Our attorneys provide our clients in New York City, Westchester County and Rockland County with the highest quality legal services in a timely fashion; whether you need an aggressive defense for a criminal charge, DWI or a traffic ticket, or you need skilled legal advice on an employment law or business law matter, our experienced New York attorneys are here to help you. Our attorneys have successfully represented clients for over 25 years.
Have our experienced team of New York lawyers prosecute your employment law claims including sexual harassment, overtime violations, and discrimination.
Our employment law attorneys have represented and advised international Fortune 100 companies, emerging companies, small businesses, executives and other categories of employees in a wide range of employment law matters. Our attorneys have represented clients in the following sectors: financial services, medicine, pharmaceutical services, manufacturing, and retail services. Our employment lawyers have provided effective and timely legal counsel on pre-litigation matters and litigation employment law issues including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, breach of contract, violations of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, non-payment of wages and overtime compensation, wrongful termination, misclassification of employees as independent contractors, whistleblowers and unlawful retaliation. Of note, we have assisted hundreds of employees and employers in severance negotiations.
In these difficult economic times, our New York and New Jersey employment law attorneys have helped hundreds of clients review and negotiate severance agreements and severance packages. For each client, our employment law attorneys will:
- Review your severance agreement paragraph by paragraph with you and explain the specific related issues;
- Analyze legal issues surrounding your termination including the viability and strength of any possible employment law claims that you may have;
- Determine the proper valuation of stock options and other compensation and benefits available to you;
- The availability and proper cost of COBRA health insurance coverage, your eligibility for the federal COBRA subsidy program, and your eligibility for state unemployment insurance benefits; and
- The impact of any restrictive covenants (non-competition and non-solicitation agreements) that you may be bound by and other issues affecting your future employment.
Contact our employment law lawyers to discuss your employment law issues and get answers about your rights and options. Call our office now at (800) 893-9645.
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