New York Labor, Employment, and Civil Rights Lawyers

We provide full-service representation to labor unions in a range of industries. For decades, our attorneys—many of us former union members and organizers—have advocated for our clients at the bargaining table, in arbitrations, before the National Labor Relations Board, and beyond. We also advise labor unions with respect to organizing campaigns, internal affairs, legislative priorities, and much more.

We tirelessly litigate on behalf of workers who have experienced minimum wage and overtime violations by their employers. We assert class and collective actions under state and federal laws in order to help groups of employees recover their duly earned compensation. Some of our cases have set precedents that to this day continue to help workers recoup wages.

Our law firm represents employees, both individually and in class actions, who have faced unlawful discrimination on the basis of a protected trait such as their race, disability status, gender, or age, or who have experienced sexual harassment. We also litigate in federal court on behalf of public-sector workers whose employers have violated their constitutional rights.

Our law firm has a dedicated practice for college and university faculty. We provide strategic advice and representation to faculty associations, including many AAUP chapters, on matters such as shared governance and academic freedom. We have decades of experience helping individual faculty members navigate sensitive and high-stakes matters such as appeals of tenure denials, non-reappointment, EEO and Title IX investigations, and more.

We help employees of all levels, including but not limited to executives, transition out of their roles on terms that work for them. We work to ensure that our clients separate from employment with dignity—with sufficient income and benefits, not unduly restricted in their post-employment activities, and with their professional reputations intact.