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Our employment law attorneys stand out as experienced, dedicated litigators. Many are Graduates of top law schools, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and NYU; alumni of top-tier Wall Street law firms; former judicial clerks to distinguished Federal District and Court of Appeals judges; and former attorneys for prominent Fortune 500 companies.
Charles Joseph - Partner
Oliver J. Herzfeld - Of Counsel
Scott Shapiro - Of Counsel
Kat Dunnigan - Of Counsel
Raymond B. Grunewald - Of Counsel
Rebecca Height - Attorney
Michael D. Palmer - Attorney
Laura Strausfeld - Attorney
Vanessa Mi-jo Lee - Attorney
Diane Hester - Partner
Andy Dwyer - Of Counsel
Young Lee - Attorney
Charles
Joseph
Partner
Email: charles@jhllp.com
Education: New York University School of Law (J.D), 1990
Publications: Co-Author "Directors Face Risks in Workout", National Law Journal, April 15th, 1991.
Experience: Debevoise & Plimpton, 1990-1997.
Member: National Employment Lawyers Association.
Practice Areas: Sexual Harassment; Employment Law; Discrimination Law; Wage & Hour; Whistle-Blowing.
Oliver J. Herzfeld
Of Counsel
Email: oliverh@jhllp.com
Education: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences-NYU (B.A., Mathematics and Computer Science, cum laude, 1984); Columbia University (J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Experience: Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, 1990-1993. Functional General Counsel, Technology, Intellectual Property and Computer Law, J.P.Morgan, 1993-1999; General Counsel, Capco, 1999-2000. Chief Legal Officer, w-Technologies, 2000-2001. SVP and Chief Legal Officer, Beanstalk Group, 2003-.
Practice Areas: Employment Law; Discrimination Law; Sexual Harassment; Wage & Hour; Technology Law; Licensing Law; Whistle-Blowing.
Scott Shapiro
Of Counsel
Email: scott@jhllp.com
Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1987; Ph.D., with Distinction, 1996); Yale University (J.D., 1990); Phi Beta Kappa, Senior Editor , Yale Law Journal
Publications: Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy, J. Coleman and S. Shapiro eds. (Oxford: Clarendon Press). "Reviewing the Unreviewable Judge: Federal Prosecution Appeals of Mid-trial Evidentiary Rulings," 99 Yale Law Journal 905-24 (1990). Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law, 1996-Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School, 2002-2003. VolunteerAttorney, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services, 1995-1997.
Practice Areas: Family Law; Criminal Law; Constitutional Law; Negligence; Employment Law
Kat Dunnigan
Of Counsel
Email: kat@jhllp.com
Education: State University of New York Maritime College (1993); New York Univeristy Law School (1999).
Experience: Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Division; Center for Appellate Litigation; Civil Rights Litigation
Practice Areas: Employment Law; Sexual Harassment; Whistle-Blowing.
Raymond B. Grunewald
Of Counsel
Email: info@jhllp.com
Raymond B. Grunewald has been a trial lawyer for forty (40) years to date, starting with dozens of General Court Martial trials as a United States Army Judge Advocate trial and defense counsel both in Korea and the United States. Upon his return from active military service, he represented, for 5 years, a major insurance company in defense litigation in the Supreme Courts of New York, until he was personally appointed an Assistant United States Attorney by then U.S. Attorney General Robert E. Kennedy. He spent a decade prosecuting White Collar Crimes, Major Drug conspiracies, Income Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, Bribery, Kidnapping, Hijacking, etc. Upon Mr. Grunewald's return to private practice, he specialized in criminal defense from Investigation through Indictment, Trial and Appeals of all Federal and State Crimes; Grand Jury Representation; Representation before Federal and State Agencies, including all phases of Agency Investigations (such as FBI, IRS, SEC, INS and DOJ); and, Federal and State Income Tax defense. His experience includes defending Fraud claims (Medicare/Medicaid), bank, mail, wire, etc.), RICO, IRS, drugs and narcotics, organized crime and extradition.
Raymond Grunewald's civil litigation practice has included: general litigation (plaintiffs and defendants), automobile negligence and medical malpractice, with emphasis on motions, pleadings, examinations before trial and pre-trial negotiations, Surrogate's Court representation in contested estates for petitioners, respondents, legatees and distributes in Nassau, Kings, Queens & Richmond Counties. He has had accounts frozen in a multimillion dollar estate for the benefit of children whose father had been murdered by his spouse, their mother. Mr. Grunewald has handled diverse matters that range from acting as a private prosecutor/investigator for corporate and individual clients, to representation of such clients as Iberia Air Lines of Spain and its resident V.P./General Manager in the defense of criminal & civil contempt proceedings and violations of court decrees and injunctions; plaintiff or defense in variety of litigation, including products, motor vehicle, general and medical malpractice liability.
