Profile

  • Listed in:
    • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Labor and Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2021-2026
    • New York Metro Rising Stars, Labor & Employment, 2024-2025
    • Long Island Business News, Law - Ones to Watch, 2019 
  • Nassau County Bar Association
  • Member, Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
  • Long Island Business News, 2017 30 Under 30 
  • Hofstra University School of Law Public Service Certificate, Gold Level
  • Recipient, Gina Maria Escarce Memorial Scholarship

  • Neal Patel v. Inc. Village of Old Brookville, County of Nassau, et al., 17-cv-2455 (SIL) (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 2025) – served as trial counsel for a retired Nassau County police officer and obtained a unanimous jury verdict for the police officer resulting in dismissal of plaintiff’s claims of malicious prosecution
  • Fair v. City of Mount Vernon, 210 A.D.3d 868 (Appellate Division, Second Department Nov. 16, 2022) – upheld summary judgment and dismissal of plaintiff’s state law discrimination claim based upon failure of plaintiff to file notice of claim in compliance with City Charter
  • Spinelli v. County of Nassau, Index No. 622535/2021 (Supreme Court, Suffolk County June 13, 2022) – obtained dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety, where plaintiff alleged age discrimination and failure to pay correct wages and benefits upon retirement, and included claims of alleged violations of a collective bargaining agreement
  • Batilo v. Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, 2018 WL 5619727 (Supreme Court, New York County October 30, 2018) – obtained summary judgment for employer in a lawsuit filed by terminated employee alleging race and national origin discrimination, harassment and retaliation

  • Recent Court Decisions About Which Every Public Employer Should Know, Association of Towns, February 20, 2023