Top Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in New York, NY

As a Partner at Faruqi & Faruqi LLP, Innessa Melamed Huot represents clients in New York City and across the country in all matters related to employee rights.  Innessa represents workers in both individual and class action cases involving wage theft claims such as unpaid wages, overtime, late payment of wages, unpaid commissions, minimum wage violations, and violations of laws relating to tip credits and tip pools. Innessa also focuses her practice on representing employees in both federal and state courts asserting workplace harassment and discrimination claims, retaliation and wrongful termination claims, breach of contract claims, violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as other employment-related violations.  Innessa has served as lead counsel in numerous cases filed against major businesses and corporations, and has successfully recovered millions of dollars on behalf of her clients.

Selected for inclusion into the America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators list, Ms. Huot is admitted to practice in the following states: New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.

Innessa is active in multiple bar associations, including the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section, American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment, and the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA).

Innessa earned her Juris Doctor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where she graduated magna cum laude.  She also earned her Masters of Business Administration in Finance at the Lubin School of Business, where she graduated summa cum laude.  Innessa earned her Bachelor of Arts at Syracuse University, where she also graduated summa cum laude.