O'Connell and Aronowitz Expands Its Labor and Employment Law Practice with Attorney Meredith H. Savitt

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ALBANY, NY (05/17/2011)(readMedia)-- Meredith H. Savitt, Esq. has joined O'Connell and Aronowitz as Of Counsel to the Firm. This affiliation will expand the Firm's employment law practice, as Ms. Savitt is a prominent attorney and lecturer in the areas of labor and employment law. In addition to representing private sector clients from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, she served for several years as Assistant Attorney General. She has litigated before state and federal courts, the National Labor Relations Board, the NYS Public Employment Relations Board, the EEOC, the NYS Department of Labor, and the NYS Division of Human Rights.

Ms. Savitt has been recognized for her dedication and commitment to community service, having been awarded the President's Pro Bono Award by the New York State Bar Association and the 2001 Pro Bono Award of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. She was a founding member of the Capital District Women's Bar Association's Legal Project and currently serves on the Board of Family and Children's Service of the Capital Region, Inc.

Ms. Savitt's addition to O'Connell and Aronowitz enables the Firm to provide businesses with a full range of services directed at reducing employer liability. In addition to defending businesses against employment-related lawsuits, the Firm will help businesses avoid litigation by offering in-house training and by assisting with employment policies and employment contracts. O'Connell and Aronowitz will also advise companies on auditing workplace practices and ensuring legislative and regulatory compliance.

Ms. Savitt will be joining the Firm's employment law practice headed by Jeffrey J. Sherrin, the Firm's President and Kurt E. Bratten, Senior Associate. Mr. Sherrin and Ms. Savitt, having previously worked together on employment discrimination matters, achieved- in their most noteworthy collaboration-a $15.4 million dollar verdict in a sexual harassment lawsuit, which was, at the time, the largest sexual harassment verdict in the country.

O'Connell and Aronowitz is one of the Capital District's largest, broad-service law firms. With more than 35 attorneys and offices in Albany, Saratoga Springs and Plattsburgh, it has been serving clients and the community since 1925. If you have questions about the Firm, please contact Jeffrey J. Sherrin at (518) 462-5601, or visit the Firm's website at www.oalaw.com.