Ellen Storch

Biography

Ellen Storch represents management in all areas of labor and employment law. She defends international, national and local employers, as well as public employers and not-for-profit organizations, in various types of employment litigation. Her litigation practice includes discrimination  and  harassment  cases,  restrictive  covenant  disputes, wage and hour claims and NLRB matters. Ms. Storch represents clients in federal  and  state  courts,  in  arbitrations,  before  federal,  state  and  local  human  rights commissions, and before a variety of other government agencies.
 
In addition to litigating on behalf of clients, Ms. Storch provides day to day advice and counsel to employers regarding the panoply of laws that govern and affect the employment relationship, with special emphasis on litigation avoidance strategies. Ms. Storch drafts and negotiates various types of agreements, including employment contracts, restrictive covenants and severance agreements. She works with clients to develop policies, procedures and handbooks,  to  help  ensure  compliance  with  evolving  labor  and  employment  laws.    She provides various forms of training to both employees and management.
 
Ms. Storch regularly lectures on employment law issues at a variety of organizations including bar associations, the Epilepsy Foundation, the American Heart Association and the New York Biotechnology Association. Ms. Storch has served as an adjunct professor at the New York Institute of Technology where she taught Human Resources Policies and Procedures in the HR Management Masters program. She is often quoted as an employment law expert in national and local publications.
 
Ms. Storch is a member of the National Association of Insurance Women and the Labor & Employment section of the Nassau Bar Association.

Education

• University Of Southern California, Juris Doctor

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: NY