Gregory W. Kirschenbaum

Gregory Kirschenbaum is a Partner at Phillips and Associates, PLLC who represents all employees in sexual harassment, whistleblower retaliation, and discrimination matters. Gregory is passionate about helping people who need a sexual harassment lawyer or assistance with another claim and has recovered millions of dollars for his clients through pre-suit negotiations, litigation, and trial. He is a tenacious advocate on behalf of those in need and uses his years of litigation experience, as well as his mastery of the law, to obtain the best results possible for his clients.

Along with his strong negotiation skills, Gregory also has significant trial experience. In fact, he has served as trial counsel in a number of cases, and in 2015 obtained a $2.2M plaintiff verdict. More recently, in 2022, Gregory served as trial counsel in a race discrimination case in the Southern District of New York captioned, Pardovani v. Crown Building Maintenance Co., Jazz at Lincoln Center, et al., 15-cv-09065. After hearing evidence that the Plaintiff was repeatedly subjected to racial slurs, the jury returned a unanimous Plaintiff verdict in the amount of $1.8M.

Because of his extraordinary results for his clients, Gregory was selected by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” from 2017 to 2024, awarded the Clients’ Choice Award by Avvo, recognized for his contributions in Employment Discrimination Law by Lawyers of Distinction, listed as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers, and been admitted as a Lifetime Member of the Muti Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Some of Gregory’s notable results include:

$2.2M Plaintiff verdict – Race based hostile work environment and retaliation

$1.8M Plaintiff verdict - Race based hostile work environment$600,000 settlement – Whistleblower retaliation

$600,000 settlement – Sexual harassment and quid pro quo$500,000 settlement – Race based hostile work environment

$400,000 settlement – Sexual harassment and quid pro quo

$350,000 settlement – Sexual harassment and quid pro quo

Mr. Kirschenbaum received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Delaware. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School, where he was drawn toward the area of workers' rights. In law school, he won the Cali Award for a Collective Bargaining Workshop and obtained a prestigious Peggy Browning Fund Fellowship, as a result of which he spent a 10-week fellowship working on labor law issues, contracts, and intellectual property issues at the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Gregory is admitted to practice in the State courts of New York, New Jersey, and Florida, as well as the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the Northern District of New York, the District Court of New Jersey, the Southern District of Florida, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Although his main practice is in New York, Gregory handles all types of employment cases in Florida and New Jersey. In his free time, he enjoys playing sports, as well as spending time with his friends and family.

Publications

Lawyer Monthly: Disability in the Workplace - What Are Your Rights?

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Lawyer Monthly: New York State Human Rights Law Revisions and Its Impact