Justin M. Swartz Esq.
685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10017
About Justin M. Swartz Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
Education
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1998Honors: With Honors
- University of Richmond, 1994B.S.
Languages
- English (Primary)
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker: "View from the Plaintiffs’ Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics", American Conference Institute, 26th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, - 2018
- Panelist: "Interactive “Ask the Plaintiff’s Bar", American Conference Institute'2 29th National Forum, Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, Session: Adapt Your Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques Being Brought by Your Adversaries Specifically in the Wage Context, - 2017
- Panelist: "FLSA/Wage & Hour Issues in US Sport", Sports Lawyers Association, 2017 Annual Conference, - 2017
- Moderator: "Co-Counseling & Cooperating with Other Plantiffs' Lawyers (Or Playing Nice in The Sandbox)", NELA, 2016 Annual Convention, - 2016
- Panelist: "Interactive “Ask the Plaintiff ’s Bar” Session: Adapt Your Strategies to New and Innovatice Techniquest Beign Brought by Your Adversaries Specifically in the Wage Context", American Conference Institute, 28th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Action, - 2016
- Speaker: Current Issues in Settlement of FLSA Cases, New York City Bar Association, - 2016
- Speaker: View from the Plaintiffs' Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics, American Conference Institute's 23rd National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, - 2015
- Faculty: Wage-Hour Actions, Eighteenth Annual NYU Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges, NYU Labor & Employment Law, Institute of Judicial Administration, NYU University School of Law, - 2015
- Moderator: Vulnerable Workers Under the Microscope: Developments and Prospects, National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, ABA Section of Labor & Employment, - 2015
- Speaker: Views From The Plaintiff's Bar, ACI's 25th Wage & Hour Conference, - 2015
- Speaker: Interns and Volunteers as Employees?, NYU 68th Annual Conference on Labor, - 2015
- Panelist: Displaying Professionalism When Clients Allege Wrongdoing and Malpractice, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, 9th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference, - 2015
- Speaker: View from the Plaintiffs' Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics, American Conference Institute's 26th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, - 2015
- Panelist: Views From The Plaintiffs' Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics, American Conference Institute's 20th Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions Conference, - 2014
- Facilitator: A Side Bar With the Judges on Rule 30(b)(6): Use, Abuse, and Process, National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, - 2014
- Panelist: Views From The Plaintiffs' Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics, American Conference Institute's 21st Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions Conference, - 2014
- Panelist FLSA Mediation Issues, JAMS Employment Law Practice Group Conference, - 2014
- Speaker: Defeating and Dealing with Arbitration Agreements in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Cases, American Association for Justice, Employment Rights Section and Wage & Hour Litigation Group, - 2014
- Speaker: Keeping the Heat On Employers in FLSA Cases, NELA 2014 Annual Convention: Blazing the Trail, Courage, Challenge, Change, - 2014
- Speaker View from the Plaintiffs' Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics, American Conference Institute's 21st Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions Conference, - 2014
- Moderator: Arbitration and Alternatives, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act After 50 Years, NYU 67th Annual Conference on Labor, New York University, - 2014
- Speaker: View from the Plaintiffs' Bar: Adapting Your Defense Strategies to New and Innovative Techniques and Tactics, American Conference Institute's 22nd National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, - 2014
- Moderator: Raising the Level of Ethics and Professionalism in the Labor and Employment Bar, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, 8th Annual Labor & Employment Conference, - 2014
- Panelist" Plaintiff's Perspective on Wage and Hour Litigation, How to Handle a Wage and Hour Case, New York County Lawyers' Association, - 2013
- Speaker: Attorney's Fees and Settlement of FLSA Actions, Bridgeport Continuing Legal Education, - 2013
- Speaker: Wage & Hour Claims and Class Actions, ACI's 18th National Forum, - 2013
- Panelist: Class and Collective Action Certification and Related Discovery, Managing Wage & Hour Risks 2013, Practising Law Institute, - 2013
- Panelist: Attorney's Fees and Settlement of FLSA and Wage & Hour Actions, FLSA/Wage & Hour 2013 Litigation & Management, - 2013
- Panelist: Settling Wage-Hour Litigation (including Rule 68 Offers after Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk), Litigation and Settlement of FLSA Claims, NYU Labor & Employment Law, NYU 66th Annual Conference on Labor, - 2013
- Faculty: Wage and Hour Practice Today: Policies and Litigation Strategies after Comcast, Genesis, and Espenschied, American Law Institute CLE audio/webcast, - 2013
- Panelist: Talk to Me: Communications with Potential Class Members Before and After Complaint Filing, 7th Annual ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference, - 2013
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2002
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
Other Affiliations
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York-Committee on Civil Rights, 2005 - 2008 (Member)
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York- Committee on Labor and Employment Law , 2002 - 2005 (Member)
- Executive Board of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) New York affiliate (Member)
- NELA National Wage and Hour Committee ( Co-Chair)
- ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law (Member)
- ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law, 2005 - 2008 (Co-Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee)
- BNA/ABA LEL Section Treatise, The Fair Labor Standards Ac (Contributing Editor)
- BNA/ABA LEL Section Treatise, Employment Discrimination Law (Chapter Monitor)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 2012 - Present (Co-Chair, Conference Planning Committee)
- American Constitution Society (Member)
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Member)
Past Positions
- Goodman & Zuchlewski, LLP, New York, Associate
- Stowell & Friedman, Ltd., Chicago, Associate
Articles
Published Works
- Retaliatory Counterclaims: Turning The Tables On The Overly Aggressive Defendent
- Can Law Firm Partners Sue The Firm For Employment Discrimination?, Law Journal Newsletters' Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report, 2004
- Ethics Corner: Third Circuit Vindicates Plaintiff's Attorney, Ethics Corner, 2007
- EEOC Committee Reviews Workplace Diversity Issues, Section of Labor & Employment Law, American Bar Association, Vol. 35, Number 4, 2007
- The Epidemic Of Employer Misclassification Of Employees As Independent Contractors Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, And The Courts' Response, 2009
- FLSA Collective Action Notice Issues, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association,Volume 41, Number 2, 2013
- Overtime Class of Duane Reade Assistant Store Managers Conditionally Certified, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2012
- New York Attorney General Says Domino's Pizza Is "Joint Employer" in Wage Theft Scheme, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2016
- Stalled Overtime Rules Will Hurt All U.S. Workers, Including Trump Voters, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2017
- A Puzder-Led Labor Department Would Make Life Much Harder for U.S. Workers, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2017
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Associate
- 9 years of experience
Nearby Lawyers
- Employment
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