Terri M. Solomon
Recognized since 2012
New York, New York
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Terri M. Solomon has more than 30 years of experience practicing employment and labor law and regularly handles:
- Employment and labor relations issues
- Compliance with federal and state employment laws
- Discrimination and other employment-related litigation and administrative proceedings
- Complex reductions-in-force and business restructurings
- Employment contracts and separation agreements
- Workplace violence prevention
- Family and Medical Leave Act and other leaves of absence
- Disability accommodation
- Collective bargaining
- Labor arbitration
- Compliance with the National Labor Relations Act
- Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution
- Training in a wide variety of topics including harassment avoidance, FMLA and ADA compliance, workplace violence prevention, conducting investigations, performance management and supervisory skills, and social media
- Employment policies and employee handbooks
- Labor and employment issues arising in corporate mergers, acquisitions and other transactions
- Terminating long-term employees
- Planning reductions-in-force
- Responding to sexual harassment complaints
- Healthcare
- Finance and banking
- Retail
- Media
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
Given the significant costs of litigation, Terri is an avid proponent of long-term business planning, management training, state-of-the-art policies and, where unavoidable conflicts do arise, alternative dispute resolution. A substantial portion of her practice involves counseling employers on ways to avoid litigation related to difficult business decisions, such as:
Additionally, Terri regularly conducts training on topics such as preventing workplace violence, avoiding workplace harassment and becoming a more effective manager. She led the team that trained thousands of employees of an international investment bank pursuant to a consent decree arising out of the EEOC's largest settlement of a sex discrimination and glass ceiling class action against a major financial institution. She also designed the training program, which was approved by the EEOC and a court monitor, and personally conducted domestic and international training.
Terri represents both non-union and unionized employers, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and not-for-profit institutions in:
Terri frequently lectures and authors articles on employment and labor law topics. She is the co-founder of Littler Mendelson's New York office, and she is a core member of four of firm's practice groups: Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and Business Restructuring. She is also a member of the firm's Women's Leadership Initiative and the Associates Committee.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.littler.com/people/terri-m-solomon
- 900 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
- University of Pennsylvania, J.D., graduated 1980
- New York, New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
- American Bar Association - Member
- American Bar Association - Member
- Law Alumni Society Board of Managers - University of Pennsylvania - Officer
- New York City Bar Association - Member
- New York State Bar Association - Member
- Southern District of New York - Volunteer Mediator
234 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
193 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Awarded, Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rating
- Named, Super Lawyers - Metro, New York, 2006-2013
- Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Named, Who's Who in American Law, 2008-2014
- Named, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers - Who's Who Legal, 2014
- Named, International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers - Who's Who Legal, 2013
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