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New York Employment Law: Employee/Plaintiff Law Firm
Overview
Named Law Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation and other sources, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP, in New York, New York, is one of the country's most prominent and successful full-service legal practices for executives, medical professionals, attorneys, workers, and individuals, dealing with complex, pressing legal challenges involving any of the following:
- Discrimination and harassment
- Whistleblower and qui tam
- Financial & 401(k) Mismanagement
- Asian American litigation and finance
- Wage and overtime disputes
- Sexual violence litigation
- Trials and appeals
- Other public interest litigation
Over the course of our history, we have gained a reputation as one of the leading plaintiff class-action law firms in the nation. We have recovered over half a billion dollars in total compensation for our plaintiff clients, including a landmark settlement of more than $253 million against Novartis, a major pharmaceutical company.
This success garnered recognition from The American Lawyer for having obtained the largest verdict ever awarded for a class action involving employment discrimination. In addition, we have achieved a $61 million award in an ERISA class action – another landmark award -- and $50 million settlement in a qui tam case, among many others highlighted on our website.
Our legal practice has successfully handled hundreds of cases in state and federal courts, and we have earned designation as being the number one ranked law firm for human rights, employee rights and more.
To find out more about how we can best help you with the legal matters you face, please complete the email form on this page or the contact form on our website. In addition to New York, we have law offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Diego, and Nashville.
About Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Practice Areas
- Employment Law: Employee/Plaintiff
- Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- Gender Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Pregnancy Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
- National Origin Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Wage & Hour Law
- Wrongful Termination
- Retaliation
- Whistleblower/Qui Tam
- Employment Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Class Action Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Workers' Rights
- Women's Rights
- Human Rights
- Immigration Rights
- Sex Abuse-Plaintiff
- Title IX Matters
- Sexual Assault-Plaintiff
- Public Interest Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
- Securities Fraud-Plaintiff
- Financial Fraud-Plaintiff
- 401(k) Mismanagement-Plaintiff
- ERISA & 401(k) Matters
- SEC Whistleblower
- Title II Matters
- Title VII Matters
Previous Law Firm Name
- Sanford, Wittels & Heisler, LLP
People
Attorneys
- Carolin Guentert (Co-Managing Partner of the New York Office)
- Russell Kornblith (Partner and General Counsel)
- Kate MacMullin (Senior Litigation Counsel)
- Andrew Melzer (New York Partner)
- Michael Palmer (Co-Managing Partner of the New York Office)
- David Sanford (Chairman)
- Scott Sullivan (Of Counsel)
- David Tracey (New York Partner)
- Albert Powell (Staff Attorney)
- Jeremy Heisler (Co-Vice Chairman)
- Nicole Wiitala (Managing Partner for Legal Personnel and Co-Ombudsperson)
- Alok Nadig (Senior Litigation Counsel)
- Sharon Kim (Senior Litigation Counsel)
- Eli Watkins (Associate)
- Emma Stanton (Associate)
- Andrew Macurdy (New York Partner)
- Surabhi Dhar (Of Counsel)
- Caroline Hatley (Associate)
- Susannah R. Cohen (Associate)
- Mirand Katz (Associate)
Staff
- Michael Greene, Chief Financial Officer
- Alec Konstantin, Chief Operations Officer
- Lori Awes, Chief Marketing Officer
- Paul Brownfield, Media and Investigations Specialist
- Kiara Pagan, HR Generalist
- Jeffrey Huddleston, Business Development and Investigation Lead
- Mira Manchanda, Legal Assistant, 619-344-0733
- Danya Rangachar, Chief of Staff
Office Information
Address
17 State StreetSuite 3700 New York, NY 10004
Phone
Fax
- 646-402-5651
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
Other Offices
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 7911 Herschel Avenue Suite 300 La Jolla, CA 92037 619-369-4523
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 300 Hamilton Avenue Suite 500 Palo Alto, CA 94301 650-629-0099
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 50 California Street Suite 1538 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-422-9292
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 700 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Suite 300 Washington, DC 20003 202-221-4003
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 611 Commerce Street Suite 3100 Nashville, TN 37203 615-245-6960
Achievements
Lawyers at Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP selected for a Super Lawyers® list
- Guentert, Carolin On a Super Lawyers® List
- Heisler, Jeremy On a Super Lawyers® List
- Kornblith, Russell L. On a Super Lawyers® List
- MacMullin, Kate On a Super Lawyers® List
- Melzer, Andrew C. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Nadig, Alok On a Super Lawyers® List
- Palmer, Michael D. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Sanford, David On a Super Lawyers® List
- Tracey, David H. On a Super Lawyers® List
- Wiitala, Nicole On a Super Lawyers® List
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