Our Attorneys
Eleanor Whitmore
Partner
Biography
Eleanor Whitmore leads the firm's litigation and employment practices. She represents businesses, boards, and executives in commercial disputes and in the workplace conflicts that can upend an organization or a career.
She is known for preparing cases as though they will be tried, and for advising clients honestly about when the wiser course is to settle. Many of her matters resolve before a verdict, but only because the strength of the preparation is felt by the other side from the first demand.
- Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center; B.A., Wesleyan University
- Bar Admissions
- New York
- Memberships
- New York State Bar Association; Federal Bar Council; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (member)
Professional Background
A considered practice.
Ms. Whitmore began her career in commercial litigation at a national firm, where she tried cases and argued motions across state and federal courts. She joined Williams Cummings to build a practice where clients deal directly with the advocate handling their matter.
Her work spans contract and partnership disputes, business torts, and the full range of employment matters, from executive agreements and separations to workplace investigations and restrictive covenant disputes. She has represented companies in a dozen industries and executives at every level.
Representative Experience
Work with a purpose.
- Led a commercial contract dispute that resolved at mediation after discovery left the other party with no viable path forward.
- Represented an executive in negotiating an equity-rich separation arrangement from a financial services firm.
- Advised an employer on the investigation and resolution of a workplace conflict before a six-figure exposure became a litigation risk.
- Drafted and enforced non-compete and confidentiality arrangements for clients whose business depends on protecting trade secrets.
Approach
How Eleanor works.
Ms. Whitmore tells clients early what a dispute will cost, in money, time, and attention, and what each fork in the road is likely to produce. She would rather give unwelcome advice at the start than welcome advice too late.
Her courtroom manner is measured; her preparation is not. She expects to know the record cold, and she expects the same of anyone trying the case against her.