Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney in White Plains, NY

Donald L. Sapir is a partner at Sapir Schragin LLP. Located in White Plains, New York, he focuses his practice exclusively on labor and employment law, representing clients throughout Westchester County and other parts of the greater New York City metropolitan area. Mr. Sapir majored in history at the State University of New York at Buffalo and received a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1972. He then went on to pursue his legal education at what was then known as Hofstra University School of Law, and he was a research editor on the Hofstra Law Review before obtaining his Juris Doctor in 1975.

Mr. Sapir has represented both companies and their employees during his career. His cases have involved workplace discrimination that is governed by several laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Mr. Sapir has also handled wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and his experience has additionally encompassed wrongful terminations and other acts of retaliation, sexual harassment, Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims, and unfair labor practices.

Mr. Sapir has also prepared and reviewed employment and severance agreements, and he has counseled employers on regulatory compliance and litigation avoidance. He has appeared before numerous agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the New York State Division of Human Rights.

Highly regarded by his colleagues, Mr. Sapir has received an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Avvo. He is admitted to practice in New York as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and Federal Circuits, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

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