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Francine Esposito
Partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Day Pitney LLP
Ms. Esposito has been a labor and employment practitioner for more than 20 years. Ms. Esposito regularly represents employers before various administrative agencies, at labor arbitrations, in employment-related litigation, and conducts harassment and other workplace investigations.
Ms. Esposito also has extensive experience in designing and conducting training for employers on a wide array of employment-related topics, including but not limited to, harassment and discrimination awareness, diversity, FMLA, interviewing and hiring, wage and hour compliance, conducting internal investigations, effective documentation, effective employee relations, and union avoidance.
Ms. Esposito also regularly provides advice to employers regarding all aspects of the employment relationship, including but not limited to: discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, leave and accommodation issues, union avoidance, administration of collective bargaining agreements, discipline, discharge, and reductions in force, effective policies, severance, employment and non-compete agreements, sackground checking, and wage and hour practices.
Daniel Feinstein
Partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group of Davis & Gilbert
Daniel A. Feinstein is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group of Davis & Gilbert. Mr. Feinstein has extensive experience working with corporate clients to find cost-effective business solutions to employment issues. He regularly advises and
counsels clients on a broad range of employment matters, including terminations, reductions in force, disciplinary actions, sexual harassment and other workplace investigations, whistleblower complaints, employee privacy issues, restrictive covenants, wage and hour issues and employment policies.
In addition, he represents employers in wrongful termination and other employment disputes in both federal and state courts, as well as before federal, state and local employment-rights agencies in race, sex, age, disability and other discrimination cases. Mr. Feinstein has also obtained numerous favorable rulings on behalf of the firm’s clients in non-compete, trade secret and related restrictive covenant litigations in various industries, including financial services, advertising and market research.
In addition, Mr. Feinstein has substantialexperience negotiating and drafting sophisticated employment agreements and separation agreements on behalf of both companies and executives.
He also frequently provides seminars to clients on employment issues, including sexual harassment and other preventative management strategies. Mr. Feinstein has been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. 2013 for his knowledge in the area of labor and employment.In addition, Mr. Feinstein has repeatedly been selected as a Super Lawyer by New York Metro Super Lawyers.
