Over the past 40 years the workplace has become increasingly sophisticated as a result of the proliferation of laws designed to protect employees and their families from employer abuse. New York’s employers, now more than ever before, have to contend with far more limitations on their right to hire, compensate, manage, discipline and terminate their employees. As such, employers have enlisted an army of lawyers, consultants and human resource professionals to help them navigate these laws and develop programs to manage and manipulate their employees’ compensation, benefits and careers in order to meet corporate objectives.

Unfortunately, most New York executives, managers and employees do not seek professional advice when confronted with employment related issues. Instead, they assume they are powerless to alter or influence employer decisions and believe what they are being offered or told is non-negotiable. In this instance, employers have a distinct advantage over their employees.

My mission as an executive attorney in New York City is to combine practical advice within a legal framework to help you shape and manage your employment relationship. For more than a decade, I have successfully represented executives, managers, and employees in New York City and elsewhere by helping them understand how to level the playing field. My clients have used my strategic counsel to enhance and protect their careers on an extensive range of employment issues including:

Employment Agreements and Offer Letters	Pension and Benefit Plans
Severance Agreements	Workplace Discrimination
Career Enhancement	Interpersonal Workplace Conflicts
Non-competition and Non-solicitation Agreements	"Whistleblower" Claims
Bonus Disputes	Wrongful Termination

Working closely with my clients, I help them better understand their rights, risks and opportunities before making employment related decisions that will affect both their careers and their families. I then help them tap into their unique personal strengths and use the tools of negotiation and leverage (as well as litigation or arbitration in limited but appropriate circumstances) to attain their employment related objectives as well as resolve their employment related disputes. The goal is to assist executives and employees in New York City and elsewhere in negotiating the terms and conditions of their severance pay, employment contracts and offer letters and related non-compete and non-solicitation restrictions.

My goal is also to advise my clients as to their rights involving claims for unpaid bonuses, non-compete / non-solicitation violations, sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on sex, race, gender, sexual orientation, nation origin, pregnancy and disability, whistleblowing under Dodd Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley, and breach of employment contracts and other employment related promises. My ultimate goal as an attorney is to guide executives and employees in New York City and elsewhere on how to better manage their careers now, and in the future.

Throughout this site you will be able to learn a bit more About Me, find answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions, gain knowledge through the practical pointers found in Monthly Tips, and discover details on how we can Work Together. If you have other questions or concerns that are not answered here, please do not hesitate to Contact Me for further information.

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New York City Employment Lawyer
Tracey S. Bernstein
212-631-0200

Employment Attorney New York City