Notable Cases

No. 20-Cv-3389 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. 2025) (approving class action settlement of $29 million in race discrimination claims brought on behalf of Fire Protection Inspectors against New York City under federal civil rights law and U.S. Constitution)

610 F.Supp.3d 544 (S.D.N.Y. 2022) (denying City’s summary judgment motion such that EMTs and paramedics disciplined for speaking publicly about their COVID-19 experiences in violation of their constitutional rights were permitted to proceed to trial, leading to favorable settlement of EMTs’ claims)

No. 15-CV-7369 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 22, 2021) (on remand from Second Circuit, denying MTA Bus Company’s renewed motion for summary judgment, ultimately leading to a favorable settlement for employees)

788 F. App’x 43 (2d Cir. 2019) (vacating lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of MTA Bus Co. on employees’ claims for false arrest and malicious prosecution)

204 A.D.3d 51, 53, 164 N.Y.S.3d 87, 90 (1st Dep’t 2022) (overturning lower court’s grant of summary judgment to NYU on professor’s breach of contract claim and granting summary judgment to professor, finding NYU had breached his contract by reducing his salary)

145 A.D.3d 567, 43 N.Y.S.3d 328 (1st Dep’t 2016) (holding that faculty can enforce terms of a university handbook in a contract action and endorsing the meaning of tenure as defined by the AAUP)

229 A.D.2d 36, 652 N.Y.S.2d 837 (3d Dep’t 1997) (affirming right of Board of Regents to hold hearing pursuant to obscure provision of Education Law, leading to removal of all but one member of the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University for failing to properly exercise their fiduciary duties)

including at Columbia, NYU, SUNY, CUNY, the New School, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, Rutgers, and many others, with results including:

• tenure denials overturned and tenure awarded
• significant financial settlements in tenure, non-reappointment, rescission, and termination cases
• reinstatement after termination for cause
• dismissal of discrimination charges
• favorable settlements and negotiated employment terms

58 PERB ¶ 3408 (2025) (dismissing employer objections and dueling petition, and affirming certification of Union as bargaining agent of farmworkers, including greenhouse workers and shuttle drivers)

123 F.4th 107 (3d Cir. 2024) (affirming NLRB order that employer acted unlawfully by unilaterally implementing, reducing, and discontinuing COVID-19 hazard pay bonuses without notifying and bargaining with the union)

No. 02-RC-313526 (2023) (decision of NLRB Regional Director holding that employer unlawfully interfered in election and ordering a re-run election, ultimately resulting in certification of the Union)

No. 22-2380 (3d Cir. 2022) (affirming NLRB order finding employer unlawfully rescinded attendance bonus program, and requiring restoration of the program pending further negotiations with the union, along with make-whole relief for affected employees)

No. 19-cv-01417 (JLS) (MJR) (W.D.N.Y. 2025) (denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment, motion to decertify the class, and motion to decertify the collective action, thereby entitling home health care workers to proceed to trial in wage and hour lawsuit)

No. 20-cv-6335 (LDH) (JRC) (E.D.N.Y. 2021) (approving settlement of $700,000 on behalf of restaurant workers in collective action lawsuit for violations of state and federal wage and hour laws)

No. 19-cv-5907 (PKC) (CLP) (E.D.N.Y. 2020) (approving settlement of wage and hour claims of former restaurant worker for over $400,000)

832 F.3d 120 (2d Cir. 2016) (overturning in its entirety lower court’s dismissal of overtime compensation claims for Assistant Urban Park Rangers, ultimately resulting in $1.7 million settlement)