Labor and Employment Attorneys:

Eva Barsoum
John F. Black
Mara Ginsberg
John J. Lynch

For more information, please contact:
John F. Black

The attorneys on our Labor and Employment team are recognized as leading labor law practitioners.

With years of experience in collective bargaining, contract arbitration and employment discrimination cases on behalf of several statewide and local public employee unions and public and private employees, our attorneys employ aggressive strategies to ensure that our clients' rights under the terms of their contracts are protected and enforced. We take a problem-solving approach to clients’ concerns, utilizing attorneys and resources from the firm's other practice areas when necessary.

Our full range of services to public employee unions and individual union members includes:

  • Collective bargaining and interest arbitration representation
  • Arbitration of contract grievances and employee disciplinary charges
  • Litigation of employment-related disputes in state and federal court
  • Representation before the NYS Public Employment Relations Board
  • Pursuit and defense of federal civil rights actions under Section 1983
  • Representation before the New York State and Local Retirement Systems for applications for disability retirement funds
  • Representation before the New York State and Local Retirement Systems in relation to membership issues, claims for service credit and calculation of service retirement benefits
  • Representation of labor unions and other labor organizations before the State Legislature and the Executive Department