Garrett Kaske
534 Broadhollow Road, Suite 275, Melville, NY 11747
About Garrett Kaske
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, Long Island City, New YorkJuris Doctor
- St. Joseph's CollegeB.A.: History and Spanish
- Honors: <i>magna cum laude</i>
Classes and Seminars
- 2015 – Presenter, “In-Depth Analysis of the NLRB General Counsel’s March 2015 Report on Employee Handbook,” Suffolk County Bar Association Labor Employment Committee - Law in the Workplace Conference
- March 11, 2016 – Presenter, on a panel entitled “Strategies & Consideration for Arbitration of Employment Disputes” at the New Your City Bar Association’s Employment Law Institute.
- June 9, 2017 – Presenter, NYU 70th Annual Conference on Labor. Discussion focused on ethically communicating with low-wage workers in employment class actions.
- March 22, 2018 – Presenter, on a panel put on by the Low Wage Worker Task Force discussing representing undocumented and immigrant workers since the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.
- May 11, 2018 – Moderator of a panel at NELA/NY’s semi-annual conference, discussing New York Labor Law alternatives to the FLSA.
- December 2019 – Coordinator, “Leading the Way: New York Enacts Legal Protections for Farmworkers and Families,” a panel discussion on New York’s increased legal protections for farmworkers and workers needing family leave.
- April 24, 2020 – Presenter, webinar for out-of-work musicians. Discussed typical employment issues facing musicians and new laws protecting these workers, including employee misclassification, the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, the expansion of the New York City Human Rights Law, and common wage-theft schemes.
- May 21, 2020 – Presenter, Webinar on “Pandemic Employment: Pre-Existing Laws” for the Yemeni American Merchants Association’s Educational Monthly Townhall, covering established workplace rules of law that have been tested by the Covid-19 crisis.
- May 28, 2020 – Coordinator, Webinar on “Employment in the Time of Corona: Protections for Workers During the Pandemic,” which is a seminar on new and established employment laws who face workplace discrimination, harassment, and other issues as a result of Covid-19.
- August 12, 2020 – Panelist, Multi-day employment and wage and hour mediation training program for the New York County Lawyers Association. Discussed and prepared materials on the classification of employees as overtime exempt.
- February 24, 2022 – Presenter, “Legal Briefing 2022” webinar on pandemic-related employment issues, hosted by the Community Legal Resource Network of CUNY School of Law.
- November 16, 2022 – Presenter, Webinar discussing the impact of Dobbs on the workplace.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
Other Affiliations
- Co-chair, National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter Labor & Employment Committee
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Selected for Section’s 2021 Leadership Development Program (July 2021); Employee Vice Chair of the Treatise Committee (2022-2023); Law Student Trail Advocacy Competition, Juror/Evaluator, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
- National Employment Lawyers Association of New York (NELA), Member
- Brandworkers’ Annual Awards Dinner Host Committee Member, 2015-2019, 2022
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Employment
- Employment
- Employment
- Employment
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
- 7.2 miles away
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