Complex Commercial Litigation | Napkin Litigator®
Kristina Negri, Esq.
Associate Attorney
Business Disputes | Real Estate Brokerage | Civil Litigation | Discrimination & Employment
Kristina Negri is a Napkin Litigator® representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and civil disputes. Her practice includes business and contract litigation, real estate brokerage and commission disputes, discrimination lawsuits, employment claims, and regulatory matters.
Professional Summary
Kristina Negri, Esq. is an Associate Attorney and Napkin Litigator® at Lieb at Law, P.C., where she represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and civil litigation. Her practice encompasses business and contract disputes, real estate brokerage and commission disputes, discrimination lawsuits, employment claims, and regulatory matters. She represents businesses, real estate brokerages, professionals, employees, and individuals in contested matters involving contractual rights, business relationships, compensation, and civil liability.
Commercial & Civil Litigation Practice
Complex Commercial & Business Disputes
Plaintiff and defense representation in business and contract disputes, contested commercial relationships, and competing financial interests.
Real Estate Brokerage & Commissions
Commission claims, brokerage and agent disputes, license law issues, and regulatory matters involving real estate professionals.
Discrimination, Employment & Fair Housing
Employment litigation, discrimination and retaliation claims, fair housing disputes, and sexual harassment matters.
Civil Litigation & Fee-Shifting Matters
Civil claims and defenses, damages disputes, and litigation involving contractual or statutory provisions for attorneys’ fees.
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Representation in contested matters requiring analysis of the governing agreements, applicable procedures, evidence, and available remedies.
Motion Practice & Appellate Work
Litigation strategy through discovery, motion practice, hearing and trial preparation, and appeals.
Connecting the Record to the Legal Strategy
Ms. Negri builds litigation strategy around the client’s legal rights, the financial stakes, and the evidence required to establish or defeat liability. Her work includes case assessment, evidence development, discovery, motion practice, arbitration, hearing and trial preparation, and appellate work. She evaluates each procedural step against its effect on the client’s position and the ultimate relief sought.
Her analysis accounts for the governing agreements, potential sources of recovery, damages, evidentiary weaknesses, procedural options, and the practical consequences of pursuing or defending the case.
Napkin Litigation®: Business Rights Beyond the Written Agreement
As a Napkin Litigator®, Ms. Negri handles disputes in which the parties’ agreements, records, expectations, and conduct do not align. She examines what was promised, how the relationship operated, who exercised authority, and how value was allocated. The firm’s four-phase framework structures that analysis: Protect & Audit; Test Governance; Integrate Strategy; and Recover & Stabilize.
Phase 1
Protect & Audit
Preserve and organize the record needed to understand the dispute and the client’s position.
Phase 2
Test Governance
Examine the relationship between the governing agreements, formal records, and actual conduct.
Phase 3
Integrate Strategy
Connect the facts to the legal issues, claims, defenses, and remedies.
Phase 4
Recover & Stabilize
Keep the litigation strategy tied to effective relief and the client’s practical objectives.
Academic Credentials
Ms. Negri earned her Juris Doctor from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center after obtaining her Bachelor of Arts from Stony Brook University.
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Juris Doctor
Stony Brook University
Bachelor of Arts