Jared Solomon Ghosts Lawyers on Newmark Employment Suit

Jared Solomon has gone dark on his lawyers in an employment lawsuit against Newmark.

An attorney for the convicted former Vornado Realty Trust executive says he has been unable to reach Solomon at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and asked for a 60-day extension to establish contact and determine how to proceed.

But attorneys for Newmark pushed back, arguing that Solomon has been communicating with lawyers in his criminal case.

“[Solomon] can communicate with counsel, but has chosen not to do so,” Newmark’s attorney Jaime Sanchez of Littler Mendelson wrote in a letter to the judge.

Solomon was sent to the notorious Sunset Park detention center after the disgraced broker was found guilty in April of having stolen more than $9.5 million from Vornado. His sentencing is scheduled for November 5.

Solomon was arrested in December 2024 and charged with embezzling from Vornado over a period of 15 years. During his tenure at Vornado, he set up fake brokerages on the other side of deals and billed the brokerage for millions of dollars. Solomon joined Newmark as a leasing broker in March 2024 and sued the brokerage last October, accusing the brokerage of wrongful termination, discrimination based on criminal history and withholding earned commissions.

According to his complaint, Newmark hired Solomon as an executive managing director with an annualized draw of $350,000. After he was indicted in December 2024, the firm placed him on paid leave and stopped paying his draw the following month, according to the civil complaint.

Solomon alleged that Newmark terminated him without the written notice required by his employment agreement. He claimed he did not learn he had been fired until July 2025, when he discovered his health insurance had been canceled at a doctor’s appointment with his son. He also alleged that the firm failed to pay commissions on transactions he helped generate.

Newmark fired back at the former broker, accusing him of concealing the alleged fraud when he joined the brokerage.

In a counterclaim, Newmark alleged Solomon’s draw was an advance, not guaranteed compensation, and that he was required to repay it within 30 days of a triggering event. The brokerage argued that Solomon owed Newmark $250,000 when it terminated him after discovering the alleged fraud.

“No honest or reputable brokerage company on notice that its broker had used falsified brokerage agreements and invoices to serially victimize a property owner and developer would continue its affiliation with that broker,” Newmark said in its counterclaim. 

Lawyers for both sides did not respond to requests for comment on the suit.

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