represents businesses, executives, employers, and individuals in commercial and employment disputes throughout New York and New Jersey. His practice includes discrimination and retaliation claims, contract claims, workplace litigation, restrictive covenants, and other conflicts involving public and private businesses.

Professional Summary

Frank Tantone, Esq. is an Associate Attorney at Lieb at Law, P.C., where his practice centers on commercial litigation, employment disputes, and complex civil matters.

He represents both plaintiffs and defendants when contractual rights, business relationships, or workplace obligations are contested. His matters include breach of contract claims, business torts, restrictive covenants, executive compensation disputes, wage and hour claims, discrimination, retaliation, and severance-related litigation.

Frank approaches each dispute with an eye toward both the legal issues and the practical consequences for the client. He is involved from the earliest stages of a matter through pleadings, discovery, motion practice, mediation, settlement negotiations, trial preparation, and appeals.

In addition to litigation, he advises employers on workplace policies, employee handbooks, internal investigations, hiring, discipline, termination decisions, and other measures intended to reduce risk before a dispute escalates.

Core Litigation Focus

Frank's practice focuses on disputes in which contractual expectations, business relationships, or employment obligations have broken down. He helps clients evaluate risk early, preserve leverage, and pursue a strategy suited to the legal and business realities of the matter.

Commercial litigation

Representation in contract disputes, business tort claims, closely held company conflicts, and other contested commercial relationships.

Employment litigation

Representation in discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour, restrictive covenant, compensation, and workplace agreement disputes.

Business counseling

Guidance concerning employment policies, handbooks, internal investigations, hiring, discipline, termination decisions, and workplace risk management.

Litigation strategy

Counsel through discovery, motion practice, mediation, settlement negotiations, trial preparation, and appellate proceedings.

Admissions

Frank is admitted to practice in the state courts of New York and New Jersey, as well as the federal courts listed below.

  • State Courts of New York
  • State Courts of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Recognition and Education

Frank has been selected to the Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers® New York Metro Rising Stars list.

Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®

New York Metro Rising Star

St. John's University School of Law

Juris Doctor

St. John's University

Bachelor of Science in Business Management