Steven I. Adler

Steve has substantial federal and state court jury trial and chancery litigation experience and has handled numerous employment related class actions and other complex employment and commercial litigation. He also regularly handles arbitrations at the AAA, JAMS and the AHLA. He was selected to be one of the initial Barristers in the Robert L. Clifford American Inn of Court, teaching younger attorneys litigation techniques. He currently is a Master in the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, the first Inn of Court in this country devoted exclusively to employment and labor law, where for years he served as the head of the Bergen County pupillage team.

Steve also has a broad commercial and business litigation background which benefits his employment and healthcare clients as many employment and healthcare disputes also involve complex business issues.

Steve served as Acting General Counsel for Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motorcars Inc. for three years and he continues to serve as a trusted advisor to the Volkswagen Group of Companies on employment matters.

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Steve has numerous reported decisions including cases of national importance relating to certifying a federal age discrimination collective action, requiring the speaking of English-only in the workplace and alter ego liability for ERISA withdrawal liability.

Reported decisions include:

• Anderson v. Union City Mirror and Table Co., 16-cv-6012 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2018).
• Asta Funding, Inc. v. Shawn Neal, Civ. No. 2:14-2495 (D.N.J. Nov. 13, 2018); Civ. No. 2:14-2495 (D.N.J. Feb. 8, 2019.
• Berman v. Valley Hospital, 103 N.J. 100 (1986).
• LoCurto v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, No. 13-cv-4303 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2018); No. 13-cv-4303 (S.D.N.Y. June 13, 2019).
• Lusardi v. Xerox, 99 F.R.D. 89 (D.N.J. 1983); 747 F.2d 174 (3d Cir. 1984); 118 F.R.D. 351 (D.N.J. 1987); 975 F.2d 964 (3d. Cir. 1992).
• Pomerantz Paper Corp. v. New Community Corp., 207 N.J. 344 (2011).
• Rosario v. Cacace, 337 N.J. Super. 578 (App. Div. 2001).
• Trooper Ink Co. v. Roico, Inc., 279 N.J. Super. 257 (App. Div. 1995).

Representative cases include:

• Obtaining dismissal of a race discrimination lawsuit against Volkswagen in the S.D.N.Y.;
• Obtaining a defense jury verdict on behalf of Goya Foods in a race and gender discrimination lawsuit;
• Obtaining a defense jury verdict on behalf of Flight Safety International in a breach of employee manual lawsuit in New Jersey state court;
• Obtaining a defense verdict on behalf of a radiology group in a sexual harassment lawsuit;
• Obtaining a defense verdict in a multi-million dollar ERISA withdrawal liability suit in the S.D.N.Y.;
• Obtaining a jury verdict in a FMLA lawsuit;
• Recovering $10 million in lawsuit against a mutual life insurance company’s board of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty;
• Recovering $4.5 million in wage and hour misclassification litigation;
• Recovering $3.7 million in a federal court lawsuit and Texas arbitration brought by senior executives for bonuses;
• Recovering $4.3 million on behalf of a financial services company for lost profits;
• Obtaining an arbitration award of over $4 million on behalf of Asta Funding (OTC: ASI) against former IT Director for computer fraud and abuse;
• Recovering $3.4 million for overtime wages on behalf of an FLSA and state law class action in federal court in the S.D.N.Y.;
• Successfully defending a Berkshire Hathaway company in a disability discrimination lawsuit;
• Recovering over $3 million for a Wall Street executive in a wrongful termination arbitration; and
• Recovering approximately $75 million in severance for executives.
• Obtaining restraining order for healthcare providers being removed from Medicare Advantage insurance plan