Top Employment Lawyers Near Me in New York Area

Tanvir Rahman is a Senior Associate at Wigdor LLP.  Mr. Rahman, an experienced trial lawyer, focuses his practice representing both plaintiffs and management in the areas of labor and employment law, commercial law, civil rights law, appellate litigation, and complex class action litigation.  Mr. Rahman currently manages several multi-plaintiff and high net worth single plaintiff employment discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation cases, in both federal and state court, and in arbitration.  Mr. Rahman also serves as lead counsel for dozens of wage and hour and other types of class action litigations involving employees in a wide range of industries including transportation, restaurant and hospitality, banking, and retail.  On the management side, Mr. Rahman has significant experience representing and counseling clients in employment law matters, who have ranged from large, international investment banks to multi-national corporations.  Mr. Rahman also has extensive experience in commercial law, including litigating issues concerning breach of contract, enforceability of non-compete/non-solicitation covenants, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and tortious interference.  Mr. Rahman also has substantial experience litigating non-employment civil rights cases, including police brutality, racial profiling, Section 1983 and 1981, and discrimination against retail shoppers.. Publicity and Recognition. Mr. Rahman’s cases have garnered significant media attention. His cases are regularly reported in print and online media, including the New York Daily News, New York Law Journal, Law360, Reuters, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Franchise Times, and The Boston Globe. Mr. Rahman’s work has also been recognized by Super Lawyers, and he has been named to the New York Metro Rising Stars list three years in a row (2015, 2016, and 2017.) This is a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of the attorneys in the New York Metro area. Mr. Rahman’s expertise has also been published in the New York Law Journal.. Notable Outcomes. While the overwhelming majority of the matters litigated by Mr. Rahman on behalf of plaintiffs have resulted in substantial out-of-court, confidential settlements totaling in the tens of millions of dollars, some of Mr. Rahman’s most notable publically-disclosable outcomes include:. Awards. Mr. Rahman was selected as a Super Lawyer Rising Star by Super Lawyers for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.  Mr. Rahman has also had the privilege of giving presentations and speaking on panels throughout the country on hot bed topics in labor and employment law.. Education. Mr. Rahman, a New York City native, is a proud graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was a member of its Journal of International Law and Politics.  Mr. Rahman also graduated summa cum laude from the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College of the City University of New York, with . degrees in Political Science and Economics.. Admitted to Practice. Mr. Rahman is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey, as well as the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and District of New Jersey.

Sexual Harassment and Employment Discrimination Attorneys in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami & New Jersey. Derek Smith is proud to have obtained many multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts on behalf of people like you, who have been sexually harassed or discriminated against. Derek Smith has 27 years of experience. Derek Smith has obtained a settlement in excess of $15 million on behalf of a client. He has also obtained the largest sustained emotional distress verdict in the United States for a discrimination case. He believes in becoming emotionally invested in every one of his clients, and it shows in his results. He and his firm have obtained over $200 million dollars on behalf of his clients. We love helping victims of sexual harassment and discrimination as well as punishing the harassers. We are very passionate in what we do. We don't just handle this area of law for a paycheck. We take great pride in striving to make the world a safer and better place with less sexual harassment and less discrimination. We are a team of 28 attorneys ready to work for you.

Ms. Haskell was previously employed in Mr. Davis’ practice at a predecessor firm where she gained valuable experience on a wide range of employment matters, including sitting second chair at a class action mediation that resulted in a $3.75 million dollar settlement for overtime pay owed to thousands of call center employees.  Ms. Haskell also first chaired a mediation session in the matter of Jacobs et al. v. Major Energy Services LLC/Respond Power et al., a nationwide class action filed on behalf of a class of marketing representatives.. During law school, she worked as a law clerk for the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts, and for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Legal Unit.. Ms. Haskell holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she achieved Deans’ List honors, and a Juris Doctor from Northeastern University’s School of Law.  Ms. Haskell is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts state bars. Attorney Adversiting. Prior results to not guarantee future outcomes.

