Orin Kurtz

Orin Kurtz represents employees in class actions, individual litigation, and contract negotiations. Mr. Kurtz also counsels employers in employment law compliance.

Mr. Kurtz has worked on some of the largest class action settlements in history, and is currently representing over 210,000 employees in a nationwide class action for violation of ERISA (the law governing employee retirement plans such as 401(k) accounts).

Mr. Kurtz has obtained significant recoveries for employees including:

- $5,000,000 recovery against a multinational media company for failure to pay overtime;

- $2,000,000 aggregate recovery for nurses and nursing assistants who were denied overtime pay;

- $1,000,000 recovery for newspaper delivery drivers who were misclassified as independent contractors;

- $850,000 recovery for medical industry salespeople who were misclassified as independent contractors;

- $650,000 recovery for wait staff at the US Open tennis tournament who were denied overtime and subject to unlawful retention of gratuities.

Mr. Kurtz also represents individual employees in all aspects of employment including:

- High-level employees including doctors, dentists, executives, and insurance salespeople in contract negotiations, severance agreements, and post employment litigation for issues regarding non-compete clauses, non-solicitation agreements, discrimination and breach of contract;

- Employees of all levels in issues including failure to pay wages, failure to pay overtime, discrimination in violation of Title VII, the New York City Human Rights Law, and the New York State Human Rights Law, misclassification as an independent contractor, and failure to pay commissions.

Mr. Kurtz also counsels employers on employment law compliance, and employee relations for matters from onboarding to severance. Clients include dental practices, established and startup tech companies, plumbing companies, yoga studios, and food service providers.

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New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

ID Number: 4284790

Since 2005

2nd Circuit

3rd Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Partner

Gardy & Notis, LLP

2013 - Current

Attorney

Abbey Spanier, LLP

2004 - 2013

New York Law School

J.D. (2004) | Law

magna cum laude; Graduation Speaker; Executive Articles Editor, New York Law School Law Review

State University of New York at New Paltz

B.S. (1998) | Jazz/Jazz Studies

Superb Rating

Avvo

2023

Rising Star

Super Lawyers

2016

2013-2016

Federal Bar Council

Member

Current

New York State Bar Association

Member

Current

New York State Bar  # 4284790

Member

2005 - Current

Employment Law Blog

Gardy & Notis

2023

Employment At Will, A State-By-State Survey (2d Ed.) Regional Editor, Updates 2017-2021

American Bar Association / Bloomberg

2021

Review of Consumer Protection Law Developments, 2010, 2013, 2015

American Bar Association

2015

Abbey Spanier Blog

2012

Review of Consumer Protection Law Developments

American Bar Association

2010

Employment Class & Collective Actions, Lawline CLE, New York City

2022

2015-2022

Employment Class & Collective Actions, Marino CLE, John Jay College, New York City

2022

2015-2022

Updates for Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law, Lawline CLE

2021

Employment Class & Collective Actions, National CLE Conference, Vail, Colorado

2016

Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee, American Bar Association Midwinter Meeting, Naples, Florida

2015