WHY ROGER?

At various stages throughout his career, Roger has represented employers, employees and independent labor organizations. While most of his practice has been representing management, he learned early on that in the employment setting, effective solutions always took into account the reasoned, realistic hopes, goals and expectations of all interested stakeholders. Roger prides himself in the ability to see disputes, and the potential consequences of those disputes, from all sides.

Empathy alone, however, doesn’t get the job done. Experience is critical. Roger has litigated and/or mediated a wide range of employment-related disputes, under federal, state and local law, among them:

Discrimination based on age, race, gender, disability, religion, national origin and other protected characteristics
Accommodation claims based on disability and religion
Harassment/hostile environment claims
Retaliation claims arising out of protected activity
Breach of contract claims
Wrongful discharge claims
Wage/hour claims (FLSA and NYLL) including misclassification, overtime, minimum wage, off-the-clock, spread-of-hours, wage documentation, etc.
Individual, class and collective claims.

As an advocate, Roger has participated in in innumerable mediations, absorbing not only best practices, but approaches best avoided. Roger always valued mediators who brought both a strong evaluative perspective and creativity to the process. As a mediator, Roger believes that the parties and their counsel deserve not only his patience and persistence, but his neutral evaluation of the relative strengths and weakness of their respective positions, and potential creative solutions to facilitate settlement. Regardless of the dispute, Roger commits to bringing his undivided energies to seeking an outcome which all parties find acceptable.

Finally, Roger is fully experienced in conducting mediation both in-person and remotely. He believes that either approach, handled effectively, can and should lead to a successful outcome.