L.E.E.B.A

Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association

Attorneys & Legal Partners

Expert legal representation protecting your rights and interests

Our team of experienced attorneys is dedicated to defending the rights of law enforcement employees. From contract negotiations to individual representation, we provide comprehensive legal support to ensure our members receive fair treatment and full protection under the law.

Raoul Zaltzberg, Esq.

Zaltzberg Law

Zaltzberg Law proudly represents all members in relation to any disciplinary matters, grievances, arbitrations, and improper practice..

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Joey Jackson, Esq.

Joey Jackson Law, PLLC

Joey Jackson is a nationally recognized attorney who has, for over two decades, represented individuals and labor unions in state and federal…

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Steven Isaacs, Esq.

Managing Partner

Steven Isaacs, the Managing Partner of the firm, has been representing labor organizations and their members for the past ten years. A graduate of…

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Cynthia Devasia, Esq.

Attorney at Law

Ms. Cynthia Devasia has an extensive and distinguished career representing both individual and institutional clients in Labor and Employment..

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Liam L. Castro

Attorney at Law

Liam L. Castro is the son of a New York City union member. Growing up, he spent countless hours with his father in the ‘shop,’ observing not only hi..

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Howard G. Wien

Attorney at Law

Howard G. Wien represents unions, their members, and affiliated fringe benefit funds. He has represented unions in major collective bargaining..

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Sean P. Riordan

Attorney at Law

Sean P. Riordan is a partner at McIntyre, Donohue, Accardi, Salmonson, & Riordan LLP. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Molloy College in 2000…

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Raoul Zaltzberg, Esq.

Zaltzberg Law

About

Zaltzberg Law proudly represents all members in relation to any disciplinary matters, grievances, arbitrations, and improper practice. We firmly believe that every job is important, every vacation day is sacred, every penny is earned, and every member deserves a safe and satisfying work environment.

Unions Represented

L.E.E.B.A. represents members across several New York City agencies, including:

  • Department of Sanitation
  • Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • Department of Environmental Police (DEP)
  • Areas of Experience

Disciplinary Matters

Grievances

Arbitrations

Improper Practice

Joey Jackson, Esq.

Joey Jackson Law, PLLC

About

Joey Jackson is a nationally recognized attorney who has, for over two decades, represented individuals and labor unions in state and federal court. As Principal and Founder of JOEY JACKSON LAW, PLLC, Mr. Jackson oversees every aspect of the practice. Mr. Jackson and his associates have represented a diverse group of clients—both those under the glare of media attention and those who have never sought the public eye. He has built an outstanding career as a trial lawyer representing clients facing high-stakes personal and professional challenges, as well as everyday citizens seeking his fierce and compassionate counsel.

Professional Background

  • Member of the New York Bar since 1995
  • Graduate of Hofstra Law School
  • Former Assistant District Attorney under Robert Morgenthau
  • Recipient of the Distinguished Public Service Award
  • Former Senior Trial Counsel at Koehler & Isaacs LLP, specializing in criminal defense

Trial and Case Experience

Tried and won cases in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties. Handles federal cases in both the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

  • Areas of Experience

Criminal Defense

Labor Union Representation

Trial Litigation

Federal Court Practice

Steven Isaacs, Esq.

Managing Partner

About

Steven Isaacs, the Managing Partner of the firm, has been representing labor organizations and their members for the past ten years. A graduate of Albany Law School of Union University, Mr. Isaacs focuses his practice on criminal matters, labor and employment law, and funds counsel. He primarily represents labor organizations and their members before Federal, State, and Administrative courts. Mr. Isaacs has lectured at various seminars on topics including fiduciary responsibilities of trustees, HIPAA compliance, arbitration and grievance procedures, the responsibilities of labor organizations during governmental investigations, the duties of fair representation, and what union members should do if they are arrested. With his background, Mr. Isaacs provides valuable legal guidance to labor organizations and their members whenever professional or personal legal issues arise.

Education

  • J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, 1985
  • B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1981

Professional Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York County Lawyers’ Association
  • New York Criminal Bar Association
  • National Employment Lawyers’ Association

Bar Admissions

New York

  • Areas of Experience

Criminal Law

Labor and Employment

Funds Counsel

Administrative Law

Cynthia Devasia, Esq.

Attorney at Law

About

Ms. Cynthia Devasia has an extensive and distinguished career representing both individual and institutional clients in Labor and Employment litigation and transactional matters. She is a trusted legal advisor known for her expertise in litigation strategy, risk management, complex problem-solving, negotiation, and mediation. As a dedicated advocate for individual workers, Ms. Devasia has handled disciplinary hearings, wrongful termination claims, grievance arbitrations, line-of-duty and job injury claims, EEOC investigations, and harassment and discrimination cases involving race, age, gender, nationality, and pregnancy. She has also negotiated, mediated, and litigated a wide range of employment issues including workplace safety, reasonable and religious accommodations, and military leave matters. Ms. Devasia advises clients on Human Resources and compliance issues, drafts employment contracts and separation agreements, and provides guidance on labor laws such as the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Her background also includes litigating civil rights cases and pursuing Constitutional claims.

