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Labor Law

111 John St 22nd floor, New York, NY 10038, USA

Area of Practice: Employment, Education & Insurance Law Natalia Kapitonova, Esq. is the co-founding partner of Kapitonov & Kapitonova, P.C., with offices in Manhattan and White Plains, NY. She specializes in Employment, Insurance, Education, and Maritime Law litigation, as well as Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Before founding the firm, she worked with Stewart Karlin Law Group, P.C., and interned for Judge Anthony Fiorella Jr. in Kings County, where she contributed to published judicial decisions. She also has over a decade of experience in Immigration and Real Estate law. Ms. Kapitonova earned her law degree from New York Law School, where she received the Daniel Finkelstein Graduation Writing Award and was on the Dean’s High Honors List. She holds a cum laude undergraduate degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, where she was recognized as the most accomplished student-athlete in her graduating class. A former national swimmer, she represented Peru internationally. Her accolades include the 2019 Peru To The World Expo Award for excellence in law, the Lawyers of Distinction Award for Employment and Insurance Law, and various academic and athletic honors.

Labor Law

11661 San Vicente Blvd suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

Area of Practice: Employment Civil Rights As the founding partner of Chesler Law PC, Natasha Chesler represents clients throughout Los Angeles in employment and labor law matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, disability rights, and wage-and-hour violations. Ms. Chesler began her career at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, one of the nation’s premier law firms, representing large employers in state and federal court. That early defense-side experience gave her an insider’s understanding of how companies and their counsel think, prepare, and negotiate—insight she now uses to anticipate their strategies and advocate more effectively for employees and individuals. Ms. Chesler earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, where she studied writing and production for film and theatre. That creative foundation continues to shape her work as a litigator. She believes that, at its heart, every case is a story—one that deserves to be told with truth and clarity. Grounded in deep compassion for her clients, she approaches each matter with empathy and dedication, ensuring their voices are heard and their experiences understood. With more than two decades of litigation experience, Ms. Chesler has achieved significant verdicts and settlements, including one of the top ten employment verdicts in California in 2019. Much of her work focuses on advancing the rights of women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities, and on creating safer, fairer workplaces. In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Chesler conducts workplace investigations and serves as a mediator on the panels for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and Los Angeles Superior Court. She has been ranked among the nation’s Top Employment Lawyers by eBossWatch and selected for inclusion by Super Lawyers. Ms. Chesler also remains active in the legal community through the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, where she previously served on the Board of Trustees.

Labor Law

42 W Market St, Rhinebeck, NY 12572, USA

Area of Practice: Labor & Employment Nathaniel has acquired a wide range of experience within the field of labor and employment law. Since 1993, Nathaniel has engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law representing individuals and union clients in litigation, administrative proceedings, collective bargaining and arbitration, as well as providing institutional clients with day-to-day counsel. Much of Nathaniel's work centers on employment matters, including employment contract negotiation, drafting and review, severance agreements, not-for-profit organizational development, wage and hour, discrimination, wrongful discharge, and breach of contract. Nathaniel enjoys appointment as one of CSEA, Local 1000, AFSCME's Regional Attorneys, providing the full breadth of legal representation to municipal workers in Rockland and Westchester County. Nathaniel served as Director of Legal Affairs for the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, in New York City from 2005 through 2007, where he managed the full breadth of legal affairs for this 20,000-member union comprising faculty and professional staff of the City University of New York. His responsibilities included: counsel on all matters for the union; principle supervision of all litigation and administrative proceedings; advocacy at arbitration proceedings; creating and implementing legal strategies to advance the interests and rights of PSC members; and serving as legal counsel to union leadership. From 1999 until 2002, he served as Assistant Counsel to the Writers Guild of America, East AFL-CIO, with primary responsibility for negotiating, implementing, and enforcing national, regional, and local collective bargaining agreements between writers and production companies and television networks. From 1993 until mid-1997, Nathaniel was an associate attorney at the New York City labor law firm Cohen, Weiss and Simon, where he represented labor unions in federal and state court litigation, as well as in contract negotiations, grievance and arbitrations.

Labor Law

4500 9th Ave NE, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98105

Area of Practice: Employment Law Nicholas J. Ferraro, Esq. is a labor and employment lawyer specializing in wage and hour class actions. He is licensed to practice law in all courts in the State of California and the State of Washington. In 2022, Mr. Ferraro was named among the “Top 100 Leaders in Law” by the San Diego Business Journal. For the past nine years, Mr. Ferraro has been named a Rising Star by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers in the area of class actions, an honor awarded to less than 2.5 percent of lawyers under the age of 40. For the past eight years, Mr. Ferraro has been selected as among The Best Lawyers in America: “Ones to Watch” by U.S. News for California class action attorneys.

Labor Law

650 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

Nicole A. Eichberger is a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department and a member of the Class & Collective Actions and Wage and Hour Groups. Nici is an experienced trial lawyer and represents clients in all types of employment-related matters, from single-plaintiff and complex employment to large, complex class and collective actions alleging discrimination, non-compete violations, and wage and hour disputes. Nici has significant experience assisting clients in the defense of numerous class and collective actions. She frequently counsels employers, fiduciaries, and trustees on employment, wage and hour and benefit issues. In addition to her litigation practice, Nici assists in conducting workplace investigations and audits related to discrimination, managerial training, non-competes and employee classification. She is adept to counseling clients on a wide array of issues including reviewing and drafting employee handbooks, wage and hour issues, employee leave and training policies. She is a member of the Firm’s eDiscovery Group and advises clients on eDiscovery matters, including day-to-day preservation, investigations and litigation strategies. Nici recently completed a three-year term was on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service and serves as the Pro Bono Co-Coordinator for Proskauer’s New Orleans office. She is a prolific writer, frequently contributing to Proskauer’s Law and the Workplace Blog and a sought-after speaker on collective/class action topics.