About The Firm
Advocates For NYC Executives And Employees
Have you devoted 90 percent of your waking hours to your job, only to have the rug pulled out from under you after years of loyal service? Usually, a fired worker gets no notice or warning of an adverse employment action, such as a firing. Have you suffered economically and personally from a disruption to your career, a breach of your contract or an employer’s violation of your civil rights?
Our founding attorney, Jonathan Sack, is a trial lawyer with 20-plus years of demonstrated results. He lives and breathes cases and operates under a personal mantra: Each client is treated like they are his first, last and only client. There is a great deal of personal satisfaction in pursuing a claim for a client who has been wronged. He is energetic, competitive, intellectually driven by the unique facts of each client’s circumstance, and resourceful in seeking out a satisfactory result, and most of all, he’s passionate about the opportunity to assist clients during a difficult time of transition.
At Sack & Sack, Attorneys at Law, we practice employment law. Our clients include senior executives of major corporations, financial services industry professionals, sales professionals and sales managers, investment brokers, and employees in the advertising, health care and technology sectors. The employees we represent need not be at the highest rungs of the ladder; many clients are lower management and workers at any level. Some of our clients have opened up businesses of their own and have retained us to manage the employment law-related issues that arise on the employer’s side of the negotiation table. Serving New York City and Long Island (and clients statewide), we handle pre-employment matters, such as advising clients about job changes. We draft and negotiate offer letters, non-competes and employment contracts. We provide on-the-job counseling and insightful guidance to clients who face an adverse employment action such as a bad performance review, a warning or a new manager who is treating the client unfairly.
Most commonly, we manage the severance negotiations of terminated employees. We also spend a fair amount of time in our practice mediating, arbitrating and litigating non-competition claims, discrimination, whistleblower, breach of contract, bonus, commission and compensation claims in various forums, such as FINRA, JAMS, AAA and federal and state courts throughout the country. We represent clients in civil rights lawsuits, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation or wrongful termination claims. See our Representative Cases.
About Our Representation
In our initial consultation, we make time for prospective clients to explain their rights and explore whether their claims have merit. We understand that our client is placing his or her future outcome in our hands and in return we give them 100% of our time, effort and acumen to obtain the desired result.
In exchange for the firm’s legal services, we work primarily on either a flat fee or on a value-added contingency fee equal to a mutually agreed-upon percentage of the monetary damages recovered, unless we are unable to increase a standing settlement offer. In contract negotiations, we will work out a flat fee arrangement with the client. This way, the client knows upfront what their costs for legal services will be, regardless of the time spent on the matter. We work behind the scenes, advising and guiding the client, or we become actively involved with the negotiation process, including the drafting of language to suit the client’s intentions. With respect to value-added success fees, the client and the firm share a parallel identity of interest in the outcome, and we work as partners to obtain the best result in the least amount of time, efficiently and aggressively pursuing the desired end result. On defense matters, we will work on a flat fee hourly billing arrangement, usually with a cap on the fee, as mutually agreed upon. We also advise companies by producing sexual harassment and workplace behavior seminars, as well as advising, drafting and implementing employment policies and personnel handbooks.
You Can Contact Us For A Free Consultation
We welcome the opportunity to discuss your employment situation in person. We offer a free initial consultation and return all calls or emails within 24 hours. Call us at 212-702-9000 or contact us online. We may also be reached at [email protected]. You can also reach our assistant at 212-702-9000, ext. 212.