Professional Background

  • General Counsel to public and private sector unions
  • Represents unions before New York state and federal courts
  • Successfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements
  • Conducted union training programs and internal investigations
  • Drafted union Constitutions and By-laws
  • Advises trustees and administrators of benefit funds on ERISA compliance
  • Featured on WPIX News 11 and ABC 7 News
  • Published in New York Law Journal, The Chief-Leader, Daily News, New York Post, and The Associated Press

 

Education

  • J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2002
  • B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1999

Professional Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York County Lawyers Association (Law Related Education Committee)

Represents Unions Before

  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
  • New York City Office of Collective Bargaining (OCB)
  • U.S. Department of Labor

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

Additional Information

Ms. Devasia is passionate about legal education. She lectures in New York City schools and serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she teaches doctrinal law, legal writing, and research.

  • Areas of Experience

Criminal Law

Labor and Employment

Funds Counsel

Administrative Law

Liam L. Castro

Attorney at Law

About

Liam L. Castro is the son of a New York City union member. Growing up, he spent countless hours with his father in the ‘shop,’ observing not only his father’s craft but also union delegates helping fellow employees — an experience that shaped his lifelong dedication to the labor and blue-collar cause. After completing college, Liam joined the union-side law firm of Koehler & Isaacs, LLP as a law clerk in the labor and employment group. While working full-time, he attended St. John’s University School of Law in the evenings, earning his J.D. in 2003. Following his admission to the bar, he became an associate in the firm’s labor and employment group, eventually advancing to partner in Isaacs Devasia Castro & Wien, LLP. For more than two decades, Liam has represented public and private sector labor unions, ERISA benefit plans, and individual union members in a wide range of employment-related matters. His work includes appearances before the New York State Public Employment Relations Board, New York State and Federal Courts, labor arbitrators, and in collective bargaining.

Professional Background

  • Extensive appellate advocacy experience
  • Argued numerous cases before New York’s Appellate Divisions
  • Successfully argued twice before the New York State Court of Appeals
  • Cases featured in The Chief Leader, New York Law Journal, Reuters, and The New York Times
  • Handled hundreds of disciplinary and contract arbitrations
  • Represents law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty
  • Partner at Isaacs Devasia Castro & Wien, LLP

