KRAUS & ZUCHLEWSKI LLP is a partnership of skilled and experienced lawyers who provide targeted and personalized legal representation to individuals and small businesses in employment and commercial matters. Our attorneys have many decades of experience in employment law and business litigation cases and negotiations, and collectively we have tried cases in federal and state court, in arbitration hearings and in administrative agency proceedings. We also have argued appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the New York State Court of Appeals and other state appellate courts. An important part of our practice and one in which we have a great deal of expertise and experience is negotiating employment contracts and separation agreements. In addition, we are especially skilled at providing advice and assistance on corporate matters to both employers and employees, and have a deep understanding of the intricacies of the financial services world.

            As employment lawyers, we have assisted thousands of employees who have been terminated from their jobs or are at risk of being fired, have been retaliated against, or have experienced some form of discrimination, including age, gender, disability, pregnancy, family status/caregiver discrimination and sexual or racial harassment. At the same time, we have counseled and represented a number of employers with such issues as well as commercial problems and disputes. Our firm also conducts workplace investigations and reviews non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements and other restrictive covenants for employees.

            Kraus & Zuchlewski was founded in 2004, and since that time has established a reputation as one of the more prominent employment law firms in the country. If there is one thing that we have become known for above all others, it is our devotion to our clients’ needs and our willingness to go the extra mile to achieve the best possible results for them. We have developed an approach that emphasizes seeking to obtain an informal, negotiated resolution of our clients’ disputes with their employers and employees. When this fails, however, we are willing and able to take cases to trial or arbitration hearings if need be and have a highly favorable record when litigating cases.

            Among our strengths is our extensive network of contacts in the New York legal world. Because in part of our attorneys’ significant involvement in the American Bar Association, New York State and City Bar Associations and other professional organizations, we are acquainted with many of the management-side as well as employee-side lawyers in New York City and throughout the state. These connections often enable us to work effectively with attorneys representing companies whom we know and to achieve outcomes that might otherwise not be obtainable.