HOWARD SCHRAGIN is a founding partner of Sapir Schragin and an experienced employment attorney who handles a wide range of employment matters on behalf of employees and employers, including employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, single plaintiff, class and collective wage and hour claims, wage and hour compliance, disability and other leave-related issues, wrongful termination, executive compensation, separation negotiations, contract disputes, restrictive covenants and employee benefits. Mr. Schragin is equally adept at representing his clients in litigation and arbitration guiding them to resolution of their disputes through pre-litigation negotiation and mediation. He also provides valuable guidance to his clients, both employees and employers, outside of the courtroom or other legal proceedings through his advice and counsel practice.
Prior to founding Sapir Schragin, Mr. Schragin worked as a Senior Attorney with one of the nation’s preeminent labor and employment law firms. Prior to that, he worked for a number of other prominent labor and employment law firms, where he counseled and advised clients across a multitude of industries on a variety of workplace and represented clients in all phases of employment related litigation in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. Mr. Schragin served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department where he litigated employment and civil rights actions brought in federal and state courts against the City of New York, its agencies and employees.
Mr. Schragin has written and spoken for various organizations on a range of employment law topics, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, separation agreements and restrictive covenants, employment hiring practices, genetic discrimination, pre-employment drug, medical and psychological testing, electronic and digital media in the workplace and human resources best practices. He has also contributed to the New York Employment Newsletter.