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Joshua Benjamin Pepper
NEW YORK, NY Employment Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Employment
New York University School of Law
The Law Office of Joshua Pepper is a boutique litigation firm specializing in enforcing the civil rights of individuals. Joshua Pepper is a former Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, Associate Counsel to the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and Assistant Attorney General.
Mr. Pepper began his career with the prestigious law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. After seven years there, he became an Assistant Attorney General, where he represented state agencies in numerous high-profile policy cases, as well as numerous civil-rights and discrimination cases. From there...
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Rene S. Roupinian
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
RENÉ S. ROUPINIAN is a Partner of the firm and Co-Chair of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Practice Group, and a member of the firm’s Class Action Practice Group.
For over fifteen years, Ms. Roupinian has devoted her practice to the litigation of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act cases, representing tens of thousands of employees who were terminated without sufficient notice in violation of federal and state WARN laws. The firm’s WARN practice is national and its WARN cases have and continue to cover a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, transportation, retail, mining, mortgage and manufacturing....
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Andrew Joseph Mailhot
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Michigan Law School and University of California - Davis
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Gerard Romski
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Employment, Business, International and Real Estate
Brooklyn Law School
Gerard Romski serves as Of Counsel at Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP. Mr. Romski practices in the areas of construction litigation, real estate and land use law, commercial law and government relations.
Mr. Romski holds a Bachelor of Arts from the New York Institute of Technology and received his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School. He is a member of the bar of State of New York and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Romski is on the Board...
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Emre Polat
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Business
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Attorney Emre Polat is an experienced New York City employment attorney. He has 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. He has represented both employees and employers who need a discrimination attorney or assistance in other claims. His advocacy and experience has earned him notable recognition and respect.
Mr. Polat has personally litigated countless matters from inception through trial. His advocacy and experience has...
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Kenneth A. Goldberg
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
New York University
Having graduated with both an M.B.A. and a J.D. from New York University, Kenneth Goldberg understand the ways businesses work in relation to their employees. Goldberg has been practicing law since 1991, and is a member of a number of professional associations, including the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers' Association, and the American Bar Association. This extensive familiarity with labor laws and the cultures surrounding business makes Goldberg uniquely qualified to handle employment law cases.
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Frank Tantone
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
St. John's University School of Law
Mr. Tantone graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 2016 and is admitted to practice law in the state courts of New York and New Jersey, as well as the federal District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the District of New Jersey. His practice is currently focused on employment related litigation, with specific expertise in employment discrimination and wage and hour violations.
Prior to joining the Bell Law Group in 2021, Mr. Tantone represented employees in discrmination and wage cases in federal and state courts. Prior to that, he represented employers in employment...
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Edgar M. Rivera
NEW YORK, NY Employment Law Attorney with 10 years of experience
(646) 452-7211
1177 Avenue of the Americas
5th Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10036
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Fordham University School of Law
Edgar M. Rivera is an aggressive and zealous advocate for employees who have been subjected to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour violations. Edgar has represented hundreds of employees in individual, multi-plaintiff, collective- and class action litigation before state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
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Michelle Caiola
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Iowa College of Law and Kent State University
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Samantha Plesser
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, International and Securities
Cornell University
Samantha Plesser most recently received a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from The New School of Public Engagement and is an attorney in New York City with more than five years’ experience monetizing labor and employment risks within government and corporate affairs teams of consumer goods, retail and professional services sectors. She also holds two Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and a Jurist Doctorate from Cornell Law School. Her diverse skills include researching and writing about regulatory policy, analyzing ROI, and increasing engagement across human rights, justice and supply chain issues. Realizing that to make a...
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Debrina Lynn Washington
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Debrina received her BA from Skidmore College with a dual major in Business and French and her JD from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2006. Before admission to the bar, she provided legal services to the modest-income community in Pittsburgh. Her proudest accomplishment to date is being a single mom to a beautiful, energetic toddler. When time permits, she provides pro bono legal services to the New York City community.
The focus of DL Washington law is to provide affordable legal services to all New Yorkers, with a...
