Best Lawyers in New York, United States for Employment Law - Management
Select a city from the list below to find the best legal talent for your needs.
Cities
Greg Mansell focuses his practice on executive compensation and severance negotiations for executives and C-Suite employees along with NYC sexual harassment matters. As a top employment attorney in NYC, Greg Mansell has been recognized numerous times by Super Lawyers for more than a decade and has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America every year since 2019. Mr. Mansell and the employment lawyers at Mansell Law LLC provide legal services for individuals related to wrongful termination , ...
Jonathan L. Sulds is Co-Chair of the firm's Global Labor & Employment and Global Human Capital Solutions Practices. He has been representing leading employers since 1974 in virtually every aspect of their engagement, protection, management and reward of workforce resources. Jon regularly represents employers in the areas of collective bargaining and traditional labor relations, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation, wage and hour matters, discrimination complaints, re...
Kelly Jines advises employers on a broad range of workplace and business-related employment matters at Florentino & Grimshaw LLC in Rye Brook, New York. Her practice focuses on Employment Law - Management , including counseling businesses through day-to-day workforce issues, workplace disputes, compliance matters, and employment litigation. Kelly works with clients across multiple industries and provides practical legal guidance tailored to each client’s operational and business obj...
Brian Goldstein focuses his practice in the areas of executive compensation, employee benefits, and ERISA fiduciary counseling. He is a founding member of the firm’s ESOP class action practice. For over 30 years, Brian has assisted clients with the design and implementation of all types of pension, profit sharing, 401(k), employee stock ownership, stock-based compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation and tax-sheltered annuity plans. His practice has a particular concentration on ...
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 accommoda...
Douglas J. Klein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Labor Law - Management. Douglas J., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Douglas J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michael Marra is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. Michael, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Evan J. Spelfogel is senior counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Practice at Phillips Nizer LLP representing management and benefit providers in all areas of employment law, labor, and employee relations. After graduating from Harvard College and the Columbia University Law School, Evan served five years with the United States Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor and the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York. Evan is an adjunct professor at Colu...
Richard J. Reibstein is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Richard is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area. As a leading practitioner of enhancing independent contractor compliance and defending against misclassification claims, Richard represents large and sma...
Frederick D. Braid represents management in the practice of labor and employment law, and leads Holland & Knight’s New York practice group. He has represented employers in the private sector for his entire career with respect to all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including counseling and litigation with respect to union organizing activity; collective bargaining and contract administration; grievance and interest arbitration; acquisitions, closures, relocations, rest...
Jeanine Conley Daves is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Jeanine Conley, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jeanine Conley is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Craig R. Benson has been representing private and public sector employers nationwide in all types of employment litigation for more than 25 years. His wealth of practical experience, coupled with his insight and legal creativity, results in the vigorous and meticulous representation of management's interests. From the courtroom to the boardroom to the negotiating table, Craig brings the same pragmatic bottom-line approach and has built his reputation on both his 24/7 accessibility and his abi...
Linda R. Carlozzi is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She joined the firm in 1997 and focuses her practice on traditional labor law. Linda counsels clients in the development and implementation of preventive labor and employee relations programs. She advises both unionized and union-free clients on a full range of labor and employee relations matters, with a focus on traditional labor law. She has represented numerous employers during arbitration procee...
Our Methodology
Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Our methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
The Process
Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Our belief has always been that the quality of a peer review survey is directly related to the quality of the voters.