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Stephen Bergstein
Ulster County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 30 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals and Employment
Cuny Law School
Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated civil rights lawyer situated in Orange County, New York. Practice concentrated in employment discrimination (including sexual and racial harassment, disability discrimination and wrongful discharge) as well as constitutional issues (including First Amendment, due process and whistleblower protection). Extensive experience litigating claims from administrative level to appellate practice. Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney, 2015. Named Hudson Valley "Super Lawyer" in 2013-2015. Has litigated and argued numerous civil rights precedents in Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Southern and Northern Districts of New York, including Back v. Hastings School District, 2d Cir. 2004, which held for the first time that caregiver...
Louis M. Klein
Ulster County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Civil Rights, Elder and Estate Planning
Brooklyn Law School and Brooklyn Law School
Robert F. Volk
Ulster County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Civil Rights, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
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Brooke D. Youngwirth
Dutchess County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 13 years of experience
Civil Rights, Business, Employment and Personal Injury
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Brooke Dana Youngwirth represents both employees and private and public-sector employers before state and federal agencies, including the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Brooke also defends private and public employers against employment harassment and discrimination, labor violations, and various other federal and state claims.
In addition, Brooke frequently provides counsel to individuals, school districts, police departments, and other private employers on a range of topics such as wrongful termination, student disciplinary matters, employment discrimination, and the implementation of employment policies and handbooks. Brooke has held client training sessions and continuing legal education seminars...
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Jack Bryant Tuckner
Dutchess County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 36 years of experience
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City University of New York - Queens College
Jack Tuckner is a Women’s Rights in the Workplace attorney and a founding partner of Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, perhaps the only law firm in the nation concentrating its practice on workplace gender rights. His practice is focused on helping working women combat sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and other discrimination and illegal treatment faced by women, including illegal pay disparity, gender discrimination, maternity leave matters, unlawful retaliation, and wrongful termination.
Jack has long fought for women’s rights and against the unequal and wrongful treatment of women in the workplace. In doing so, Jack has gained a reputation for feminist activism...
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William J. Sipser
Dutchess County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 37 years of experience
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Bill Sipser has been a leading practitioner in the area of Labor Law and Employment Law Discrimination for almost thirty years. His practice is focused on representing clients in age discrimination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, and other matters involving employee rights. Bill has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts, and before several governmental agencies involving representation of individuals and labor unions.
Bill has prosecuted significant cases, including appeals before the Appellate Division of the State of New York as well as the federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He argued a critical employment discrimination issue before the...
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Laura Wong-Pan
Dutchess County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Civil Rights, Education, Employment and Municipal
Northeastern School Of Law
Christopher Dale Watkins
Ulster County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Civil Rights
University of California, Berkeley School of Law and University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Nicholas Roman Lewis
Dutchess County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 23 years of experience
Civil Rights, Business, Criminal and DWI
Columbia Law School and Columbia Law School
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Matthew Weinick
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOrange County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and SUNY Buffalo Law School
Matthew Weinick is a Long Island employment lawyer. Since the beginning of his career, Matt has been fighting for his clients’ workplace rights before Federal and State Court judges and administrative law judges. He has tried employment discrimination and retaliation cases before juries in Federal Court, represents clients at mediation and arbitration, and has argued appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the New York Appellate Divisions, First and Second Departments. Matt’s success has been recognized for five consecutive years by Super Lawyers Magazine which listed him as a Rising Star from 2012-2016, a recognition reserved for...
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Peter J. Famighetti
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 23 years of experience
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Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Peter is a passionate and dedicated advocate. Peter has represented clients in various forums, including the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, as well as in New York State Courts in the region. Throughout his career that has spanned more than a decade, Peter has served as defendants' and Plaintiffs' counsel in single and class action employment related litigation. Most recently, Peter won a jury trial on a First Amendment retaliation case in Federal Court. Additionally, Peter has appeared extensively in cases before arbitration tribunals and administrative agencies, including...
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Robert Irving Miller Jr
Dutchess County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 30 years of experience
(845) 447-8000
300 Westage Business Center Drive
Suite 225
Fishkill, NY 12524
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Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Since 1994, Robert Irving Miller has successfully represented businesses, health care professionals and individuals in litigation, at trials and in appeals. His primary focus is medical malpractice defense, health law and all matters related to the administration of health care facilities. Mr. Miller’s experience in both the fields of law and health care has made him an ideal advocate for hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and other health professionals. Mr. Miller is licensed to practice law in both New York and Connecticut as well as in federal courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of New York.
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Michael Diederich Jr.
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationRockland County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 43 years of experience
Civil Rights, Administrative, Appeals and Employment
Lewis & Clark Law School and Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
The Diederich Law Office focuses on helping victims of illegality and bias in employment and civil rights cases, particularly wrongful termination and job discrimination cases, and negotiating severance packages. Cases include wrongful discrimination based upon age, gender / sex, national origin, race, pregnancy or disability.
I also served as a "citizen soldier" (US Army reservist), with tours of duty in the combat zones of Iraq (2004-05) and Afghanistan (2012), as an Army lawyer. I retired in the rank of lieutenant colonel.