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Robert J. Grand
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Securities
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Robert J. Grand is of counsel to Lax & Neville LLP. Mr. Grand’s practice is focused on representing corporations and individuals in complex civil litigation and arbitration involving securities and other financial products, employment, real estate, intellectual property, unfair business practices, and other commercial tort-related matters before federal and state courts, and private arbitration panels. Mr. Grand represents investors, financial service professionals, investment funds and financial institutions in securities litigation and arbitration, as well as in investigations and enforcement proceedings initiated by regulatory agencies such as FINRA, the SEC, and the CFTC.
Mr. Grand has extensive experience representing founders, partners, joint...
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Eugenia Ferrero
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
3 Park Avenue
23rd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Free ConsultationEmployment and IP
University of Georgia School of Law
Eugenia P. Ferrero is an associate at Sanders Law Group and a member of the firm’s Copyright Infringement team. During her career as an attorney and communication professional, she advocated for a variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, minority-owned businesses as well as academic institutions. While providing legal counsel, Ms. Ferrero has worked on a wide range of cases including commercial transactions and civil litigation. Her career is now focused on copyright infringement while continuing to be a staunch advocate for her clients, and fostering an environment of inclusivity.
Ms. Ferrero not only earned her law degree from the...
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Irwin Weltz
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Securities
New York Law School
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Melissa Vo
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Jason L. Solotaroff
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Employment
Columbia Law School
I am an experienced and skilled Attorney at Giskan Solotaroff & Anderson LLP. I am committed to advocating for the underdog in Civil Rights, Employment Law and Criminal Law matters.
I have successfully represented employees in a wide variety of disputes, such as breach of contract, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation and whistleblower cases. My clients have included highly compensated banking employees, lawyers, physicians, teachers and factory workers. Additionally, I prosecute class actions on behalf of large groups of employees with wage, hour, and other employment-related claims. I also represent individuals in investigatory and criminal defense matters.
I received my B.A. from...
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G. Oliver Koppell
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 57 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals and Consumer
Harvard Law School
G. Oliver Koppell, a cum laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, has a distinguished legacy of service in both the private and public sectors. He brings more than 40 years of legal experience to bear on every case, and has successfully represented clients in many areas of practice. Mr. Koppell is a former New York State Attorney General. In addition, he has served as a member of the New York State Assembly and the New York City Council.
Mr. Koppell has vast experience in both trial and appellate courts across New York and beyond. In fact, he has...
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Asma Bashir
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Immigration
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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D. Maimon Kirschenbaum
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
Fordham University School of Law
D. Maimon Kirschenbaum represents employees in class action and individual wage/hour cases, individual discrimination cases and other employment matters, such as severance negotiations. Maimon has successfully taken on employers ranging in size from Fortune 500 Companies to "mom and pop" local businesses.
From an early point in his career, Maimon has been recognized in the media as a "wunderkind of the plaintiff's bar" and the "patron saint of stiffed waiters." Now a partner at the law firm of Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP, he is well known throughout the restaurant and hospitality industry and its lawyers as a dedicated and effective advocate...
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Ossai Miazad
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Employment
American University Washington College of Law
OSSAI MIAZAD is Partner and Co-Chair of the Discrimination and Retaliation Practice Group and is also active in the firm's Class & Collective Action Practice Group at Outten & Golden LLP in New York. She represents employees in class action and impact litigation aimed at eliminating systemic discrimination. She has experience litigating before federal and state courts and arbitration panels. Ms. Miazad currently serves as plaintiffs' counsel in numerous major class action lawsuits involving challenges to the use of credit and criminal history records for employment decisions, challenges to U.S. citizen and legal permanent resident requirements in contracting on behalf...
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Yale Pollack
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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Marc Rapaport
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Employment, Communications and Real Estate
Georgetown University Law Center
I am the Managing Member of Rapaport Law Firm, PLLC, a boutique civil litigation law firm in New York City that I founded in 1995. I have twenty-five years of experience handling civil litigation matters in New York. I take professional pride in the broad array of matters I handle, which include employment litigation, commercial disputes, cell site litigation, landlord tenant proceedings, matrimonial issues and more.
