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Stephen Bergstein
New Paltz, 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...
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Brooke D. Youngwirth
Poughkeepsie, 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
Poughkeepsie, 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
Poughkeepsie, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 38 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
Poughkeepsie, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Civil Rights, Education, Employment and Municipal
Northeastern School Of Law
Christopher Dale Watkins
New Paltz, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Civil Rights
University of California, Berkeley School of Law and University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Irwin Milton Portnoy
Newburgh, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 65 years of experience
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Elder and Social Security Disability
New York University School of Law
Louis M. Klein
Kingston, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Civil Rights, Elder and Estate Planning
Brooklyn Law School and Brooklyn Law School
Edward C. Bruno
Pine Bush, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, DWI and Medical Malpractice
New York Law School
Nicholas Roman Lewis
Poughkeepsie, 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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Peter J. Famighetti
Middletown , NY Civil Rights Attorney with 24 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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Matthew Weinick
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfMiddletown, 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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Vince F. Sykes
Spring Valley, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Attorney Vince Sykes is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served on active duty, as an enlisted, and earned several distinguished medals to include Good Conduct Medal and Overseas Tour of Duty.
Following military service, Vince obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) from SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; a Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Pepperdine University, CA.; and a Juris Doctorate Degree (J.D.), Cum Laude, from Pace Law School, NY.
Vince’s career spans engineering positions in Silicon Valley where he worked for high-tech companies such as Cisco Systems, Bay Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, and various technology start-ups. Vince...
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Michael Diederich Jr.
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationStony Point, 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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Peter John Schuyler
Croton-On-Hudson, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Divorce, Employment and Medical Malpractice
Fordham University
Kitson & Schuyler LLP is a full-service law firm located in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, in the heart of the lower Hudson Valley. We offer clients professional, cost-efficient representation and personal attention to all aspects of the legal matters we handle. Our attorneys have successfully represented clients in courts from New York City to Dutchess County, as well as in mediation and arbitration of both commercial and individual claims. We have guided clients through a variety of business and real estate transactions, establishing a reputation as effective advocates for our clients regardless of the nature of the issues presented. Call today...
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Daniel Gibson Castricone
Tuxedo Park, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal, Elder and Real Estate
Pace Univ. School Of Law
Dan is the founding partner of Castricone Law offices. He graduated with honors from Pace University School of Law and is admitted to practice in NY and the Federal Courts. Dan understands that the legal system can intimidate and overwhelm anyone – and is here to help find the answers and create the solutions you need. Don't let yourself get buried in details. Contact the law offices of Daniel G. Castricone instead.
After nearly 30 years of helping clients endure life-changing events, we appreciate the anxiety people face when having to pursue or defend a legal dispute. It...
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Jimmy M. Santos
Cornwall, 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
Lake Peekskill, 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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Robert Irving Miller Jr
Fishkill, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 30 years of experience
(845) 447-8000
300 Westage Business Center Drive
Suite 390
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.
Mr. Miller graduated from Pace...
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Leilani J. Rodriguez
Fishkill, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 19 years of experience
(845) 447-8000
300 Westage Business Center Drive
Suite 390
Fishkill, NY 12524
Civil Rights, Criminal, Health Care and Personal Injury
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Leilani Rodriguez has a diverse legal background having practiced in both the private and public sectors in state and federal court. Her practice focuses primarily on medical malpractice, personal injury, civil rights, criminal defense and professional liability. She is well versed in both trial and appellate litigation.
Prior to transitioning to the private sector, Ms. Rodriguez worked for the New York State Attorney General’s Office defending the State in various lawsuits, including general negligence, medical malpractice, municipal law and automobile accidents. She also worked in the Federal Habeas Corpus Unit and has briefed and argued numerous cases...
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Richard S. Pakola Jr.
Bardonia, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 29 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, Estate Planning and Probate
The George Washington University Law School and Fordham University School of Law
Rick has over twenty years of experience in civil and criminal practice, in both state and federal courts. He appears in throughout Rockland, Westchester, and Orange Counties, as well as in New York City, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He specializes in estate planning, all trusts and estates issues and litigation, civil rights, criminal, and family law cases in trial level courts and on appeal.
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Stephen S. Cobb
Newburgh, 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. SĂ, hablo español. In God We Trust. :-)
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William Theodore Martin
Somers, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 47 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Bernard Weinreb
Suffern, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Social Security Disability
New York Law School
Evan Maurice Foulke
Goshen, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Civil Rights
Albany Law School
Carol Sue Goldstein
MONROE, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 44 years of experience
Civil Rights and Social Security Disability
Pace Law School
Stephen B. Lowe
New City, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Suffolk University Law School and Suffolk University Law School
Ian Wilder Stamme
Highland Falls, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Civil Rights, Administrative, Appeals and International
Richard Britt Golden
GOSHEN, 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
Jay M. Konigsberg
NEW CITY, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Civil Rights, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Brooklyn Law School
James Joseph Herkenham
SLATE HILL, 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
Gilbert Epstein
New City, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 57 years of experience
Civil Rights and Social Security Disability
St. John's University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
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Jesse S. Weinstein
New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 8 years of experience
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American University Washington College of Law
I am a military veteran with a relentless work ethic. I have applied the lessons I learned during my enlistment to become a proven litigator, negotiator, and leader having obtained nearly $20,000,000 in settlements for my clients.
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Richard Hochhauser
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfHempstead, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal, DWI and White Collar Crime
Fordham University School of Law
Richard Hochhauser is the founding partner at the Law Office of Richard Hochhauser, PLLC. As a former Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Hochhauser is a proven trial attorney having successfully taken numerous criminal cases to verdict and is highly experienced in all aspects of criminal law. As an ADA, Mr. Hochhauser prosecuted thousands of criminal cases, including DWI, hit and run, drug sale and possession, assault, domestic violence, larceny, financial fraud, ID theft, and many others. Further, Mr. Hochhauser was chosen to be a member of a specialized unit which focused on DWI and DUI prosecution.
As part of this appointment,...
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Greg Mansell
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfNew York, NY Civil Rights Attorney with 15 years of experience
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Employment attorney in Columbus, Ohio that does work on behalf of the employee. I have been rated by Super Lawyers and recognized by Best Lawyers in America. My firm, Mansell Law, has been selected by US News and Best Law firms in America. I am passionate about protecting the rights of the individual!
The employment attorneys at Mansell Law are ready and able to fight for the rights of employees. Our employment lawyers are aggressive and relentless in your pursuit. We have helped thousands of individuals in all aspects of employment law including, but certainly not limited to, unpaid...
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Karen Hillary Charrington
New York, 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.
Trial attorneys always have a leg up on the competition because they can see a case from the...
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Shawn Barnett
New York City, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 11 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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Edward Anthony Ruffo
Bronx, 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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Andrew Cherkasky
New York, 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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Gerald Jay Resnick
New York, NY Civil Rights Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Civil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Western New England University School of Law
Gerald Jay Resnick is the founder of Resnick Law Group, a New Jersey and New York employment law firm. He has practiced law since 1979, and has focused on employment and discrimination cases since 1985. He has significant experience in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, employment contracts and severance agreements, wage and hour cases, retaliation and whistleblower claims, and family and medical leave claims.
Mr. Resnick is one of a small group of NJ employment attorneys who is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Trial Attorney. Certified Attorneys are a group with demonstrated...