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Robert L. Boreanaz focuses his practice in the areas of union-side labor law and plaintiff-side employment law. He has litigated cases throughout New York State as well as in Delaware, Texas, and Illinois. Mr. Boreanaz has extensive trial experience, arguing before state, appellate, and federal courts. As an example of Mr. Boreanaz’s work, he recently reached a settlement of $1.8 million in an employment matter on behalf of a corrections officer working at the New York State Department ...
Kevin Burke is a business attorney focused on the litigation of contract disputes, labor and employment issues, intellectual property protection, and trade secret cases. Kevin has represented both individuals and businesses since he moved home from Washington, D.C. in 1999, where he graduated with honors from Georgetown University and George Washington University Law School. He has tried dozens of major commercial and employment cases to verdict. He regularly handles appeals before the Appell...
During his career, Mr. Davis has served as class counsel on numerous nationwide employment class actions and has tried nearly 20 cases to verdict. Mr. Davis has been recognized by the press as an experienced trial attorney and employment law expert. He is regularly interviewed by print and television media outlets around the world, including The Associated Press, The Shriver Report, and CNN En Español. Mr. Davis began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the esteemed Manhatt...
Richard Furlong has represented labor organizations for over 25 years. His work has covered all aspects of traditional labor law, including: organizing drives arbitration and agency hearings negotiations and all related court proceedings Mr. Furlong’s experience also includes counseling unions on non-traditional activities, including strategic campaigns, creative use of public relations, and other tactics geared toward empowering workers. His knowledge and experience have drawn the atte...
Rachel Geman, a partner in the New York office, combats frauds that harm her clients in their lives and misconduct that threatens the fairness and safety of their workplaces and communities. Recent successes and exemplar ongoing matters: Named Co-Lead Counsel for the Medical Monitoring Class in the Valsartan contaminated drug litigation (2023) Counsel for the whistleblower in litigation against AbbVie involving the marketing of Humira ($27 million in settlements as of 2023) Co-Lead Counsel in...
Megan Goddard is an employment discrimination lawyer devoted to protecting equality in the workplace. She represents victims of all types of discrimination, including race, gender, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation and national origin, as well as victims of sexual harassment and discrimination-based retaliation. Megan also represents whistleblowers. Her clients face discrimination in various workplaces, including hospitals, law firms, factories, grocery stores, schools, transportation...
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, ...
Greg Mansell has been aggressively fighting for the rights of employees for more than a decade. As a top employment attorney , Greg Mansell has been recognized numerous times by Super Lawyers 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 , discrimination, disability law, family and medical leave act (FMLA) , unpaid overtime (FLSA), wage ...
Mr. Maya grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended New York University. While at NYU, he worked as a paralegal for Brown, Wood, Ivey, Mitchell & Petty (now Sidley Austin Brown Wood). He also interned for the Legal Aid Society of New York and Legal Services of New York City. Upon graduating from NYU, Mr. Maya worked full time as a paralegal prior to attending law school at the University of Michigan. Upon graduating from Michigan Law School, Mr. Maya began his legal career at Rogers &...
Lou Pechman handles cases in all areas of workplace law, including sex harassment litigation, employment discrimination, employment contracts, non-competition agreements, independent contractor issues, overtime and pay disputes, and union-management relations. As a practitioner for over 40 years in the employment law field, Lou offers both individual employees and employersc practical guidance on resolving employment law issues, either by active litigation or by confidential negotiation or me...
David Sanford is the Chairman and co-founder of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP. He has recovered more than one billion dollars for individual clients and the United States government since 2004. David represents C-suite executives and non-managerial hourly employees throughout the US. He has served as lead counsel in more than 50 class actions and numerous qui tam cases around the country and represented more than 100 general counsel and attorneys (in-house and outside counsel) in contract dispute...
Sharon P. Stiller is a Partner at Abrams Fensterman, LLP and is based in our Rochester office. Ms. Stiller advises businesses and executives about employment law, represents businesses in federal and state labor department audits, and litigates employment matters, including state and federal wage and hour, discrimination, contract, confidentiality, non-compete, and similar claims. She also helps businesses audit their employment practices, and drafts employment contracts, manuals, policies, a...
Mark L. Stulmaker practices in the areas of employee benefits and taxation, serving as counsel to trustees of public and private pension and health and welfare benefit plans as well as to closely held businesses. He is also involved in estate planning and administration, especially in connection with charitable trusts, foundations, and large retirement plan distributions. Practice Areas Employee Benefits Tax Resources Mark Stulmaker is distinguished by the depth of his experience and knowledg...
Referred to by the Financial Times as “America’s most prominent #Metoo lawyer,” Douglas H. Wigdor, routinely tries cases to verdict, has won numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and has consistently been recognized as the top employment litigator in the country. To date, his trial verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements have exceeded $1.5 billion. Douglas is widely recognized as a tireless champion for victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, race discrimination ...
John S. Crain is a Senior Associate at Wigdor. Prior to joining Wigdor, John clerked for the Hon. Chief Judge Roslynn Mauskopf of the Eastern District of New York. John was previously an associate at a prominent law firm in New York, where he worked on an array of transactional matters, including high-level executive compensation negotiations and related disclosures to the SEC. During law school, John served as an intern for the Hon. Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York and i...
Meredith A. Firetog is a Partner at Wigdor. She has been recognized in the legal community as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Previously she was a Partner at Sanford Heisler Sharp where she focused on gender discrimination and harassment and wage and hour cases, representing both individuals and classes. Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp, Meredith completed a clerkship for the Honorable Gregory H. Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prior to her clerkship, ...
Gregory Kirschenbaum is a Partner at the law firm of Phillips and Associates who handles the full spectrum of cases arising from violations of workplace rights, including statutes such as the FMLA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, FLSA, New York State Human Rights Law, New York City Administrative Code, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Florida Civil Rights Act, and various whistleblower laws. Mr. Kirschenbaum is passionate about helping people who need a sexual harassment lawy...
Vivianna Morales represents employees and employers in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law.Vivianna has litigated over one-hundred wage and hour individual, collective, and class action lawsuits, involving a variety of employment matters, including failure to pay minimum wage and overtime pay, tip misappropriation, off-the-clock work, unpaid prevailing wages, as well as discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims. She also represents employees in the negotiation o...
Jonathan Shalom is the Managing Attorney of Shalom Law, PLLC. An experienced New York attorney who has honed his legal skills and practice at large and mid-size New York law firms in the areas of Personal Injury & Labor and Employment Law. Throughout the last few years alone, Mr. Shalom has been touted as an aggressive, effective litigator and negotiator by his peers and defense counsel. Mr. Shalom has been successful in securing numerous Million Dollar and Six-Figure settlements on behal...
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