Former Douglas Elliman -agent Holly Parker pulls into a lawsuit
The real deal was first to report the news.
Parker made the switch to Compass In February after more 20 years with Elliman. She submitted the suit in April and said she owed a 40% commission for 16 deals. She claims in the complaint that Elliman was angry about her decision to leave.
The parties signed an independent contracting an agreement that she joins the company, but according to Parker, they signed side letters in 2020 and 2022 that formalized its right to committees if she left the company before 2025. This documentation should overwrite the original agreement, it argued.
In addition to the Clawback amount, she was looking for compensation of $ 385,540.
According to the Realtrends verified 2025 Team Rankingsthe Holly Parker -Team Closed 91 parties in 2024 for a sales volume of $ 348.5 million, good for an average selling price of $ 3.8 million.
The lawsuit is one of the many Headline-Grabbing developments at Elliman.
In May, Real estate everywhere Did an unsolicited offer to acquire Elliman that the brokerage appreciated at more than $ 4 per share.
This followed at a period of internal unrest among the leadership staff of Elliman. For a long time Douglas Elliman Realty CEO Scott Durkin was fired only a few days after CEO of the parent company Howard Lorber announced his retirement.
Lorber admitted that he had intimate relationships with two business brokers and shareholders called for his compensation to be cut after accusations of sexual violence against former Elliman Agents Tal and ears Alexander.
