Atty. Rashmee Sinha

• Rashmee Sinha focuses her practice on labor and employment counseling and litigation
• As a logical, strategic, and pro-active employment defense attorney, Ms. Sinha has a proven track record of extricating clients from suit in the early stages of litigation
• Ms. Sinha handles complex wage and hour class/collective actions, including cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, New York Labor Law, and New Jersey Wage Payment Law
• She also handles claims under Employment Practices Liability Insurance, Directors and Officers and Errors and Omissions policies related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate, whistle-blower, and wrongful discharge on the basis of protected categories (i.e. age, sex, disability, race, gender, national origin, religion, pregnancy etc.)
• Ms. Sinha is experienced in managing all aspects of litigation, often complex, through summary judgment
• Ms. Sinha provides day-to-day counseling on HR compliance issues and oversees hiring, on-boarding, disciplinary actions, leave requests, terminations, and benefits
• She is experienced in all areas of employment litigation in both federal and state courts
• She defends administrative proceedings and regulatory compliance investigations before numerous employment practice agencies including the EEOC, and the federal and state Department of Labor and the Department of Health
• She has worked with and been endorsed by many insurance carriers in employment practices litigation
• She has also been called upon to speak at annual training seminars for a carrier rated Superior “A+ XIII” by A.M
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• Ms. Sinha represents employers from industries including healthcare, construction, financial services, property management, insurance, technology, transportation, building services, hotel and hospitality, retail, manufacturing, power and energy, and pharmaceutical
• She also counsels employers on employment and compliance issues including employment policies, contracts, discipline, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, complaints, investigations, benefits, proprietary information, restrictive covenants, reorganizations, and executive compensation
• Prior to joining Kaufman Dolowich and Voluck, she was a member of an employment practices group at another top tier law firm
• She interned for The Honorable Magistrate Judge Ronald Hedges in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Rashmee is an active member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society
• She has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and as an Emerging Leader by the Visionary Lions Club
• Professional Memberships • Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) – Management/PL Trend Advisor • Defense Research Institute • American Bar Association – Labor & Employment Section • New York Bar Association – Labor & Employment Section • Insurance Professionals Association of Long Island – Executive Board, Corresponding Secretary Awards • Super Lawyers, Rising Star 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 • Emerging Leader Award, Visionary Lions Club, 2013 Publications • NY Expands Whistleblower Law

Employers

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• New York Law Journal, authors Rashmee Sinha, Esq., Saranicole Duaban, Esq., Solomon Abramov, Esq., March 23, 2022 • BUSTED: New York Department of Labor Thwarts Over $1 Billion in Unemployment Insurance Fraud Claims Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic • Rashmee Sinha Joins Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck As Employment Practices Liability Partner on Long Island • KDV Alert – Coronavirus: What Should Employers Do?
• News • EMPLOYER ALERT: Governor Hochul Ushers in Sweeping Changes to Workplace Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Laws • EMPLOYER ALERT: NEW YORK CITY ISSUES ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON THE “KEY TO NYC” PASS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS • REMINDER: New York State Paid Sick Leave Goes Into Effect Today • BUSTED: New York Department of Labor Thwarts Over $1 Billion in Unemployment Insurance Fraud Claims Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic • Rashmee Sinha Joins Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck As Employment Practices Liability Partner on Long Island • KDV Alert – Coronavirus: What Should Employers Do?
• Speaking Engagements • WBWD Radio Zindagi, 2021 • RSUI Insurance, Atlanta GA – 2017, 2018 • Leading Age, New Jersey, 2017, 2018 • We Works Food Labs, 2019 • NJ Employment Law Hot Topics, 2019 • Coronavirus and the Workplace Presentation, February 2020 • Remote Workplace Accountability, Long Island Construction Finance Management Association, April 2021