Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced continuing growth in the New York market with the addition of labor and employment partners Bran Noonan, Sarir Silver and associate Vincent Avery. They build upon Akerman’s strengths in complex litigation and class/collective action defense on behalf of employers, and enhance the firm’s experience in wage and hour and professional liability issues.
“With the ever-evolving labor and employment law landscape, we continue to add exceptional lawyers where our clients need us the most,” said Eric Gordon, chair of the Labor & Employment Practice Group. “The growth of our national team in New York enhances our ability to counsel clients on a range of workplace matters, particularly in the business-critical realm of employment litigation and compliance.”
Bran Noonan
Noonan focuses his practice on employment litigation. He has extensive experience representing businesses in both state and federal courts in a wide range of employment actions, including Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and New York human rights and labor laws. He also regularly represents clients in various complex commercial matters, such as those involving issues of unfair competition, restrictive covenants, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. In addition, Noonan routinely counsels his clients in various matters to ensure compliance with federal, state and local fair employment laws and to reduce the risk of litigation.
Noonan previously served as an adjunct professor at New York Law School and as associate editor of the New York State Bar Journal. In his efforts to give back to the community, Noonan has assisted several organizations and individuals in various pro bono matters, including AmeriCorps in connection with the development of public school educational programs.
Sarir Silver
Silver focuses her practice on employment litigation. She is experienced in all areas of employment law such as the ADA, ADEA, Title VII, Title III, New York State Human Rights (NYSHR), New York City Human Rights (NYCHR), New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) and Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). Silver defends employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation and other employment claims in state courts, federal courts and administrative agencies. She also counsels management concerning employment law issues in employee terminations, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, equal employment opportunity, employee handbooks, family and medical leave, and compliance with federal and state employment laws. She has substantial experience defending professional negligence claims across a variety of industries including the legal industry.
Vincent Avery
Avery focuses his practice on defending employers in state and federal litigation involving all types of employment-related lawsuits, ranging from individual and class-based wage and hour litigation under the FLSA, New York Labor Law (NYLL), New York Hospitality Wage Order, and New Jersey Wage and Hour Law (NJWHL), to single and multi-plaintiff discrimination and retaliation claims asserted under various employment statutes. He also routinely counsels employers on various wage and hour issues including overtime pay, minimum wage issues and prevailing wage concerns, among others.
New York has rapidly grown into Akerman’s second largest office, tripling headcount to nearly 90 lawyers and other professionals in just 2 1/2 years. In addition to Noonan and Silver, the office has welcomed three other notable partners since 2016 began, including corporate transactional lawyers Lorenzo Borgogni and Jack Habert, and real estate transactional lawyer Dianne Penchina.
Source: www.akerman.com
