Top Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Melville, NY

An associate at Kessler Matura P.C., Tana Forrester represents clients in the New York City metropolitan area and Melville, New York. Her practice areas extend to advocation, litigation and negotiation of settlements on behalf of employees who have been subjected to hostile work environments, harassment, discrimination, unpaid wages and retaliation. In all areas of employment law, she represents individual employees in class actions.

Ms. Forrester is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association of New York, the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and the New York City Chapter Labor & Employment Committee of the National Lawyers Guild. She is admitted to practice in the state of New York and before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

At Northeastern University, Ms. Forrester earned an undergraduate degree with a major in sociology and political science. She graduated magna cum laude and was in the Honors program while completing her degree, and she moved on to law school. At The City University of New York School of Law, she was a Peggy Browning Fellow and a Revson Public Interest Fellow. While earning her Juris Doctor, she was also a board member for the Workers’ Rights for Economic Justice.

Ms. Forrester’s passion for helping the average worker makes her a strong advocate for her clients and their best interests. She pursues claims for her clients under the New York Labor Law, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York City Human Rights Law, the New York State Human Rights Law, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII, Section 1981.