Joshua Zuckerberg
Joshua Zuckerberg
New York
New York (NY)
Employment & Labor
Profile
Joshua Zuckerberg has been with Pryor Cashman since 2000 and became a partner in January 2007. His practice covers the entire spectrum of labor and employment issues. He has extensive experience representing and counseling employers on all matters affecting the workplace, including discrimination, harassment, and disability claims, restrictive covenants, wage and hour issues, and termination and severance practices.
In addition, Mr. Zuckerberg represents employee associations whose membership includes physicians, professors, stage directors and fire officers. Mr. Zuckerberg has developed considerable expertise in arbitration, mediation, collective bargaining, and federal and state litigation.
Recently, Mr. Zuckerberg has:
- Represented high level executives in various termination and severance negotiations
- Prosecuted and defended collective action wage and hour cases in the restaurant industry
- Initiated and settled a sexual harassment litigation against a Fortune 500 Bank
- Defended a real estate company and its executive in a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim
Mr. Zuckerberg is a 1997 graduate of Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law and the Moot Court Honors Society. He was awarded an Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
About Joshua Zuckerberg
Admitted: 1998, New York
Professional Webpage: www.pryorcashman.com/attorneys-131.html
Honors and Awards:
- Selected by Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon as one of "The Nation's Most Powerful Employment Attorneys - Up-and-Comers" (2011).
- Named in “Super Lawyers” under Employment & Labor Law in New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition magazine (2011 edition)
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Professional Affiliations: Member of the New York City Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Committee, where he has recently focused on international labor and employment issues.
- Bar Admissions: New York (1998); New Jersey (1997); U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (2000).
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Provides pro-bono legal services to Urban Pathways, one of the city's largest providers of services and housing to homeless New Yorkers.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Speaking Engagements: Speaker, Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace: What HR Needs to Know, IOMA Webinar (August 2009); Speaker, Complying With the New ADA Law: What to Watch for in the First Year, IOMA Webinar, March 2009.
- Publications: Author, New York Wage And Theft Prevention Act Goes Into Effect This Week, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (April 2011); Co-Author (with Stephanie Kline), New Wage Regulations For Restaurants and Hotels Go Into Effect by February 28, 2011, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (February 2011); Co-Author, The New York State Domestic Workers Bill of Rights: Guidance for Employers of Domestic Workers, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (December 2010); Author, Never-Ending Leave Not Required, But Look Beyond FMLA Leave, SHRM (September 13, 2010); Co-author (with Richard M. Betheil), New Wage Rate Notice Requirements Affecting All New York Employers, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (November 2009); Co-Author (with Matthew Young), Important and Immediate Changes to COBRA, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (February 2009); Co-Author (with Anna E. Hutchinson and Vanessa G. Lan), The New York State WARN Act, Recent Amendments To The Americans With Disabilities Act And Changes To The Family And Medical Leave Act, Pryor Cashman Legal Update (February 2009)
Educational Background:
- J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1997
- Kenyon College, cum laude, 1992
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