Practice Areas
The Law Offices of Lisa B. Lerner PLLC represents employees, executives, professionals, and financial services industry personnel in a broad range of employment law matters, including discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, severance negotiations, executive employment agreements, wage and bonus disputes, workplace investigations, and FINRA-related employment matters.
Employment Discrimination
Representing employees in claims involving age, race, sex, pregnancy, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other unlawful workplace discrimination under federal, New York State, and New York City law.
Retaliation & Whistleblower Retaliation
Representing employees who report discrimination, harassment, wage violations, securities violations, financial misconduct, fraud, or other unlawful workplace conduct and who suffer retaliation for exercising their legal rights.
Employment Agreements
Reviewing, negotiating, and advising employees and executives regarding employment agreements, executive contracts, restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements, compensation provisions, and separation terms.
Severance Negotiation
Reviewing and negotiating severance agreements to maximize compensation, protect legal rights, and improve restrictive covenant, confidentiality, and other separation terms before an agreement is signed.
Sexual Harassment
Representing employees in claims involving sexual harassment, hostile work environments, quid pro quo harassment, workplace harassment, and retaliation for reporting unlawful conduct.
Wrongful Termination
Representing employees who have been wrongfully terminated in violation of employment contracts, anti-discrimination laws, whistleblower protections, retaliation statutes, public policy, or other legal protections.
Wage & Bonus Disputes
Representing employees in disputes involving unpaid wages, wage theft, bonuses, commissions, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, overtime, and retaliation for asserting wage rights.
Workplace Investigations
Representing employees, executives, and professionals who are the subject of, or witnesses in, workplace investigations. Lisa prepares clients for investigation interviews, advises them regarding their legal rights and obligations, and provides strategic guidance throughout the investigative process.