Mr. Sturm was admitted to the New York and Florida Bars in 1977. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second and District of Columbia Circuits and the District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Mr. Sturm graduated Yeshiva University cum laude (Major: economics) in 1973 and received his Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra Law School in 1976. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a trial attorney for the National Labor Relations Board from 1976-1980. Mr. Sturm is a member of the New York State Bar is a past president of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and the Young Israel of Woodmere. Mr. Sturm has a broad background in labor and employment law, representing management, labor and individuals before federal and state, trial and appellate courts and governmental agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Public Employment Relations Board, the Public Employment Realations Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals and the New York City Commission on Human Rights. He also has extensive experience in labor-management negotiations

Lou Russo of Russo Law LLC is an accomplished business lawyer, arbitrator, professor and author with nearly 15 years of legal experience and training from the best and the brightest legal minds at the nation's preeminent AmLaw100 business law firms including Proskauer Rose, Winston & Strawn, and Alston & Bird.. Lou advises and works closely with clients on all legal issues serving as outside general counsel to many. He negotiates and drafts business contracts, helps business owners buy and sell businesses, as well as navigate pre-suit negotiations, mediation, arbitration of business disputes, and federal and state court litigation of which often include a breach of contract and related allegations of fraud and other tortious conduct. Lou works to resolve business disputes and partnership disagreements before litigation becomes necessary.. Lou helps business owners and investors buy and sell businesses of all sizes including small businesses and medium-sized businesses in New York and New Jersey.  He regularly drafts and negotiates asset sales, purchase agreements and the sale of interests in limited liability companies between owners. In that role he works with his clients' tax accountants, insurance brokers, and other professionals to get the deal closed.. Drawing upon his significant experience, Lou Russo also serves as arbitrator in FINRA and American Arbitration Association - Consumer matters and also teaches commercial arbitration as an adjunct law professor of law.. A magna cum laude graduate of Hofstra Law, Lou was the Associate Editor of the Hofstra Law Review and the Vice President of the Moot Court Association. He also participated in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s trial techniques program. He received his B.A. in political science (with a minor in biology) from Villanova University.. *Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.. New York business lawyer, New Jersey business lawyer, business attorney, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, M&A, buing a business, selling a business, pre-suit negotiation, mediation, litigation in state and federal courts, and arbitration, partnership disputes, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, NDAs, purchase agreements (breach of contract, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation)

I am a workers' rights lawyer with a public interest background. My current practice focuses on representing workers in wage theft claims and claims of discrimination, in both class actions and individual cases (in court or arbitration). I have represented workers in a wide range of industries, including nurses, entertainers, and building service workers.. I also advise workers about severance negotiations/agreements, non-compete provisions and other employment contract provisions, and other legal issues, and represents workers and organizations in appellate litigation.

Experienced employment attorney with substantial litigation experience in all aspects of employment law, including lawsuits arising out of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour violations, medical leave violations, whistleblower claims, retaliation, non-compete agreements, and severance agreements. Mr. Polat has personally litigated countless matters from inception through trial and has represented both employees and employers.

