• Represent employees primarily in financial sector in state and federal court and arbitration proceedings before FINRA, JAMS, and AAA in a variety of matters concerning complex financial, compensation, and employment issues.• Handle all aspects of employment discrimination and contract claims, from intake to appeal, in litigations and arbitrations. • Represent both management and union members in labor arbitration proceedings.• Served as arbitrator for Covid-19 vaccine exemption… Show more • Represent employees primarily in financial sector in state and federal court and arbitration proceedings before FINRA, JAMS, and AAA in a variety of matters concerning complex financial, compensation, and employment issues.• Handle all aspects of employment discrimination and contract claims, from intake to appeal, in litigations and arbitrations. • Represent both management and union members in labor arbitration proceedings.• Served as arbitrator for Covid-19 vaccine exemption matters in labor proceedings. Show less

• Handled all aspects of business and civil rights litigations, including businesstorts/contracts, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and police brutality claims, as well as before arbitration panels, in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.• First chaired wage-and-hour jury trial at the SDNY, securing a six-figure verdict in clients' favor.• Supervised associates and support staff.• Supported managing partner, Walker G. Harman, Jr., in firm operations and… Show more • Handled all aspects of business and civil rights litigations, including businesstorts/contracts, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and police brutality claims, as well as before arbitration panels, in New York, New Jersey, and Florida.• First chaired wage-and-hour jury trial at the SDNY, securing a six-figure verdict in clients' favor.• Supervised associates and support staff.• Supported managing partner, Walker G. Harman, Jr., in firm operations and business development. Show less

• Handled all aspects of employment litigation cases, including depositions, argument before courts and arbitration panels, and trial.• Managed firm's blog, publishing on average two blogs per week on developments in employment law.

•Wrote legal memorandums, interviewed witnesses and clients, drafted first versions of trial court documents, and generally supported associates and partners.

• Wrote memorandum on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulatory compliance in mortgage banking, state foreclosure mediation laws, and credit reporting. • Wrote memorandum on compliance with California foreign language requirements with regard to providing services in non-English languages. • Coordinated information and communication to conduct foreclosure prevention seminars. • Regularly discussed the evolving role of the lawyer in consumer banking with chief legal counsel and… Show more • Wrote memorandum on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulatory compliance in mortgage banking, state foreclosure mediation laws, and credit reporting. • Wrote memorandum on compliance with California foreign language requirements with regard to providing services in non-English languages. • Coordinated information and communication to conduct foreclosure prevention seminars. • Regularly discussed the evolving role of the lawyer in consumer banking with chief legal counsel and judges from the Eastern District Court of New York. Show less

• Prepared drafts of Orders on personal jurisdiction, arbitration proceedings, city zoning, and car insurance. • Observed and assisted Judge in trial proceedings, pretrial conferences, and oral arguments.

• Investigated Nicaraguan law governing worker and labor rights, specifically with regard to agricultural workers.• Drafted memorandum on corporate liability under the Alien Tort Claims Act. • Assisted in comparative study of Nicaraguan and US employment law.