A Labor & Employment Attorney Committed to Volunteerism White Plains, NY (June 23, 2020) – Yankwitt LLP attorney Michael Reed has been appointed by the Westchester County Bar Association (WCBA) to serve on the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) House of Delegates. Delegates are appointed for a one-year term […]
The benefits of hiring credentialed local counsel are addressed by Russell Yankwitt, managing partner of Yankwitt LLP, in the Westchester Magazine Ask the Top Lawyer Q&A feature. The short answer is that the best and brightest attorneys with the “right” training acquire a skillset that provides clients with superior, cost-effective […]
The New Jersey Law Journal has published an article by Yankwitt LLP attorney Michael Reed titled, “The Extraterritorial Reach of the NJWPL.” The article discusses a recent case, Ortiz v. Goya Foods, that held that New Jersey’s wage and hour laws do not apply extraterritorially, even in the face of […]
Yankwitt LLP partner, Kathy Marks, was featured in the Member Spotlight, in the May 2020 issue of Westchester Lawyer magazine, a publication of the Westchester County Bar Association (WCBA). Kathy, a commercial litigator whose practice focuses on Qui Tam/whistleblower litigation, answered questions about her practice, her former position as an […]
The New York Law Journal has published an article by Yankwitt LLP Counsel Michael Reed, titled, “Second Circuit Clarifies the NYLL’s Incorporation of FLSA Exemptions.” The article explains that there are similarities and overlap between the New York Labor Law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, but that they also differ in critical […]