David Sanford is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (ABD), and B.A. from Vassar College.. David clerked for Judge Gladys Kessler on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.. NATIONAL RECOGNITION. David was inducted into The National Law Journal’s “Elite Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame” and selected as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in America by the National Trial Lawyers.. David was named an “Attorney of the Year Finalist” in 2018 by The American Lawyer, a “Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer” in 2018 by The National Law Journal, and the “Labor & Employment Attorney of the Year” in 2021 and 2019 by Benchmark Litigation.. David is recognized as a top employment lawyer by The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, and The National Law Journal; and he has been ranked a “Leader in the Field in New York for Labor & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation” by Chambers and Partners.. David has also been recognized as an “Employment MVP” and a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar” by Law360, one of the leading plaintiff employment lawyers in America by Lawdragon, and as a “Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney” in both Washington, DC and New York by Super Lawyers.. Every year since 2006, David has been AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating given to an attorney by judges and attorneys nationwide, and he has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers.. David is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. David and the attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight represent individuals in claims against corporate entities. Most cases are resolved through confidential and private mediation and before any matter is publicly filed.. David represents C-suite executives and non-managerial hourly employees throughout the United States. He has served as lead counsel in more than 50 class actions and numerous whistleblower and qui tam cases.. David has represented more than 100 general counsel and attorneys (in-house and law firm counsel) in contract disputes, employment matters, and severance negotiations.. NOTABLE SUCCESSES. David won as lead counsel the largest employment verdict in United States history, a $253 million dollar verdict on behalf of 6,000 women in Velez v. Novartis after a six-week trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He also was lead counsel in a $99 million dollar settlement against Novartis in a wage and hour class action on behalf of pharmaceutical representatives.. David has settled gender discrimination class actions with extensive class-wide relief against Daiichi Pharmaceuticals ($8.2 million), Qualcomm ($19.5 million) (named one of the top settlements in California in 2016 by ), Sanofi Pharmaceuticals ($15 million), Alcon Pharmaceuticals ($8 million), and Western Digital ($7.75 million). Other gender discrimination settlements include matters against Merck, Publicis Groupe, Forest Laboratories, and General Electric. Most matters are settled before a matter is publicly filed.. David was lead class counsel in a $14.25 million class action settlement against Rabbi Freundel and other defendants on behalf of women surreptitiously videotaped while performing a religious cleansing ritual.. David has been lead counsel for more than 100 women general counsel and partners at BigLaw firms throughout America. For example, on behalf of three women partners, he recently settled a case alleging gender discrimination and pay inequity against Chadbourne & Parke (now Norton Rose Fulbright). He also recently settled gender discrimination matters on behalf of woman partners at many AmLaw 100 firms. The vast majority of BigLaw cases have settled confidentially before a lawsuit was filed.. David was lead counsel in a $28 million wage and hour class settlement against Pac Bell, Bell South, and SNET; co-lead counsel in a $16 million race discrimination settlement against Kroger; class counsel in a $14 million settlement against Dartmouth in a Title IX and hostile environment matter; lead counsel in a $8.7 million settlement in a race discrimination class action against Cracker Barrel; and many other matters both public and private.. David was lead trial counsel for a professor at Columbia University Business School in a sexual harassment and retaliation matter, which culminated in a $1.25 million jury verdict after a three-week trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The verdict was named one of the top civil rights violation verdicts in the United States in 2018 by .. David is class counsel in ERISA matters pending against Home Depot, General Electric, Walgreens, and Allstate. He was class counsel in ERISA matters that recently settled against Eaton Vance and Transamerica.. David was co-counsel in a $762 million settlement between the United States government and Amgen. Amgen allegedly defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other governmental health care programs by promoting “off label” uses of certain prescription drugs and paying kickbacks to doctors and other health care providers.. COMMUNITY SERVICE. David has been a board member of the Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem since 2011; a board member of CorpsAfrica since 2010; an advisory board member since 2014 of the Stanford University Center on the Legal Profession; an advisory board member since 2011 of the Foundation for Advocacy, Inclusion, and Resources, a non-profit focused on increasing diversity in the plaintiffs’ employment bar and raising public consciousness about workers’ rights; and a member of the advisory board of AerNos.

Christopher J. Gawley is a talented and seasoned lawyer with over 15 years of experience representing a variety of financial institutions and industry professionals.  He brings a wealth of expertise with particular strengths in areas such as employment, securities, broker-dealer, compliance, risk management, regulatory relations, contract negotiation, arbitration and litigation.

A seasoned professional in employment law, Jeffrey Risman graduated from Binghamton University in 2003 with a B.S. in Psychobiology and obtained his J.D. from New York Law School in 2007. He is a member of the New York State Bar, New Jersey State Bar, and holds admittance to several United States District Courts in New York. Mr. Risman launched his legal career defending large corporations and insurance entities, gaining valuable insights into management operations. This background became indispensable as he transitioned to advocating for employee rights, focusing on employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation claims. He has consistently prioritized his clients’ needs, negotiating countless severance agreements favorably on their behalf. Additionally, he is adept in restrictive covenant and employment contract litigation. Mr. Risman's affiliations include a membership with the National Employment Lawyers Association, and he further extends his unique skills as a faculty member at Lawline, where he teaches a range of employment law courses. His extensive experience and client-focused approach distinguish him as a formidable advocate in the complex field of employment law.