Atty. Gregory Kirschenbaum
Gregory Kirschenbaum is a Partner at Phillips & Associates, where he represents employees in Labor and Employment Law matters and Labor and Employment Litigation. Based in New York, New York, he handles a wide range of workplace rights cases involving federal, state, and local laws, including the FMLA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the FLSA, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York City Administrative Code, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the Florida Civil Rights Act, and various whistleblower statutes.
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Gregory Kirschenbaum is a employment and litigation attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Phillips & Associates. They have 12+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2014. Admitted to practice in New York, New York State Bar Association (2014), Florida, The Florida Bar (2019), and New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association (2020). Educated at Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2013). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Labor and Employment Law - Employee (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Awards: (2026). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gregory Kirschenbaum is a Partner at Phillips & Associates, where he represents employees in Labor and Employment Law matters and Labor and Employment Litigation
- Based in New York, New York, he handles a wide range of workplace rights cases involving federal, state, and local laws, including the FMLA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the FLSA, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York City Administrative Code, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the Florida Civil Rights Act, and various whistleblower statutes
- Mr. Kirschenbaum is committed to advocating for employees facing sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and other unlawful workplace conduct
- He has helped clients recover millions of dollars through pre-suit negotiations, motion practice, litigation, and trial
- Drawing on years of courtroom and litigation experience, he works diligently to pursue fair and meaningful outcomes for individuals whose workplace rights have been violated
- In addition to his negotiation-focused approach, Mr. Kirschenbaum has substantial trial experience in federal court
- In 2015, he served as trial counsel in Rosas v
- Balter Sales, et al., 12-cv-6557, obtaining a $2.2 million plaintiff verdict in the Southern District of New York
- More recently, in 2022, he served as trial counsel in a race discrimination case in the Southern District of New York, Pardovani v
- Crown Building Maintenance Co., Jazz at Lincoln Center, et al., 15-cv-09065, which resulted in a unanimous jury verdict of $1.8 million after evidence was presented that the plaintiff had been repeatedly subjected to racial slurs
- Gregory has been recognized by Best Lawyers, selected by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” each year since 2017, awarded the Clients’ Choice Award by Avvo, and acknowledged by Lawyers of Distinction for his work in Employment Discrimination Law
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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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