BWP Employment Law http://bwp-law.com Website for BWP Law Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:29:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Top 50 Women New York Super Lawyer http://bwp-law.com/top-50-women-new-york-super-lawyer/ http://bwp-law.com/top-50-women-new-york-super-lawyer/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:34:49 +0000 admin http://bwp-law.com/?p=1757 Laurie Berke-Weiss, a partner at Berke-Weiss & Pechman LLP, has been named to the “Top 50 Women New York Super Lawyers” list for 2011.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from various practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The selections are made using a rigorous process, including a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice.

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]]> http://bwp-law.com/best-lawyers-2009/feed/ 0 LBW Avenue Magazine 2011 http://bwp-law.com/lbw-avenue-magazine-2011/ http://bwp-law.com/lbw-avenue-magazine-2011/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:19:02 +0000 admin http://bwp-law.com/?p=1728 Laurie Berke-Weiss was selected as a Legal Elite in Avenue Magazine’s August 2011 edition, and will be featured in Avenue Magazine’s Legal Elite/NYC’s Top Women Lawyers list, to be published in October 2011.

]]> http://bwp-law.com/lbw-avenue-magazine-2011/feed/ 0 NYCLA Wage and Hour 2011 http://bwp-law.com/nycla-wage-and-hour-2011/ http://bwp-law.com/nycla-wage-and-hour-2011/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:04:52 +0000 admin http://bwp-law.com/?p=1721 On October 25, 2011, Louis Pechman moderated the program “How to Handle a Wage and Hour Case” at New York County Lawyers’ Association.

]]> http://bwp-law.com/nycla-wage-and-hour-2011/feed/ 0 From Sexual Harassment to Sexual Assault http://bwp-law.com/from-sexual-harassment-to-sexual-assault/ http://bwp-law.com/from-sexual-harassment-to-sexual-assault/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:35:13 +0000 admin http://bwp-law.com/?p=1751 On October 12, 2011, Laurie Berke-Weiss was a featured speaker at “From Sexual Harassment to Sexual Assault – Sexual Misconduct at the Workplace,” a program presented by the Cornell University ILR School Labor and Employment Law Program. The program was held at the Cornell ILR NYC Conference Center.

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]]> http://bwp-law.com/pace-new-directions-2011/feed/ 0 2011 WBASNY Convention http://bwp-law.com/2011-wbasny-convention/ http://bwp-law.com/2011-wbasny-convention/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 21:33:02 +0000 admin http://bwp-law.com/?p=1708 On May 21, 2011, Louis Pechman moderated the program “An Introduction to Wage and Hour Cases” for the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York 2011 Convention, which will take place in Manchester, Vermont.  For more information on the program or the Convention, please visit WBASNY’s website.

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On May 16 and 23, 2011, Louis Pechman moderated the program “How to Handle an Employment Discrimination Case” at New York County Lawyers’ Association.  For more information, please visit NYCLA’s website. Lou has been moderating the program since 1996.

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]]> http://bwp-law.com/1695/feed/ 0 Newsday – Help Wanted http://bwp-law.com/newsday-help-wanted/ http://bwp-law.com/newsday-help-wanted/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:46:39 +0000 admin http://bwp-law.com/?p=1689 Louis Pechman was quoted in the March 15, 2011 issue of Newsday, offering his perspective on severance agreement and age discrimination issues.

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