MAXIM LABUNSKY
Counsel
mlabunsky@obrienllp.com
+1 (917) 375-4877
EDUCATION
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
- J.D. - 2022
- American University School of International Service, Washington, District of Columbia
- B.A. Summa Cum Laude - 2019
BAR ADMISSIONS
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Mr. Labunsky represents businesses, as well as individuals affiliated with such entities, in commercial and employment litigation, as well as in regulatory proceedings.
As a college student, Mr. Labunsky had the privilege of interning with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), holding a Top Secret security clearance and learning from federal law enforcement agents working with U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Thereafter, as a law student, he was a legal intern with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement.
After law school, Mr. Labunsky clerked for the Honorable Victor J. Wolski of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for two years and then served as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York.
Prior to joining O’Brien LLP, Mr. Labunsky was in private practice at a law firm in New York, where he also focused on commercial and employment litigation.
As part of his pro bono practice, Mr. Labunsky represented a medically compromised incarcerated individual with multiple felony convictions in removal proceedings commenced by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Mr. Labunsky is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian. He is also conversational in French and Spanish.
Representations
- Represented an employee of a New York corporation, obtaining dismissal of causes of action for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, slander, libel, prima facie tort, and intentional infliction of emotional distress brought by an officer of the same corporation against the employee in connection with a related shareholder derivative action.
- Represented a foreign entity in assessing the viability of obtaining a specific license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in connection with domesticating and enforcing a judgment in New York.
- Represented an investor seeking to commence an action in the Southern District of New York against a publicly traded corporation for securities fraud.
- Represented a prominent investment bank in complying with a third-party SEC subpoena.
- Represented a private equity investor in an action arising out of breach of contract and fraud, obtaining a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting sale of the assets at issue.