In the field of employment law, I handle employment disputes and negotiations on behalf of diverse clients, ranging from New York City building maintenance workers to executives requiring legal guidance...
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Brent Adam Burns
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
New York City Bar Association
43 West 43rd Street, Ste. 229
New York, NY 10036-7424
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation and Securities
New York Law School
The focus of our practice is the representation of individual and institutional investors in arbitrations and litigations involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, mismanagement, stock fraud, suitability, unauthorized trading, negligence and churning.
I also regularly represent those who work in the financial services regarding recruiting practices including issues relating to the Protocol for Broker Recruiting; non-solicit, non-compete and other restrictive covenants; customer privacy and other regulatory issues; best-practices for preserving a book of business through a transition; Form U5 negotiations; responding to FINRA inquiries; promissory notes; bonus disputes; team disputes; temporary restraining orders (TROs); expedited FINRA arbitrations;...
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Gregory Calliste Jr.
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
New York Law School
Gregory Calliste, Jr. is a New York employment discrimination attorney at Phillips & Associates. He possesses 13 years of experience handling civil, and criminal law matters, including employment law matters, at the federal, state and administrative levels.
If you are a victim of racial or national origin discrimination at work, you should be aware that there are federal, state, and local laws in place to protect you. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for example, prohibited racial discrimination occurs when an employer treats someone unfavorably due to their race or because of personal characteristics associated with race,...
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Michael C. Schmidt
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Employment, Business, IP and Products Liability
Hofstra University School of Law
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Michael Steven Samuel
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
(212) 563-9884
1441 Broadway, Suite 6085, New York, NY
1110
New York, NY 10001
Free ConsultationEmployment
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Michael Samuel is an experienced New York litigation attorney who has handled a variety of matters, including overtime and minimum wage claims, ADA defense cases, personal injury cases, no fault litigation and arbitration, commercial litigation, uninsured/underinsured motorist claims, judgement enforcement, and commercial collections.
Mr. Samuel graduated from Yeshiva University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree and thereafter attended the Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
Mr. Samuel began his legal career at Kresch & Kresch in New York City. While at the Kresch firm, Michael tried scores of cases, auspiciously beginning with a verdict in excess of $900,000 on...
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Corinne E. Tierney
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 3 years of experience
Employment
St. John's University School of Law
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Marc Adam Sherman
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Employment, Appeals and International
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Gregory J. Watford
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Employment
Hofstra University School Of Law
Gregory J. Watford is a seasoned attorney with twenty-five years of litigation experience and over ten years of law enforcement experience. He zealously advocates for clients at all stages of litigation from the commencement of the action through trial. He has a demonstrable record of effectively and successfully meeting legal needs of institutional and individual clients and he consistently obtains favorable resolutions on all matters with and without litigation. Throughout the years he has developed and maintained a reputation for professionalism and is highly respected by peers, advocates, and judges.
Mr. Watford's experience as a law enforcement officer/investigator, a prosecutor, an...
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Jesse C. Rose
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Grace Hyun
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Grace Hyun specializes in the areas of civil litigation and has extensive experience in representing individuals and businesses in legal matters involving employment law, personal injury, premises liability, construction, products liability, and complex litigation matters. Ms. Hyun is a zealous advocate for her clients and regularly appears in state and federal courts helping her clients achieve successful results. Ms. Hyun represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated or are experiencing discrimination or sexual harassment at work. In addition, she represents employees and class of employees in matters involving violations of the FLSA and wage laws.
Ms. Hyun practices in New York...
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Deborah Hrbek
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Employment, Business, Entertainment & Sports and International
Kings College, Cambridge University, UK and Kings College, Cambridge University, UK
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Jon Bell
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment and Arbitration & Mediation
Brooklyn Law School
Jon Bell began his career at one of the largest litigation law firms in New York. Despite gaining vast experience in multi-million dollar claims, Mr. Bell was dissatisfied with not being able to select his own clients and, therefore sometimes had personal conflicts in handling cases where he believed to be "on the wrong side." Thereafter, he started his own law firm, which allowed him to select his own cases, handling them with passion in realizing he has made a personal commitment to each client.
