KERRY C. ZAROOGIAN is Counsel in Outten & Golden LLP’s Executives and Professionals Practice Group and its Financial Services Practice Group.

Ms. Zaroogian’s practice focuses on employment law and executive compensation. She represents individuals (including employees, partners, independent contractors, qualified real estate agents and minority owners) in the negotiation of employment, severance, consulting, partnership, international assignment and restrictive covenants arrangements, with a focus on complex compensation structures. She also represents teams of employees in the context of corporate transactions and competitive lift-outs.

Ms. Zaroogian clients work in a wide array of industries, with a focus on the financial service and commercial real estate sectors. She has experience representing clients whowork for companies of all sizes, ranging from multinational public conglomerates to small start-ups.

Ms. Zaroogian first joined Outten & Golden LLP’s New York office in 2016. In 2020, Ms. Zaroogian moved with her family to her home state of Minnesota where she represented employers at an AmLaw 50 firm, primarily in the context of corporate transactions and in the drafting and negotiation of employment and separation agreements and restrictive covenants. In 2022, Ms. Zaroogian rejoined the firm’s Executives and Professionals Practice Group as a fully-remote employee based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ms. Zaroogian received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her J.D. from Northeastern University.