Marc A. Rapaport
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in New York, New York
Rapaport Law Firm, PLLC
Practice areas: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation, Business Litigation; view more
Licensed in New York since: 1993
Education: Georgetown University Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2020, 2023 - 2026 Marc A. Rapaport has concentrated his practice on employment law and employment litigation for more than 30 years. Marc handles cases that span nearly all areas of employment law, including overtime and other wage-related disputes, employment discrimination, sexual harassment claims, wrongful discharge, and non-competition agreements. Marc offers both individual employees and employers practical guidance on resolving employment law issues, either by litigation or by confidential negotiation or mediation. Marc's track record of success includes high-profile victories in class and collective actions involving overtime claims of residential building service workers in New York City.
Marc also represents individual and institutional clients in commercial disputes. During the past three decades, Marc has successfully handled negotiations, court proceedings, and arbitrations in disputes relating to commercial real estate, construction, executive compensation, and regulatory issues. Marc has long served as New York litigation counsel for the nation’s largest telecommunications carriers. Marc also represents both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation involving defamation claims.
Upon earning his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1992, Marc began his legal career as a Staff Attorney with the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In 1995, Marc founded Rapaport Law Firm, PLLC, with the vision of providing sophisticated and skilled representation for an extraordinarily diverse array of clients. As a boutique law firm, Rapaport Law Firm provides highly skilled and experienced legal representation and provide every client with unsurpassed personal attention.
Licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey since 1993, Marc is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and District of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. Marc is a member of the New York City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) of New York.
Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation: PlaintiffFocus areas
Employment Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Employment Law - Employer, Labor Law, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Wrongful Termination
- 40% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 40% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Business Litigation
- 10% Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1992, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: https://www.rapaportlaw.com/attorneys/marc-rapaport/
Bar / Professional Activity
- New York State Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association, 2025
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) of New York, 2025
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Andujar et al. v. Skyc Management LLC et al., SDNY Case No. 23-cv-8762-MKV - Court approved overtime settlement of $1,050,000 on behalf of 5 residential building superintendents , 2025
- Contrera et al. v. Irving Langer et al., SDNY Case No. 16-cv-03851: FLSA overtime settlement in the amount of Seven Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,100,000) on behalf of approximately 600 superintendents and porters who worked at apartment buildings in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, 2021
- Court-approved settlement of $451,000.00 in overtime lawsuit, Ferreira et al. v. 5 Tellers Associates, L.P. et al., EDNY Case No. 20-cv-00212. , 2022
- Feliz v. Parkoff Operating Corp., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51572, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 27, 2018): $60,000 settlement of superintendent's FLSA overtime claim against NYC landlord. , 2018
- Pena v. Manhattan Oral Facial Surgery, LLC, No. 17-CV-1611(BCM), 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151314, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2018): The U.S. District Court approved a settlement of $255,000, resolving our client's wage claims against a dental office, 2018
- Salas et al. v. Phoenix ACV Construction Services ACV, LLC et al., SDNY Case No. 16-cv-08066: Settlement of $385,000 for unpaid overtime wages owed to construction workers, 2017
Videos
- Discussion of the MeToo Movement, particularly focusing on issues raised by the Harvey Weinstein case. , The Weinstein Effect: #MeToo & Sexual Misconduct at Work: Rapaport Comments, Human Resources, 2018
Pro bono / Community Service
- Board Member of The Tent Theater Company, a nonprofit arts organization providing artistic support, advocacy, and service for late-career playwrights aged 60+, 2025
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Ronald Pinell and Jaleel Shell v. Target Corp., 2025 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3712, 2025 NY Slip Op 31617(U), May 5, 2025: Attorney Marc Rapaport represents the plaintiffs in this lawsuit, which involves claims for racial profiling and defamation. The New York County Supreme Court denied Target's pre-trial motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' civil rights and defamation claims. https://www.rapaportlaw.com/new-york-court-denies-targets-motion-to-escape-racial-profiling-lawsuit/, 2025
- Campos v. Aegis Realty Mgmt. Corp., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14138 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 28, 2020): The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied defendant’s motion to dismiss our client’s overtime complaint. Defendant argued that our client’s wage claims were barred by a third-party release contained in the building owner’s confirmed bankruptcy plan. The Court ruled in favor of our client, holding that there were factual issues regarding whether the release language encompassed wage claims against joint employers. This decision was featured in the New York Law Journal, 2020
- Contrera et al. v. Langer et al. On July 28, 2021, the District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an Order granting final approval of a $7,447,920.74 class action settlement that resolved wage claims of 544 building superintendents and porters. We reached this settlement after approximately four years of litigation, during which we obtained decisions and orders that liberally interpreted and expanded the wage rights of residential building superintendents under the New York Labor Law. The published decisions in this case include Contrera v. Langer, 278 F. Supp. 3d 702, 728 (S.D.N.Y. 2017) (granting preliminary approval of a collective under the FLSA) the court conditionally certified a class of approximately 250 low-wage workers who performed maintenance work at buildings in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan., 2021
Industry Groups
- Building Services
- Communications
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Retail
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2020, 2023 - 2026
