Best Lawyers in New York, United States for Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Paul A. Salvatore is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Paul A., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2005. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Paul A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Taren Greenidge is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Taren, who practices law in Rochester, New York, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Taren is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michael J. Willemin is a Partner at Wigdor. Michael is a leading plaintiffs’ employment litigation attorney representing clients in numerous high-impact employment matters in federal and state court, as well as in arbitration. Michael’s practice covers counseling and litigation of discrimination cases including sexual harassment, discrimination based on race, gender, pregnancy, disability and age and LGBTQIA+ status, retaliation, defamation, Family and Medical Leave Act, wage and ...
Susan Roney is a member of NP Trial. Her practice is focused on the representation of railroads and other businesses, including the news industry and hospitals and other health care providers, in commercial, labor and employment and personal injury litigation. What do you focus on? I focus my practice on the representation of railroads and other self insured businesses in commercial disputes, personal injury litigation, government and administrative investigations and hearings and labor and e...
Andrew W. Singer is managing partner of Tannenbaum Helpern and is chair of the firm's Employment Law practice, which offers a full spectrum of legal services from everyday counseling to complex employment litigation. With extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, he regularly advises companies with various human resource and compliance issues: Employment draft and negotiate employment agreements and executive compensation structures draft non-competition, non-solicit and confiden...
Jason B. Klimpl is a partner in the firm's Employment, Staffing Law, and Corporate practice groups and General Counsel to the New York Staffing Association. Jason advises clients on a broad range of employment matters, such as: wage and hour compliance , including issues relating to overtime and exemptions from overtime, the minimum wage, tips, the payment of and deductions from wages, governmental wage and hour audits, recordkeeping obligations, and federal and state labor laws; equal opport...
Laura Sack is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Laura, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laura is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Lori D. Bauer is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Since joining the firm in 1988, she has devoted her time exclusively to counseling management in a wide variety of employment matters and litigating employment claims before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. Lori’s litigation practice includes the defense of employers in single and multi plaintiff actions in state and federal court on claims of discrimination, sexual harassment,...
Emily R. Pidot is Chair of the New York Office, the firm’s largest. Her practice is focused on defending employers in a broad array of employment matters, including claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as pay equity, wage and hour, whistleblower, and executive compensation disputes. An experienced litigator, Ms. Pidot has successfully defended clients in numerous trials and arbitration hearings, and has expertise in defending class and collective actions. She a...
Donald C. Dowling, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Donald C., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Donald C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Lloyd B. Chinn is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Lloyd B., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lloyd B. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Felice B. Ekelman is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and a former member of the firm’s Board of Directors. Felice approaches the attorney-client relationship as a business partnership, and clients rely on her to develop both legal and business strategies and when necessary to litigate “bet the company” cases. Felice is the co-author of Thrive with a Hybrid Workplace: Step by Step Guidance from the Experts , published by Rowman and Lit...
Mark E. Brossman is co-head of Schulte Roth & Zabel's Employment & Employee Benefits Group. His areas of concentration include employment law, ERISA, labor relations and related litigation. Mark is well known for his expertise in education law and representation of educational institutions including independent schools, colleges, universities, professional training programs and education-related associations. Mark is a frequent public speaker and author. He has served as an instructor...
Joseph Saccomano is the Managing Shareholder of the White Plains, New York and Albany, New York offices of Jackson Lewis P.C. He served on the firm's Management Committee and served as the Metro Coordinator of the firm's Metro New York Regional offices. He received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany (magna cum laude, 1985). He received a Juris Doctor from the Pace University School of Law (magna cum laude, 1988) and a Masters in Business Administration fr...
Valdi Licul is a Partner at Wigdor LLP. Valdi is a highly accomplished civil rights attorney who has devoted his 25-year career to the representation of plaintiffs in employment and anti-discrimination cases. Valdi has represented numerous high-earning plaintiffs in high-profile, contentious matters involving sexual harassment, discrimination based on sex, pregnancy, race, age, national origin, disability, religion and/or sexual orientation, whistleblower retaliation, executive compensation, ...
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...
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