The Employment Law practice of O'Connell & Aronowitz is involved in both the prosecution and defense of employment cases involving a wide range of issues, including breach of employment contracts, wrongful discharge, and discriminatory employment practices such as sexual harassment, gender, racial, and religious discrimination matters.

Our attorneys have extensive litigation experience in both Federal and State courts, as well as in administrative proceedings and arbitration before such government agencies as the New York State Division of Human Rights, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor.

We advise employers on compliance issues under various labor and employment laws, helping clients to conform their workplace practices and procedures to current law. Our attorneys also provide assistance on issues that arise in connection with our firm's general corporate representation. Our attorneys also conduct seminars on employment-related issues for businesses and labor unions.

Our attorneys have won notable verdicts. We obtained a $15.4 million jury verdict for an individual plaintiff in a sexual harassment trial. At the time, this was the largest verdict in the county for a harassment suit. We also negotiated a $1.8 million settlement for 17 professors wrongfully fired from Bennington College.

Representative Clients:
Communication Workers of America

Related Practices: Commercial & Corporate Transactions, Corporate Law, Municipal Law, Health Law, Commercial Litigation

Please contact Jeffrey Sherrin in our Albany office for more information.