Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney in New York, NY

An attorney at Phillips & Associates, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Shawn Clark focuses his practice exclusively on workplace discrimination and other employment law matters. Based in the firm’s New York City office, he provides advice and counsel to clients throughout the greater metropolitan region and other parts of the state. Mr. Clark is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where he served as an articles editor on the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy before being awarded his Juris Doctor in 2010.

Mr. Clark’s practice is confined to the representation of current, former and prospective employees who have been the victims of acts of discrimination or harassment that are prohibited by various federal, state and local laws. The discrimination cases that he has worked on have arisen out of violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York City Human Rights Law, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, among other statutes. Mr. Clark has also represented victims of sexual harassment, including quid pro quo incidents and hostile working environment situations, and he has assisted clients who have been wrongfully terminated or who have been the targets of other types of prohibited retaliation. His employment law experience has additionally included wage and hour violations.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Clark served for over two years as an attorney at the New York City Law Department, where he handled labor and employment law matters. He subsequently was an associate at a prominent employee-based law firm before joining his present firm. He is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.