OurResults
Our results speak for themselves. We have recovered over $120,000,000 for our clients in various types of employment cases throughout New Jersey and New York. The following is a sampling of some of the recent results we have achieved for our clients.
Workplace Discrimination
Federal and state law prohibit workplace discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on age, race, religion, gender, creed, nationality, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, and other characteristics. The prohibition against discrimination applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.
- $8,400,000 jury verdict
- $2,500,000 settlement
- $2,400,000 settlement
- $1,800,000 settlement
- $1,635,000 settlement
- $1,400,000 settlement
- $1,290,000 settlement
- $1,250,000 settlement
- $1,200,000 settlement
- $1,200,000 settlement
- $1,200,000 settlement
- $1,050,000 settlement
- $900,000 settlement
- $895,000 settlement
- $725,000 jury verdict
- $700,000 settlement
- $712,500 settlement
- $699,000 settlement
- $679,951 settlement
- $650,000 settlement
- $600,000 settlement
- $600,000 settlement
- $575,000 settlement
- $565,000 jury verdict
- $513,472 settlement
- $500,000 settlement
- $500,000 settlement
- $500,000 settlement
- $500,000 settlement
- $500,000 settlement
- $450,000 settlement
- $450,000 settlement
- $450,000 settlement
- $440,000 settlement
- $430,000 settlement
- $400,000 settlement
Whistleblowing & Retaliation
Federal and state law prohibit retaliation against employees who engage in certain protected activities. At the state level, the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who discloses, objects to or refuses to participate in any activity they reasonably believe to be fraudulent or in violation of a law, rule, or regulation or public policy. CEPA is one of the strongest whistleblower protection laws in the country. We have been at the forefront of protecting employee rights under CEPA since it was first enacted, including by representing the plaintiff in the landmark case of Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., 222 N.J. 362 (2015) in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that “watchdog” employees are protected by CEPA. We have recovered tens of millions of dollars for our clients in CEPA cases, including but not limited to, the following results:
- $7,000,000 settlement
- $6,000,000 settlement
- $5,345,000 jury verdict
- $3,500,000 settlement
- $2,400,000 settlement
- $2,000,000 settlement
- $1,775,000 settlement
- $1,550,000 settlement
- $1,450,000 settlement
- $1,375,000 settlement
- $1,100,000 settlement
- $950,873 settlement
- $800,000 settlement
- $750,000 settlement
- $650,000 settlement
- $600,000 settlement
- $550,000 settlement
- $500,000 settlement
- $450,000 settlement
- $435,000 settlement
- $425,000 settlement
- $366,750 settlement
- $350,000 settlement
- $350,000 settlement
- $330,000 settlement
- $278,000 settlement
- $297,535 settlement
- $270,769 settlement
- $265,000 settlement
- $250,000 settlement
- $225,000 settlement
- $200,000 settlement
Sexual and Other Workplace Harassment
Federal and state law also prohibit sexual and workplace harassment. There are two forms of prohibited workplace harassment. Quid pro quo harassment occurs when an employer attempts to make an employee’s submission to sexual demands a condition of his or her employment. Hostile work environment harassment occurs when a supervisor or co-worker harasses an employee because of his or her gender or other protected characteristic, such as age, race, sexual orientation, disability, etc., to the point where the work environment becomes hostile. We have recovered millions of dollars for our clients in workplace harassment cases, including but not limited to, the following results:
- $550,000 settlement
- $475,000 settlement
- $350,000 settlement
- $250,000 settlement
- $230,000 settlement
- $217,043 settlement
- $175,000 settlement
- $150,000 settlement
- $150,000 settlement
- $125,000 settlement
- $100,000 settlement
- $75,000 settlement
Other Employment Matters
In addition to whistleblowing, retaliation, discrimination and sexual harassment cases, the attorneys at McMoran, O’Connor, Bramley & Burns, P.C. have successfully represented clients in a variety of other types of employment disputes, including but not limited to, breach of contract disputes, severance negotiations, FMLA claims, unpaid wages and overtime, unpaid commissions, employee misclassification, civil rights violations, political affiliation discrimination and consumer fraud. Our results include, but are not limited to, the following:
- $3,525,000 settlement (employment contract dispute)
- $1,200,000 settlement (breach of contract)
- $700,000 settlement (employment contract dispute)
- $600,000 settlement (political affiliation discrimination)
- $590,000 settlement (employment contract dispute)
- $512,320 settlement (unpaid commissions)
- $500,000 settlement (violation of civil rights)
- $500,000 settlement (consumer fraud)
- $491,978 arbitration award (employment contract dispute)
- $312,500 settlement (employment contract dispute)
- $250,000 settlement (unpaid separation benefits)
- $250,000 settlement (FMLA claim)
- $222,475 jury verdict (breach of contract)
- $210,000 settlement (unpaid overtime)
- $178,000 settlement (violation of civil rights)
- $165,000 settlement (ERISA claims)