Top Employment & Labor Lawyers in ZIP 10601 | 5 available

Sean W. Higgins, Esq. has more than thirty years of experience solving employment and business disputes. He represents both employers and employees in the full range of employment law matters. He has successfully represented businesses, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to sole proprietorships, and individuals in federal and state courts throughout the United States, before federal, New York State, and New York City administrative agencies, as well as in arbitration and mediation. Mr. Higgins is also experienced in transactional and counseling matters, including negotiating, drafting, and reviewing contracts and corporate documents.. Mr. Higgins received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, and he received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.. Mr. Higgins is licensed to practice law in the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, and he has represented clients in numerous other states throughout the nation. Mr. Higgins is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Parisis G. (“Gerry”) Filippatos is the Founding Partner of Filippatos PLLC. Mr. Filippatos is a seasoned and versatile labor and employment attorney with over three decades of experience in the field.. He has represented thousands of employees in legal matters involving employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on gender, pregnancy, race, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity; separation and severance agreements; executive compensation; restrictive covenants; and whistleblower retaliation.. Mr. Filippatos concentrates his practice in the litigation of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and assault, as well as retaliation cases against financial services firms and Fortune 500 companies.. He is also an expert negotiator, having successfully resolved countless cases on behalf of individuals in matters involving executive compensation, employment contracts, and severance agreements.. Mr. Filippatos’s clients hail from a broad range of industries, including financial services, accounting, entertainment, information technology, healthcare, education, restaurant and hospitality, transportation, and retail.

Michael W. Freudenberg is a New York attorney working primarily in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He has experience in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters in New York State and Federal Court, as well as in alternative dispute forums such as the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Mr. Freudenberg is responsible for all aspects of litigation in complex commercial, insurance, trademark, employment, products liability, professional liability, and construction claims matters.. Mr. Freudenberg also serves as outside General Counsel for small to medium-sized companies, and provides advice and counsel regarding litigation, compliance, employment and labor law claims, and collective bargaining agreement grievances. He also has experience negotiating and preparing various business agreements, including operating, buy-sell, agency, management, employment, intellectual property license, consulting, non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements, as well as corporate resolutions, powers of attorney, consents and assignments.. Representative Matters:

I am the head of  Bleakley Platt's  Labor and Employment and Immigration Practice Groups. I have over 40 years' experience in representing and advising employers, employees, independent contractors and other clients with respect to labor, employment and immigration law issues. My background includes over 20 years of experience with Bleakley Platt, 14 years of experience with Skadden Arps, and more than 6 years of experience with Jackson Lewis.. I advise clients on a wide variety of labor and employment law issues involving employment terminations and discipline; unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation; wage and hour claims; employment agreements and job offer letters; non-competition and confidentiality agreements; separation and severance agreements;  unfair labor practice charges; union representation cases; and collective bargaining negotiations. I have acted as lead counsel for significant employment discrimination law cases, wage and hour actions, and non-competition cases, and in NLRB and PERB proceedings, mediations and arbitration hearings.. I also advise clients with respect to I-9 employment verification, visa work authorization, and immigration-related discrimination issues.. My articles on labor and employment law include my  seminal work on the employment-at-will rule entitled, "The Effect of the Employment-at-Will Rule on Employee Rights to Job Security and Fringe Benefits," 10 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1 (1981), which has been cited by the New York Court of Appeals in the landmark decisions of Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. and Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. and by other federal and state courts. I have also been a featured lecturer at various labor and employment law seminars.