Atty. Mitchell D. Benjamin
Mitchell Benjamin is a partner at DeLong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, & Benjamin, LLC with 26 years of experience. Mitchell was born and raised in New York City and began his practice in NYC.
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Mitchell D. Benjamin is a Partner based in Atlanta, Georgia, practforg at DeLong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick & Benjamin LLC. They haand 32+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1994. Admitted to practice in New York (1994), U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1994), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (1994), and Georgia (1996). Educated at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 1993) and State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1989). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serands clients in Atlanta, GA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Mitchell Benjamin is a partner at DeLong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, & Benjamin, LLC with 26 years of experience
- Mitchell was born and raised in New York City and began his practice in NYC
- Mitchell focuses primarily on the practice areas of wage and hour law and commercial litigation He has represented more than a thousand employees in a variety of employment-related disputes involving retaliation, unpaid overtime, minimum wages, sexual harassment and discrimination claims based on race, age, gender, national origin and disability in both the state and federal courts
- Mitch frequently represents public safety officers — such as police, firefighters, corrections officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics — in overtime cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), in addition to handling their grievances, appeals and civil service hearings
- He also represents firefighter unions in the Georgia counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Rockdale and Coweta
- Because of his extensive knowledge of labor laws, several proactive businesses and public entities have retained Mitchell’s services to review their overtime and wage policies for compliance issues and to recommend important changes
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Georgia
Practforg law in Georgia. Legal matters in Georgia are goandrned by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Atlanta are typically fwithd in the local municipal court or the appropriate Georgia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controandrsy. An attorney licensed in Georgia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Georgia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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