Jerrold F. Goldberg

Jerrold F. Goldberg

New York, NY recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012
Greenberg Traurig

629 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management Litigation - Labor and Employment

Biography

Jerrold F. Goldberg has been practicing in virtually all aspects of labor and employment law since 1979, including the traditional labor/union-management area, employment discrimination, executive employment, severance agreements and wage and hour laws.

He represents management clients in diverse enterprises, including the health care, entertainment, hotel, restaurant, building service, construction, retail and service industries in matters ranging from state and federal administrative proceedings, drafting personnel policy manuals, and discrimination issues such as sexual harassment and the Americans with Disabilities Act, to employment agreements and restrictive covenant litigation.

He has extensive experience representing virtually all aspects of union avoidance and organizational work, as well as substantial motion and trial experience in both traditional labor matters such as arbitration, N.L.R.B. proceedings, strike and picketing injunctive actions and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proceedings before state and local administrative agencies and federal and state courts.

Greenberg Traurig

629 Best Lawyers awards

Greenberg Traurig logo

Overview

  • Spanish

  • New York University, J.D., graduated 1980

  • New York, New York State Bar Association

  • American Bar Association; Labor and Employment Section - Member
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Member
  • Village of Atlantic Beach, New York - Ethics Board Member
  • Spanish
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association; Labor and Employment Section - Member
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Member
  • Village of Atlantic Beach, New York - Ethics Board Member
  • New York University, J.D., graduated 1980

Client Testimonials

I have worked with Jerry Goldberg for approximately 15 years and I greatly rely on his sound business/legal judgment. He has the uncanny ability to understand complex business issues, provide sound, practical advice, and execute on a legal strategy that supports our agreed upon game plan. It is with great pleasure that I am able to recommend him as one of the top labor lawyers to the business community.

Anne Yarmark (Choice Logistics, Inc.)

New York, NY

Mr. Goldberg has had an extraordinary relationship with our college for many years. We feel that he has an excellent knowledge of labor and employment law. Importantly, his negotiating expertise, demeanor, understanding of the culture of higher education, and sensitivity to cost have caused me to recommend him to other colleges.

Paul Ciraulo (Marymount Manhattan College)

I have known and worked with Jerry Goldberg for 15 years. His knowledge, professionalism, and work ethic are of the highest possible standards. It is a pleasure to know Jerry and work with him.

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Labor Law - Union
Awards:
  • AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5
  • AVENUE magazine, "Legal Elite," Real Estate, April 2011
  • Law360 "Employment Practice Group of the Year," 2011 & 2013
  • Super Lawyers magazine, New York Super Lawyers, 2006-2007, 2011-2013
  • Chambers USA Guide, 2012-2013

Case History

Cases
  • Areas of Concentration
  • Collective bargaining negotiations and arbitration
  • Union organizing/representation
  • EEO litigation
  • Real estate transactional issues
  • Drafting of employment agreements/severance and release agreements/non-compete and non-solicit agreements
  • Wage and hour litigation

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