We handle cases from Long Island, through New York City and into the Hudson...
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Jimmy M. Santos
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 27 years of experience
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Boston University School of Law
Mr. Santos has been practicing law for over twenty six years, most of which on behalf of employees. He has successfully represented numerous clients before the state and federal courts in New York, and before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York City Commission on Human Rights and the U.S. and N.Y.S. Departments of Labor.
His practice area includes representing individuals in employment law and civil rights litigation, mediations, and arbitrations in matters involving unlawful discrimination and harassment and retaliation in private and public employment, housing and public accommodations. He represents clients...
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Curtis FJ Doebbler
Putnam County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and International
London School of Economics and Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands and New York Law School
Professor Curtis Doebbler is Research Professor of Law at the University of Makeni (Sierra Leone) and a visiting professor of law at Webster University (Geneva Switzerland). His expertise is in public International law, especially international human rights law. He has practiced before the federal courts in the United States in several different circuits and before the Supreme Court of the United States. He has expertise in appellate advocacy, constitutional law, and civil rights. Dr. Doebbler is very selective with the clients he takes on, but ability to pay is never a reason to refuse a client.
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Stephen S. Cobb
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Criminal
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Effective and economical representation for criminal defense matters in the local justice courts of Orange County, NY, and Orange County Court in Goshen. I also help immigrants with green card applications (family immigration.) I seek to provide excellent, honest service at low prices. Sí, hablo español. In God We Trust. :-)
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William Theodore Martin
Westchester County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 47 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Ian Wilder Stamme
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Civil Rights, Administrative, Appeals and International
Irwin Milton Portnoy
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 65 years of experience
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Elder and Social Security Disability
New York University School of Law
Evan Maurice Foulke
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Civil Rights
Albany Law School
Edward C. Bruno
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, DWI and Medical Malpractice
New York Law School
Carol Sue Goldstein
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 44 years of experience
Civil Rights and Social Security Disability
Pace Law School
Richard Britt Golden
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 43 years of experience
Civil Rights, Business and Real Estate
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University and Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
James Joseph Herkenham
Orange County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 46 years of experience
Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Fordham University School of Law and Fordham University School of Law
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Jonathan Ian Nirenberg
New York County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 25 years of experience
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Cornell University
I am an employment lawyer, and a partner at Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C. I represent employees in New Jersey and New York.
I handle a wide range of employment law disputes, including ones involving employment discrimination, workplace harassment, retaliation, employment contracts, severance agreements, non-compete agreements, unpaid commissions, family and medical leaves, reasonable accommodations for disabilities, and overtime and minimum wage claims.
I have been practicing law since 1998, when I graduated from Cornell Law School.
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Karen Ford Edler
Westchester County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 39 years of experience
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New York Law School
Karen Edler is the founder of the Price, Meese, Shulman & D'Arminio, P.C. Education Law Group. She advocates for parents and students to obtain a free, appropriate public education for students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), Section 504 & related laws. Ms. Edler's services include reviewing Individual Education Plans (“IEP”) & Section 504 Plans, attending meetings and filing due process petitions when necessary. Ms. Edler represents students with any educational issues including academic issues, school disciplinary cases, bullying cases and collegiate academic and disciplinary matters. Ms. Edler handles special needs planning, Special Needs Trusts, guardianship...
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Shawn Barnett
New York County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 10 years of experience
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Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
Shawn Barnett is a skilled litigator and trial attorney who is dedicated to helping those who have been victimized by law enforcement or correctional officers. He has received multiple million-dollar settlements for his clients and has been recognized as an Illinois Rising Star multiple times.
During his time as an attorney, Shawn has represented numerous clients who have been injured by those who have abused their authority. He has vigorously pursued a wide variety of claims on behalf of his clients, including false arrest, malicious prosecution, excessive force, wrongful death, and sexual assault. Shawn has a particular focus on police involved...
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Andrew Cherkasky
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 18 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, Medical Malpractice and Military
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Andrew Cherkasky Andrew Cherkasky is a former federal prosecutor best known for his work as an elite complex litigation attorney with a tremendous range of professional experience. He has become a premier national civil rights attorney through his wide range of legal experience, spanning from complex criminal litigation, to commercial and corporate transactions, to advising Generals in combat, to leading multi-million-dollar federal lawsuits. Andrew is a regular contributor on Fox News, CNN, and other national networks and has also been recognized for his expertise by a wide range of national news outlets, to include: The New York Times, The Washington...
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Karen Hillary Charrington
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 24 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Divorce and Family
City University of New York School of Law
Karen Charrington is a highly-skilled trial attorney. She is a former prosecutor who was trained in the Bronx County District Attorney’s office, which has one of the highest volumes of cases in New York City.
Ms. Charrington began her career as a Criminal Court Line Assistant and rose to the ranks of a Major Case Assistant handling the most serious criminal cases in the office. As an Assistant District Attorney, she was able to sharpen her skills as a no-nonsense litigator and trial attorney.
