Berglund, Joseph P

Laurie Berke-Weiss represents businesses, partnerships, not-for-profit organizations and corporations in connection with employment issues, commercial disputes and transactions. Ms. Berke-Weiss counsels clients on workplace matters, including employment contracts, severance agreements, restrictive covenants, independent contractor and wage and hour issues, sexual harassment training and complaints, internal investigations, and general human resources advice. She also appears before federal and state courts and government agencies on litigated matters including breach of contract claims, non-competition agreements, partnership matters, sexual harassment and other complaints of employment discrimination, independent contractor disputes and restrictive covenants. She is admitted to practice in New York, in the Second Circuit and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Berke-Weiss frequently lectures and writes on employment discrimination, law practice management and legal ethics issues. Ms. Berke-Weiss holds a Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law, a B.S. from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and a Master’s degree in Industrial Relations from Rutgers University. She is a Director of the New York Women's Bar Association Foundation, Inc., a Past President of the New York Women's Bar Association, a past Chair of the New York City Bar Executive Committee and of its Audit Committee. She is a Vice President of the Fordham Law Alumni Association, a member of the Administrative Board of the President's Council of Cornell Women, and a member of the Advisory Board of the New York University School of Law Center for Labor and Employment Law. Ms. Berke-Weiss received the 2010 Judge William Groat Alumni Award from Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations in recognition of her professional accomplishments and service to the School. Since 2006, Ms. Berke-Weiss has been recognized annually as a New York Super Lawyer and a Best Lawyer in the area of Employment and Labor Law. Since 2011, she has been selected as one of the “Top 50 Women New York Super Lawyers in the New York Metro Area,” and, for 2012, as a “Top 100 New York Super Lawyer.” Ms. Berke-Weiss also has been named a “Legal Elite” and as one of “New York City’s Top Women Lawyers” by Avenue Magazine since 2011.  Ms. Berke-Weiss and the firm are rated AV® - Preeminent.