State Agencies and Employees

Our firm represents state agencies and employees in all phases of civil, disciplinary, and investigative proceedings.  Our partners have highly specialized experience as the General Counsel to the New York State Police, and in previously representing members of the New York State Legislature, as well as state agency employees, police officers, and corrections officers.  This experience enables the firm’s partners to represent State and other public and private sector employees in matters, including:

• Federal and state civil litigation when outside conflict counsel is required
• Internal agency disciplinary investigations and board hearings
• Investigations by the New York State Inspector General
• Investigations by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE)
• New York State Justice Center Investigations and Prosecutions
• New York State Public Employment Relations Board
• Department of Labor investigations

This experience includes:

• Successful representation of a police department involving negotiations with the United States Department of Justice resulting in full dissolution of a thirty-five-year Title VII Civil Rights Consent Decree.
• Investigation of a local police department involving allegations that executive officers subverted a United States Department of Justice Department Title VII Civil Rights Consent Decree when they compromised a police officer entrance exam.
• Representation of municipalities and corporations in responding to federal grand jury subpoenas.