Atty. Christopher J. Stevens
Chris Stevens handles employment litigation and provides employment-related advice and counsel across a wide variety of industries. My focus I represent employers confronted with people, payroll, and other problems that arise in the context of the employment relationship.
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Christopher J. Stevens is a employment and litigation attorney based in Albany, New York, practicing at Nixon Peabody LLP. Educated at Albany Law School (J.D., 2011). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026), Best Lawyers in America — in America (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — from 2023-2024 for work in: (2026). Serands clients in Albany, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Chris Stevens handles employment litigation and provides employment-related advice and counsel across a wide variety of industries
- My focus I represent employers confronted with people, payroll, and other problems that arise in the context of the employment relationship
- My practice focuses on litigation, though I also provide employment-related advice and counsel to clients across a wide spectrum of industries
- Employment Litigation I represent employers in all phases of litigation
- I regularly handle cases filed in both state and federal court
- I also defend clients against employment-related claims before various administrative agencies including the EEOC, the NLRB, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the Department of Labor
- I have experience litigating wage-hour class actions seeking unpaid overtime, collective actions brought under the FLSA, and single plaintiff lawsuits alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
- I view cases that clients entrust me to handle as problems to solve and pride myself on developing practical solutions to them in an efficient way
- Compliance and Counseling I also provide strategic advice and counseling on a variety of employment-related legal issues including handbook/policy development, terminations, performance management, overtime eligibility, reasonable accommodations, and leave requests
- My proactive advising includes providing trainings on various topics including harassment, wage-hour compliance, and more
- Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, I served as in-house employment counsel at Goldman Sachs
- My in-house experience enables me to understand and appreciate how clients are looking at a problem and how outside counsel can add value during the collaborative process of working with a client to develop solutions that work for their unique business
- Looking ahead The evolution and further adoption of tools that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence will be enormously impactful over the next decade
- Those developments will impact almost every aspect of every business
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in New York
Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Albany are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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