Jon Bell became interested in Federal Employee litigation as he discovered the need for Federal Employees...
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Justin M. Swartz
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Employment
DePaul College of Law
JUSTIN M. SWARTZ, a partner at Outten & Golden LLP in New York and Co-Chair of its Class Action Practice Group, represents employees in class action wage/hour and discrimination cases, as well as individual discrimination cases and other employment matters. He is also Co-Chair of the firm’s Public Interest Committee.
Mr. Swartz is currently litigating cases challenging the practice of classifying workers as independent contractors and failing to pay overtime compensation. He and Outten & Golden LLP's Public Interest Committee have represented hundreds of low-wage workers in minimum wage and unpaid overtime cases, including construction workers, farm workers, and low-wage cleaning...
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Mr. Fausto Ernesto Zapata Jr.
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(212) 766-9870
Broadway Chambers Building
277 Broadway, Suite 501
New York, NY 10007
Employment
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
Fausto E. Zapata, Jr., has been driven to fight on behalf of workers for a long time. As a college student, he advocated on behalf of workers by acting as a Shop Steward at a Hospital. While studying at The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, he was a summer Associate at a prominent law firm specializing in union-side Labor and Employment law, and he also participated in the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee Minority Outreach Program. After graduating from law school in 2002, he worked as an Assistant General Counsel with District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO,...
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Kathleen M. Connelly
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Employment and Business
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Kathleen Connelly concentrates her practice in Employment Law. She has more than 25 years of experience representing employers and individual members of management in both the private and public sectors in preventative counseling, litigation defense and dispute resolution, workplace investigations, employee handbooks, policies and training.
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Denise Schulman
New York, NY Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
New York University School of Law
Denise Schulman joined the Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP in 2009 and became a partner of the firm in 2017. In 2015, Denise was selected as a Rising Star by New York Super Lawyers.
Denise graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law. While in law school, she participated in the Employment and Housing Discrimination Clinic and Civil Rights Clinic and worked for the Urban Justice Center and Brennan Center for Justice. Prior to joining the firm, Denise worked for South Brooklyn Legal Services.
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Lucas Buzzard
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer
Employment and Workers' Comp
American University Washington College of Law
Lucas Buzzard previously clerked for the Hon. Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and served as a law clerk at the Second Circuit’s Staff Attorney’s Office.
Lucas graduated magna cum laude from the American University, Washington College of Law in 2010, where he served as an editor on the American University International Law Review. While in law school, Lucas interned for the Hon. Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He also participated...
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Joseph F. Kilada
New York, NY Employment Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Appeals
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Joseph Kilada began his career at one of the most prestigious public interest law firms in Manhattan handling complex legal issues and trials. Thereafter, he entered private practice starting a litigation law firm devoted to zealously serving the needs of his clients.
Joseph Kilada is admitted to practice in New York State and is also admitted to practice before various federal courts including the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2006, Mr. Kilada was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court where he had the pleasure of personally meeting several Supreme Court Justices including newly appointed, Chief Judge John...
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Johnathon Hardaway
New York City, NY Employment Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Entertainment & Sports and White Collar Crime
University of Chicago
Johnathon P. Hardaway III is a Partner of Lord & Hardaway LLP. Mr. Hardaway is a well-rounded lawyer. A corporate attorney with an MBA, a certified sports agent, and a battle tested litigator.
Mr. Hardaway has extensive trial and litigation experience, defending and prosecuting complex criminal and civil matters. Mr. Hardaway represents a roster of professional athletes, government officials, and celebrities and is adept at resolving sensitive matters both in and out of the courtroom.
Before joining Lord & Hardaway LLP, Mr. Hardaway worked for several years as an attorney with a top litigation law firm. Mr. Hardaway has...