FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Philip K. Davidoff, Eric Su and Stephen E. Zweig, attorneys in the firm’s New York office, have been selected to the 2018 “New York Metro Super Lawyers” list. Jeffrey G. Douglas, Counsel in the New York office, has been named to the 2018 “New York Metro Rising Stars” list.
Attorneys are selected for this honor through a statewide nomination process, peer review by practice area and independent research on candidates. This rigorous process is designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of attorneys in the state of New York are named “Super Lawyers.”
The Rising Stars list recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state – those who are 40 years old or younger, or those who have been practicing for 10 years or less. While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.
Phil Davidoff represents management in employment law matters, including claims involving discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, family and medical leave laws, breach of contract, restrictive covenants and common law torts. He has defended litigations in federal and state courts and administrative agencies across the United States, as well as in arbitrations before the National Association of Securities Dealers, FINRA and the American Arbitration Association. He also regularly counsels employers on all aspects of employment law and workplace issues.
Eric Su is the managing partner of FordHarrison’s New York office and he represents employers in employment disputes before federal and state courts, administrative agencies as well as in arbitrations and is the co-chair of the firm’s Construction practice group. Eric often defends employers in class and collective litigation involving alleged underpayment of minimum wage, overtime and other wage claims. His practice involves representing management in investigations by federal and state labor departments; Davis-Bacon Act (and Related Acts), Service Contract Act and state prevailing wage claims defense; defending and prosecuting restrictive covenant claims; counseling management in all facets of workplace fraud investigations, including but not limited to, forensic accounting and IT investigations concerning employee embezzlement, workplace harassment, disloyal conduct and other employee misconduct.
Stephen Zweig leads the firm’s executive compensation practice and previously served as managing partner of the firm’s New York office for the past ten years. Stephen represents and counsels executives in employment negotiations when they are entering, during, and leaving employment. He has counseled hundreds of individuals in negotiating their employment and separation agreements, including both total compensation packages and separation packages. Stephen is well known for his negotiating strategies. He is a Lexis Practice Advisor on executive compensation, has authored a chapter in Bloomberg BNA’s Executive Compensation treatise, has been published by many other media sources, and speaks regularly to associations and professional groups. Stephen is also pro-bono assistant general counsel for the Financial Women's Association of New York, and co-heads its Men's Alliance Committee.
Jeffrey Douglas concentrates his practice on counseling and representing employers in a broad range of labor and employment matters. Jeffrey focuses his practice on wage and hour compliance and litigation, employment discrimination litigation, traditional labor law, and ERISA matters. He has extensive experience litigating collective action wage and hour and employment discrimination matters in both federal and state courts as well as representing clients in administrative proceedings before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division of Human Rights, U.S. Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board.
About Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the state or region and the ABA-accredited law school libraries. Super Lawyers is also published as a special section in leading city and regional magazines across the country. In the United States, Super Lawyers Magazine is published in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., reaching more than 13 million readers.