The 2026 listing of leading Employee-focused New York City Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater New York City legal market whose practice has a strong employee representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Anne Clark, Vladeck Raskin & Clark
Megan Goddard, Goddard Law
Jonathan Harris, Harris St. Laurent
Roberta Kaplan, Kaplan Martin
Wayne Outten, Outten & Golden
David Sanford, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Justin Swartz, Outten & Golden
David Wechsler, WGMG
Douglas Wigdor, Wigdor
Milton Williams, Walden Haran & Williams
Leading
Bryan Arce, Phillips & Associates
Jonathan Ben-Asher, Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher
Jeanne Christensen, Wigdor
Miriam Clark, Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher
Julie Fink, Hecker Fink
Meredith Firetog, Wigdor
Amy Gladstein, Gladstein Reif & Meginniss
David Gottlieb, Wigdor
Cara Greene, Outten & Golden
Todd Gutfleisch, WGMG
Brian Heller, Schwartz Perry & Heller
Adam Klein, Outten & Golden
Alan Klinger, Steptoe
Valdi Licul, Wigdor
Walter Meginniss Jr, Gladstein Reif & Meginniss
Marjorie Mesidor, Mesidor
Kim Michael, WGMG
Lawrence Pearson, Wigdor
Louis Pechman, Pechman Law Group
Davida Perry, Schwartz Perry & Heller
William Phillips, Phillips & Associates
Daniel Ratner, Levy Ratner
Zoe Salzman, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel
Laura Schnell, Eisenberg & Schnell
James Valentino, Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder
Mariann Meier Wang, Wang Hecker
Michael Willemin, Wigdor
Recommended
Hugh Baran, Katz Banks Kumin
Laurie Berke-Weiss, Berke-Weiss Law
Katherine Blostein, Withers Bergman
Richard Brook, Meyer Suozzi English & Klein
Sara Corello, Spivak Lipton
Susan Davis, Cohen Weiss and Simon
Christopher Davis, Working Solutions Law Firm
J. Patrick DeLince, DeLince Law
Denis Duffey Jr, Spivak Lipton
Joseph Fitapelli, Fitapelli & Schaffer
Rachel Geman, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Richard Gilberg, Meyer Suozzi English & Klein
Daniel Grossman, WGMG
Nicole Grunfeld, Katz Melinger
Jeremy Heisler, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight
Gary Ireland, Law Offices of Gary E Ireland
Pamela Jeffrey, Levy Ratner
Nicholas Johnson, Spivak Lipton
Dina Kolker, Steptoe
Hanan Kolko, Cohen Weiss and Simon
Russell Kornblith, Wigdor
Daniel Kovel, Kovel Law
Jane Lauer Barker, Pitta
Samuel Maduegbuna, Maduegbuna Cooper
Matthew Marcucci, Meyer Suozzi English & Klein
Bruce Menken, Menken Simpson & Rozger
Laurie Morrison, Law Offices of Laurie E Morrison
Rachel Nicotra, Nicotra Law
Mark Risk, Mark Risk PC
Jason Rozger, Menken Simpson & Rozger
Brian Schaffer, Fitapelli & Schaffer
Keith Secular, Cohen Weiss and Simon
Rita Sethi, Law Office of Rita Sethi
Scott Simpson, Menken Simpson & Rozger
John Singer, Singer Deutsch
David Slutsky, Levy Ratner
Molly Smithsimon, Smithsimon Law and Mediation
Brittany Stevens, Phillips & Associates
Robert Stulberg, Stulberg & Walsh
Tiffany Troy, Troy Law
Amelia Tuminaro, Gladstein Reif & Meginniss
Patrick Walsh, Stulberg & Walsh