Best Lawyers Near You in Uniondale, New York for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Howard Rubin, a partner in both the Litigation + Dispute Resolution and Labor + Employment Practice Groups, advises employers and employees on workplace issues, and resolves high-stakes breach of contract and other business disputes. He has litigated numerous employment cases involving discrimination and restrictive covenants, as well as First Amendment, defamation, and trademark and copyright infringement cases. His clients include leading marketing communications and financial services comp...
Susan M. Corcoran is a principal in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis, P.C. Susan is a seasoned employment counselor and litigator and is often thought of as the “go to” person on national workplace law issues for her clients. She is a co-leader of the firm’s Background Checks group, and serves as a resource on fair credit reporting act issues, as well as “ban the box” strategies. She taught a graduate employment law class for many years at Manh...
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...
Miriam F. Clark is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Miriam F., 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 Miriam F. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
David E. Gottlieb is a Partner at Wigdor LLP and is an aggressive and zealous advocate for employees who have been subjected to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour violations. Mr. Gottlieb has represented thousands of employees in individual, multi-plaintiff, collective and class action litigation before a wide array of federal and state trial and appellate courts, administrative agencies, and arbitral forums. Publicity Mr. Gottlieb has handled numerous high-profile mat...
Lloyd B. Chinn is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of 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.
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...
Damon W. Silver is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Damon W., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Damon W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Wendy J. Mellk is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Wendy J., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Wendy J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Dana G. Weisbrod is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Dana G., who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dana G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jonathan Ben-Asher is a partner at Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP. He represents executives and professionals in employment disputes, especially those concerning employment contracts, executive compensation, whistleblowing, retaliation and employment discrimination. He has particular expertise in executive compensation in the financial services industry, whistleblower cases under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, and qui tam matters under the False Claims Act. Jonathan is a Fellow of th...
Joan is the managing partner of KBR’s national Employment Law Practices Team. Her practice focuses on the representation of management in employment litigation and complex commercial litigation. Her practice also includes insurance coverage litigation and professional liability defense. Practicing law since 1987, Joan has obtained extensive pre-trial, trial, and appellate experience in both individual and class actions in federal and state courts throughout the country. She has been adm...
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...
Paul C. Evans is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Paul C., 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 Paul C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
For more than a decade, Jeff has been recognized annually by his peers as a New York “Super Lawyer” (one of the Top 25 in Westchester County), and selected as one of US News & World Report’s “Best Lawyers in America” in the area of commercial litigation. He has also been named a lifetime member of “Elite Lawyers in America,” “The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum,” and “Top Trial Lawyers in America.” He is a Fellow in th...
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...
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