Christopher Marlborough is the founder of the Marlborough Law Firm. He is passionate about representing workers on wage theft issues.
Chris earned an undergraduate graduate degree from State University of New York at Purchase from which he graduated magna cum laude. He earned a juris doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School, from which he also graduated magna cum laude.
Chris has been practicing in litigation since 2004 and has concentrated his practice on complex class and collective action cases since 2007. In both 2013 and 2014, Chris was selected by his peers and experts in the field as one of SuperLawyers Magazine's Rising Stars in the New York Metropolitan area. From 2015 through 2022, he was selected to the SuperLawyers list for more experienced attorneys.
Chris is a former chair and a former Vice Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee.
Before founding the firm, Chris worked on a number of high-profile consumer fraud and wage theft cases. He was a member of the trial team that secured two jury verdicts for $37 and $50 million on behalf of a class of 150,000 Avacor users. Chris' experience in wage theft cases includes an action against Ruby Tuesday, Inc., where the court issued an order requiring that notice of the case be sent to more than 82,000 of the company's current and former bartenders, servers and food runners.
Since he founded the firm in 2013 Chris has served as Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in a number of certified class action cases. In 2020, Chris obtained court approval of a $7,140,000 settlement against the Call-A-Head port-a-potty company on behalf of its portable toilet service technicians. That same year, he obtained court approval of an $11,000,000 settlement on behalf of workers at a chain of discount stores in New York.
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- Employment Law
- Overtime & Unpaid Wages
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 298219
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- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- ID Number: 894621
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- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4208963
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Principal Attorney
- The Marlborough Law Firm, P.C.
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- Associate Attorney
- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP
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- Litigation Associate
- McCoyd, Parkas and Ronan
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- Brooklyn Law School
- J.D. (2003) | Law
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- Honors: Sparer Public Interest Fellow Judge Moses M. Weinstein Scholar
- Activities: Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition, Writing Team Journal of Law and Policy, Senior Associate Editor
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- State University of New York - College at Purchase
- B.S. (1991) | Psychology
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- Honors: Graduated magna cum laude President's Merit Scholar Dean's List
- Activities: Crisis Intervention Hotline
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- SuperLawyers
- SuperLawyers
- Selected for Superlawyers list each year from 2015 - 2024
- Award of Distinguished Professional Achievement
- Nassau County Bar Association - Labor and Employment Committee
- Rising Stars
- SuperLawyers
- Selected Rising Stars NY Metropolitan area 2013 and 2014.
- Nassau Employment Lawyers Association, New York Chapter
- Member
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- National Lawyers Guild
- Legal Observer
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- Nassau County Bar Association
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- Activities: Labor and Employment Committee- Chair 2016-2018 Labor and Employment Committee- Vice Chair 2014-2016
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- Casting a Wide Net in Wage and Hour Lawsuits
- Nassau County Bar Association, Nassau Lawyer
- Evolution, Child Abuse and the Constitution
- Brooklyn Law School, Journal of Law and Policy
- Comparing New York and Federal Wage Theft Laws: Distinctions that Make a Difference, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Wage and Hour Class Action Law, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Point/Counterpoint- Employment Law Edition, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Basics of Wage and Hour Law, Bridge the Gap, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Workplace Retaliation Under the FLSA and Other Statutes, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Q. Is my son correctly classified as a 1099 worker in NY?
- A: Misclassification of employees as independent contractors is a serious problem because it deprives workers of important employment rights and benefits like minimum wage, overtime pay, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and retirement plans.
An independent contractor analysis can be very tricky because there are numerous multi-factor tests that may apply depending on the issue being evaluated (overtime and minimum wage, benefits, social security, and unemployment to name a few). In your son's case, you point to a number of reasons that would suggest that he is misclassified under any of the relevant tests. "He punches in and out using a time clock, is given a work ... Read More
- Q. Legal advice needed for unpaid overtime and shift cancellations at a security company at JFK Airport in NY.
- A: I am sorry to hear about situation. You have a number of options, including filing a complaint with the NY State or Federal Department of Labor and consulting with an plaintiff's wage and hour attorney about a possible lawsuit. Many overtime attorneys will provide a free initial phone consultation. You should consider the value of your claim before putting yourself on your employers radar. Retaliation for filing a DOL complaint or a lawsuit is illegal but it does happen. I wish you the best of luck.
Federal DOL Complaint site: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints
State DOL Complaint Site: https://dol.ny.gov/unpaidwithheld-wages-and-wage-supplements
- Q. Can I file a civil lawsuit and/or class action for harassment and discrimination in the workplace without losing positio
- A: Yes and no. Both federal and New York State laws protect workers who file claims for harassment and discrimination from workplace retaliation including termination. However, it is not uncommon for employers to violate anti-retaliation laws. So there is still a chance that your employer would retaliate against you for filing a lawsuit, but that act would be illegal and could provide the basis for an additional claim in the lawsuit.