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David H. Ben-Asher
New York County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 57 years of experience
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Georgetown University Law Center
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Joseph Pace
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 13 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Business and Consumer
Yale Law School
Mr. Pace has briefed and argued cases in federal appellate courts around the country and in several state supreme courts. His clients have included sitting U.S. Senators, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the ACLU of NJ, as well as several startups.
He has extensive experience litigating a wide array of matters, including: civil rights, First Amendment, consumer rights, FOIL and FOIA, class actions, defamation, arbitration, business disputes, and torts.
Prior to founding J. Pace Law, Mr. Pace was senior legal counsel at Reprieve US, where he directed the group's First Amendment and national security litigation. He held the...
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Walker G. Harman Jr.
New York County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Fordham University School of Law
Walker G. Harman, Jr., graduated from the Fordham University School of Law with a J.D. in 1999. At Fordham Law School, he was a member of the Moot Court Board and the Criminal Defense Clinic and an editor of the Environmental Law Journal. He also served as President of the Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship, where he was charged with the distribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship funds to students to enable them to work with not-for-profit organizations, and co-chaired the LGBT Students Organization, where he worked directly with Fordham's Dean and other administrators to address diversity and...
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Michael Rose
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 27 years of experience
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New England Law | Boston
Attorney Michael A. Rose focuses his practice on successfully obtaining financial compensation for accident victims throughout the state of New York. He has tried a substantial amount of cases which have resulted in seven-figure jury verdicts and settlements. Also, in 2012 , Rose secured the largest jury verdict in the State of New York for Construction Site Accidents. Aside from providing legal assistance to his clients, Rose is currently a member of professional associations such as the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association of Justice.
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Edward Anthony Ruffo
Bronx County, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
St. John's University School of Law
Mr Ruffo one of the Nation's Top 100 Trial Lawyers as ranked by the National Trial Lawyers as well as a Top 100 New York Super Lawyer. He is rated Pre-Eminent By Martindale Hubble and maintains a perfect 10/10 AVVO rating. He has 23 years experience obtaining multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for victims of negligence, specializing in Motor Vehicle, Slip, Trip & Fall , Workplace,Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Negligence Litigation. Mr Ruffo helps victims in the NY and NJ metropolitan area. He is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of NY &...
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Edgar M. Rivera
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 10 years of experience
(646) 452-7211
1177 Avenue of the Americas
5th Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10036
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
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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Steven M. Silverberg
Westchester County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals, Business and Construction
New York University School of Law
Steven M. Silverberg is a founder of the firm and Of Counsel to Silverberg Zalantis LLC. He has extensive experience in representing developers and municipalities in land use, zoning and environmental law matters including litigation and appeals in the New York State and Federal Courts. Starting his career as an assistant district attorney and then working as a town attorney, providing counsel in such diverse areas as contracts, construction, telecommunications and employment law, prepared him for the services he has provided to businesses, municipalities and individuals. In addition to his experience with the approval process for residential and commercial developments...
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David Fallon
Albany County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 12 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Employment and Landlord Tenant
Brooklyn Law School
David focuses his practice on federal and private sector employment litigation, as well as landlord / tenant law, civil litigation, and appeals.
David has a strong record of success representing his clients in court and before federal and state administrative agencies. He understands that no two cases are exactly alike, and he works with his clients to try and achieve the best possible result based on the unique facts of their case. David litigates aggressively on behalf of his clients, while always taking the client’s own tolerance for risk into account in determining the appropriate litigation strategy.
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Brian Seth Orlow
Bronx County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 27 years of experience
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Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Brian Seth Orlow is a New York personal injury lawyer at The Orlow Firm. Brian has been practicing personal injury law in the state of New York since 1997. Brian has handled a wide range of injury cases including construction accidents, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, lead poisoning, nursing home abuse, bedsores, sexual abuse, police misconduct, premises liability including slip and falls and third party workers compensation.
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Brittany A. Stevens
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
University of San Francisco School of Law
Brittany A. Stevens has considerable experience representing employees in a wide range of employment discrimination matters. She manages a variety of cases involving sexual harassment, retaliation, and discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, caregiver status, and sexual orientation. She has handled numerous cases from inception through settlement.
Ms. Stevens zealously advocates for women's rights and is committed to helping women in the workplace. Ms. Stevens is a passionate litigator who believes strongly in civil rights and fairness throughout the work environment.
Ms. Stevens has obtained significant awards and settlements for her clients. Remarkably, Ms. Stevens received a...
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Vincent A. Antoniello
New York County, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 24 years of experience
Civil Rights, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Seton Hall University School of Law
Vincent A. Antoniello is a Member with Resnick Law Group, a New Jersey and New York employment law firm. He began practicing law in 2000 and has more than two decades of experience as an employment lawyer. He concentrates in representing employees in all aspects of employment law.
Prior to joining Resnick Law Group, Vincent practiced employment law at Lowenstein Sandler PC, representing businesses and management in employment law litigation and counseling matters. Having practiced employment law from the employer-side, Vincent now leverages that invaluable experience to benefit his employee clients.
In addition to being a strong advocate for his clients,...