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Steve Sack Receives Leadership in Law Award
Steven Mitchell Sack (center) poses with the Long Island Business News
Leadership in Law award. He is joined by LIBN Publisher Scott Schoen (left)
and Keith M. Corbett, a member with the law firm of Harris Beach PLLC.
On November 16, Steven Mitchell Sack, "The Employee’s Lawyer," received the Leadership in Law award from Long Island Business News at a special ceremony that was held at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. He received the award in the category of Sole Practitioner.
The Leadership in Law award recognizes all of the following qualities — dedication, hard work, skill, tenacity and excellence — and is dedicated to those individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact on Long Island.
Known as "The Employee's Lawyer," Mr. Sack has been enforcing the workplace rights of employees, executives, and sales representatives for over 37 years. He represents workers who have been terminated, faced discrimination and harassment because of their race, gender or sexual orientation, or who have been denied their earned wages. He consults clients throughout their employment, from the interview process to the negotiation of severance and financial compensation packages for outgoing and terminated employees and executives.
Mr. Sack’s interest in employment law began at an early age. His father was a salesperson whose profession required him to travel extensively in order to build a customer base in the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Sack noticed that when his father and his colleagues finally established their customer bases at great effort and expense, the companies would fire them unilaterally without paying commissions they justly earned. This experience drove him to become an attorney and represent salespeople in breach-of-contract and commission disputes.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of SUNY at Stony Brook and Boston College Law School, Mr. Sack maintains private law practices handling labor and employment matters in New York City and East Meadow, Long Island. With The Employee Rights Handbook, he has created a “first-aid kit” for employees, giving current and prospective employees the information to understand their job rights, as well as protect and assert themselves to collect what is due.
In a significant legal case decided in September 2015, Mr. Sack served as plaintiffs’ counsel for three women who were wrongfully terminated by their employer when he discovered that they were pregnant. He successfully obtained a $6.2 million jury verdict for the women in Bronx Supreme Court. Additionally, Mr. Sack obtained a favorable decision for waiters who were denied tips, thus making it harder for restaurants and caterers to keep gratuities intended for their wait staff. The New York Court of Appeals case was Samiento v. World Yacht, Inc. 10 N.Y.3d 70 (2008).
As a practicing employment law attorney, author of 19 books, lecturer, syndicated radio host and legal expert for newspaper stories and local and national talk shows, Mr. Sack is driven to empower and be an advocate for workers as they navigate the volatile job market and economy. He has served as general counsel for eight national sales rep associations, including the Eastern Outdoor Reps Association and The National Shoe Travelers. Last year, he was a guest speaker at the Brooklyn Bar Association’s LGBTQ Committee’s inaugural Continuing Legal Education lecture.
This is the fourth time that Mr. Sack has received this award in the Sole Practitioner. He was a previous recipient in 2012, 2015 and 2016.
For more information on any and all employment matters, please call Steven Mitchell Sack at
(917) 371-8000.
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