Urba Law PLLC, New York Employment Law

New York employment law litigation and mediation is Urba Law PLLC’s singular focus. We provide high quality representation, in a timely manner, at a fair price. More than three decades of legal experience have shown Jonas Urba how important it is to collaborate with clients, assess each client’s unique needs, and look for an equitable resolution. Client reviews speak volumes. And New York’s Better Business Bureau (BBB) accreditation confirms the practice of law for thirty-six (36) years. Both client reviews and business accreditation confirm the firm’s ongoing commitment, persistence, creativity, and availability, placing each client’s interest above the firm’s interest.

Urba Law PLLC does this by narrowing its scope of practice, practicing exclusively employment law for over twenty (20) years while serving the entire State of New York since 2011, focused on claims which include:

• Discriminatory pay practices
• Disability discrimination including regarded as disabled or denied a reasonable accommodation
• LGBT workplace rights
• Workplace discrimination (i.e. sex, race, disability)
• Mediation – Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Wage & Hour
• Employer retaliation and wrongful termination
• Wage and hour litigation, unpaid overtime
• Hostile workplace claims not limited to because of sex
• Employment Contracts
• Employment Litigation
• Severance Agreements
• Employer legal matters/representation
• Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) disputes
• Non-competition Agreement Litigation

Although these areas are not all-inclusive, they come up more often than others. Call today for a free initial, phone consultation. You may request a virtual appointment. There are fees for in-person appointments depending on the type of matter. Call (914) 770-7659 for more information.

Back in Tarrytown, now conveniently located, at 120 White Plains Road, Suite 420, Tarrytown, New York 10591. The following links provide some background on the firm and link to YouTube videos about employment law plus contact information.

https://urbaemploymentlaw.com/about/

https://urbaemploymentlaw.com/new-york-employment-law-videos-blog/

https://urbaemploymentlaw.com/contact/

Following are some legal resources explaining why protected classes mean so much.

https://www.eeoc.gov/harassment

https://dhr.ny.gov/new-workplace-discrimination-and-harassment-protections

https://www.nyc.gov/site/cchr/law/the-law.page

https://www.jamsadr.com/newyork

https://rb.gy/18w5j

Jonas Urba, Counselor and Attorney at Law – (914) 770-7659

AI (artificial intelligence) reality check

• AI is being used by the largest most reputable lawyer rating platforms
• No technology has ever been adopted as quickly as AI
• AI should not be any lawyer’s or employee’s exclusive resource
• Critical reading is key in determining who drafted anything
• Fewer than one half of one percent of all federal court filed civil lawsuits go to trial
• A recent AI inquiry produced an answer which was only two tenths of one percent different
• If you ask AI politely, precede your inquiry with “please tell me”, AI is more accurate
• Generative AI is even better and getting closer to human answers every day
• No one knows how many employee positions AI eliminates daily but it’s substantial
• As employers incorporate more AI into everything they do it’s unlikely that our laws, which take so long to pass, will keep up
• Employment law jury trials are so rare that they are close to extinction
• AI knows that a “notable portion” of favorable to employee jury awards are reduced
• Lawyers may ethically advertise jury award figures but don’t have to disclose those which went uncollected or were reduced
• The overwhelming majority of employees who appeal in federal court lose
• AI may not tell you that one of the most important skills for an employment lawyer is the ability to resolve claims sooner than later
• AI may also not tell you that no one can force the settlement of any employment claim
• AI is getting better at discerning facts from fakes but it’s not there yet
• Chats, emails, instant messages are not the same as speaking with human employment lawyers
• Employment lawyers pick up on tones of voice, hesitations, reluctance, inflection, deflection, and so many other subtle pieces of information that can only come from a phone call
• Most of us offer initial free fifteen minute phone consultations because some of us don’t want to waste your money or our time
• Only employees and small businesses can make their best choices for employment lawyers by picking up their phones and calling
• If AI answers your call insist on fifteen minutes with a living employment lawyer before paying hundreds for an in-person consultation which is more likely to be disappointing