Top Employment Lawyers in White Plains | 13 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:

KIM PATRICIA BERG is a founding partner of Gould & Berg, LLP.  Throughout her career she has focused her practice in the area of employment law, discrimination, retaliation, civil rights, and commercial litigation.. Ms. Berg’s representation of both employees and employers provides her with a unique and well-rounded perspective toward employment disputes and litigated matters. She routinely pursues and defends claims before administrative agencies such as the EEOC, New York State Division of Human Rights and Westchester County Human Rights Commission as well as before the trial and appellate courts in the state and federal courts throughout New York.  She has successfully tried and resolved through settlement countless cases throughout her career.  Her success at trial in a complex prisoner death case won her accolades for the highest verdict in a civil rights case as reported by Verdict Searches “Top NY Verdicts for 2009” and she has been named to the New York Super Lawyer’s list.. In addition to litigation, Ms. Berg regularly provides advice and consult to employees and employers in a variety of employment matters, including analyzing the particular issue to determine options for resolution, developing strategies for easing a difficult work environment or dealing with a difficult employee, exploring the possibility of resolution out of court, mediating disputes in the workplace, and drafting, reviewing and negotiating severance agreements. As part of her practice, Ms. Berg also provides advice to employers for the creation and implementation of appropriate anti-discrimination policies and reporting procedures, including conducting training seminars on behalf of companies. She has developed and presented numerous continuing legal education seminars on both procedural and substantive matters involving her areas of practice.. Admitted: New York, New Jersey, U.S. District Courts of the Southern District of New York, Northern District of New York and District Court of New Jersey (1996); U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York (200); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1998); and U.S. Supreme Court (2001).. Education: Pace University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1995. Pace University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1992. Memberships:  New York State Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (Chair of Employment Law Committee 2013-2014), the Westchester Women’s Bar Association (Vice President 2014- ; co-chair of Employment Law Committee 2009- ; co-chair of Membership Committee 2014- ; Litigation Committee member 2009- ; and Local Director (2013-2014), Westchester Women’s Bar Association Foundation (Director 2009- ; Secretary 2010-2011 and President 2011- ), and Gender Fairness Committee for the 9th Judicial District since 2011.. Call to speak with an experienced New York Attorney.

John Bailly offers comprehensive legal services focusing on personal injury, automobile accidents, construction accidents, products liability, slip and fall accident, and medical malpractice. Driven by a passion for advocacy, the personal injury lawyers at Bailly and McMillan, LLP combine a thorough understanding of both state and federal law with decades of litigation experience.. John has a reputation of providing personal service with unmatched attention to detail. A comfortable, approachable attitude enables us to fully understand our clients and their needs.

In founding El-Hag & Associates, p.c., Jordan El-Hag brings more than 10 years of experience in advising employees and employers throughout the lower New York State with regard to labor and employment law matters. In those years, he has served as the Chief Officer of several labor unions and has substantial experience in resolving legal disputes that arise at the workplace.. Jordan El-Hag’s MBA in finance combined with his legal experience give him a uniquely skilled perspective in all aspects of business law and commercial real a network of investors that he can tap into for clients seeking to raise money for their business. For entrepreneurs, he has connections to venture capital and can assist in locating partners for new businesses and structuring venture capital transactions. For business owners seeking to raise debt capital from organizations other than commercial banks, Jordan El-Hag can assist with connecting business owners to financiers and structuring the terms of financing.. Mr. El-Hag can offer a valuable and unique perspective on resolving workplace issues due to his extensive background in labor relations. He regularly counsels clients on a host of employment issues, including employment contracts, severance agreements, reductions-in-force, terminations, employee discipline, restrictive covenants, discrimination and union organizing.

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.