We dedicate ourselves to the vigorous representation of the accused and injured.
Rebecca Height
Attorney
Email: rebecca@jhllp.com
Education: Columbia University School of Law, New York, NY, J.D., May 2001; Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ (B.A., magna cum laude), May 1998.
Honors & Awards: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Columbia Human Rights Law Review.
Experience: Legal Aid of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Volunteer Attorney; Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, NY, Litigation Associate, Law Clerk.
Practice Areas: Employment Law; Sexual Harassment; Wage & Hour.
Michael D. Palmer
Attorney
Email: mpalmer@jhllp.com
Education: New York University School of Law, New York, NY J.D. degree, May 2004
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX Visiting 2L Student, Matriculated August 2002 May 2003
Honors: Texas Forum on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (Journal), Staff Member
Activities: Intellectual Property Law Society
The University of Texas, Austin, TX B.A. in Philosophy (Biology minor), Highest Honors, May 2000
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Dean's List Dean's Scholar
Practice Areas: Sexual Harassment; Employment Law; Discrimination Law; Wage & Hour; Whistle-Blowing.
Laura
Strausfeld
Attorney
Email: info@jhllp.com
Education: Yale University, BA, summa cum laude, Major - History, 1986; Columbia Law School, JD, 1991; University of California at Berkeley, Graduate studies in linguistics, 1992-95.
Honors & Awards: Phi Beta Kappa
Legal Experience: Eppenstein & Eppenstein, New York, NY Attorney of Counsel; Girard & Green, San Francisco, CA, Associate; Eppenstein & Eppenstein, New York, NY, Associate; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, New York, NY, Associate.
Practice Areas: Employment Law; Sexual Harassment; Wage & Hour; Whistle-Blowing.
Vanessa Mi-jo Lee
Attorney
Email: info@jhllp.com
Education: New York University School of Law, New York, NY J.D. ,May 2005; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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Interdisciplinary B.A. Degree in Multicultural Studies and Political Science, June 1998.
Honors & Awards: National Lawyers' Guild Haywood Burns Fellowship
Legal Experience: NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic, New York, NY; Law Student Intern, August 2003 - June 2005; The Defender Association, Seattle, WA
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Legal Intern, June - August 2004 (organized campaign against racially discriminatory drug law enforcement practices; advocated for police accountability and represented defended indigent clients)
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National Lawyers' Guild, New York, NY
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November 2002 - November 2003 (Jailhouse Lawyer Project).
Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Whistleblower Law.
Community Involvement: Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, Queens, NY
August 2003 - present
People's Law Collective, New York, NY
December 2002 - present
Neighborhood Legal Needs and Resource Center, New York, NY
November 2002 - May 2003
Youth Undoing Institutional Racism, Seattle, WA
February 2001 - July 2002
People's Coalition for Justice, Seattle, WA
June 2000 - July 2002
Whatcom Crisis Services, Bellingham, WA
May 1997 - June 1998
Diane Hester
Part
ner
Email: dhester@jhllp.com
Education: Harvard Law School (JD), 1990. Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Review; Board of Student Advisors (Moot Court); Union College (Economics), 1987.
Membership
: National Employment Lawyers Association.
Legal Experience: Debevoise & Plimpton 1990-1993, 1994-2004; Judicial Law Clerkship, 1993-1994, Honorable Alfred J. Lechner, United States District Court, District of New Jersey; New York Attorney General's Office, Office of Consumer Fraud 1988-1989.
Practice Areas: Sexual Harassment; Employment Law; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation.
Andy Dwyer
Of Counsel
Andy Dwyer graduated from Harvard College in 1984 and NYU Law School in 1990. Since law school, he has done abortion rights litigation (at the ACLU and CRLP) and landlord-tenant work at South Brooklyn Legal Services. Since 1996 he has been a labor and employment lawyer representing unions and employees.
Young Lee
Attorney
Email: info@jhllp.com
Education:
New York University School of Law, New York, NY J.D. degree, May 2005
New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL B.A. degree in Political Science/History, May 2001
Honors:
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, Article and Notes Editor, 2004-5, Staff Editor, 2003-4
Legal Experience:
Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY, Legal Analyst, October, 2005 - February 2006.
Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic, New York, NY, Law Student Intern, August 2004 – May 2005.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Summer Associate, May 2004 – July 2004.
Queens Legal Services, Corp., Jamaica, NY, Legal Intern, June 2003 – August 2003.
We are based in New York City, with affiliates in New Jersey and California, and work for clients in all fifty states through a network of affiliated local counsel.
Our New York address is:
757 Third Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10017.
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