Highlighted Cases / State Court and Administrative Decisions

  • County of Rockland (Appellate Division, 3d Dep’t, March 2024) (PERB and later the Appellate Division held Rockland County improperly discontinued pharmacy co-pay benefit, ordered it reinstated, and that damages be paid to members);
  • Sino v. Suffolk County Park’s Department, Index No. 601412/2023 (NY Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cnty , January 2024) (filed a proceeding challenging a probationary employee’s termination. The Court denied the County’s motion to dismiss the Article 78, which alleged the County’s decision to terminate a probationary employee was arbitrary and capricious, and ordered the County to submit an Answer explaining the basis of their decision);
  • In Re. the Nassau County PD Disqualification of Matthew Finder, Nassau County Police Officer Examination No. 2018PO (Nassau County Civil Service Commission, August 2023) (after our appeal, the Nassau County Civil Service Commission reversed the Nassau County Police Department’s disqualification of an applicant);
  • West Islip Union Free School District, U-37235 (ALJ, April 2023) (PERB held school district unilaterally changed the starting pay for newly hired employees);
  • NCSCOBA v. County of Nassau, Index No. 604628/2023 (NY Sup. Ct., Nassau Cnty, March 2023) (Court granted emergency order prohibiting the County from reducing the officer-to-inmate ratio to less than two-to-one in a local hospital);
  • Ulster County Sheriff’s Employe Association and County of Ulster, PERB Case No. U-35818 (ALJ, October 2022) (Public Employment Relations Board held the County illegally changed supervisors’ shifts. The agency rejected the County’s argument that the change in shifts added one extra employee for manpower coverage, and therefore was staffing. The agency ordered all affected employees compensated for any losses).
  • McMaster v. Town of Islip; index no. 604600/2022 (NY Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cnty, August 2022) (Court held the Town’s decision to terminate the employee was excessive, and ordered the Town to reinstate the employee);
  • UFADBA, 15 OCB2d 26 (BCB 2022) (August 2022) (in the damages phase of the proceeding, the Board ordered the FDNY to make whole the three most senior Chief Dispatchers, past, present and future, for any financial loss, mileage and tolls inclusive, resulting from its unilateral rescission of the use of City-owned vehicles for commuting);
  • Mount Vernon PBA, et al. v. Mount Vernon Police Department, et al.; index no. 66075/2020 (NY Sup. Ct., Westchester Cnty; June 8, 2022) (Court ordered the City of Mount Vernon to pay military differential to two police officers while on military leave);
  • In Re. The Notices of Claim of 86 Nassau County Correction Officers (filed notices of claim for 86 Nassau County correction officers because the County improperly withheld FICA taxes from their pay. Settled the claim for 100% of what they were owed, totaling about $250,000);
  • UCSEA v. Ulster County, Index No. EF-572/2022 (NY Sup. Ct., Ulster County; March 22, 2022) (Court granted emergency order compelling the County to grant paid union release time to several union officials, pending the outcome of a contract grievance. In July 2022 the arbitrator granted the union’s grievance holding the county acted improperly);
  • NCSCOBA v. County of Nassau, Index No. 603571/2020 (NY Sup. Ct., Nassau Cnty, August 2020) (at arbitration, an arbitrator determined the County violated the collective bargaining agreement when it denied line of duty benefits to officers who did not take time off from work. The County sought to vacate that arbitration award in Court. The Court denied the County’s application and granted the union’s application to confirm the award. It held the arbitrator was within his authority, his decision was rational, and reasonable construction of the CBA and 207-c);
  • UFADBA, 13 OCB2d 15 (August 2020) (the City of New York discontinued allowing certain employees to use a City-owned vehicle for commuting to and from work. We argued, and the Board found that authorizing the use of agency vehicles for the purpose of commuting is an economic benefit and that the failure to bargain with the Union over the rescission of the vehicles was an improper practice. The Board ordered [1] the return of the vehicles, and [2] pay those employees’ their economic loss);
  • COBA v. City of New York, index no. 701499/2020, Queens Supreme Court (in April 2020, along with Steve Isaacs and Howard Wien, we sued the city for failing to provide N95 masks to correction officers and to implement sanitary procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court issued an injunction requiring this relief immediately);
  • COBA, 13 OCB2d 4 (BCB 2020) (the union challenged the City’s decision to house high classification inmates [more dangerous] with lower classification inmates. The City challenged the arbitrability of that grievance, and argued the housing of inmates was a managerial prerogative, arbitration would violate public policy, and this issue is not subject to arbitration. The Office of Collective Bargaining denied their arguments, and ordered arbitration. They held that whatever managerial prerogative they had, once the DOC adopted a written policy concerning a managerial prerogative, that subject becomes arbitrable.);
  • Dinkins v. Brann, Index No. 155550/2019 (NY Supreme Court) (in June 2019 we filed an Article 78 challenging a City correction officer’s termination. In December 2019 we negotiated with the City the officer’s reinstatement to her position with full backpay and accruals, the total value of which was about $100,000.
  • COBA, 12 OCB2d 31 (BCB September 2019) (union filed a grievance alleging the city failed to credit an employee with compensatory time after he resolved a disciplinary matter pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement. The city argued the grievance was not arbitrable. OCB found that the union brought an arbitrable grievance, and ordered the city to arbitration);
  • Gualtieri v. Suffolk County Civil Service Department, index number 4769/19 (Suffolk County Supreme Court, September 2019) (challenged the Suffolk County Civil Service Department’s decision to disqualify an applicant. Pending the outcome of that challenge, we showed to the judge a sufficiently compelling case such that the judge enjoined the Department from expiring the civil service list on which the applicant was);
  • COBA v. City of New York, Index No. 24054/16E (Franco, JSC, July 8, 2019) (in a first-of-a-kind case in New York, our client alleged the Department of Correction failed to properly train and equip officers when they supervised the most dangerous inmates, and in doing so endangered officers and their right to a safe workplace. The city sought to dismiss the case. The Court denied the City’s motion to dismiss, and held that the correction union stated a cause of action against the City);
  • Febles v. NYC, Index No. 160459/2018 (in June 2019 Court denied the City’s motion to dismiss the Article 78, which alleged the City’s decision to terminate a probationary employee was arbitrary and capricious, and ordered the City to submit an Answer explaining the basis of their termination);
  • UFADBA v. City of New York, 12 OCB2d 6 (BCB 2019) (finding the City violated the Collective Bargaining Law when it unilaterally compelled employees who volunteered for overtime, and subsequently rescinded that decision, to either work the shift or find a replacement).
  • Louis v. DOC, 159398/2018 (terminated probationary employee was reinstated with backpay, full leave accruals, seniority and other contractual benefits);
  • County of Nassau v. NCSCOBA, Index Nos. 604338/2018 and 603206/2018 (County sued the union to invalidate a contract worth over $1 million, and sought to permanently stay arbitration. The Court dismissed the action against the union, and held the agreement was valid);
  • Nassau County v. Nassau County Sheriff’s Correction Officers Benevolent Association, Index No. 001243/18 (Court denied the County’s request for a permanent stay of arbitration, and dismissed the County’s Petition).
  • Castro v. Schriro, 29 N.Y.3d 1005 (2017) (In reversing the supreme court’s dismissal of the Petition, the Appellate Division and later the Court of Appeals held the Petition stated a claim for improper termination of a probationary employee, and remanded the proceeding back to the lower court);
  • Uniformed Fire Alarm Dispatchers Benevolent Association v. City of New York, Index No. 656928/17 (pending arbitration of a contract grievance, the city enjoined from altering the comp time leave provisions of their policy);
  • NCSCOBA v. County of Nassau, Index 000220/2017 (pending arbitration, by order to show cause, the Court ordered the County not to reduce the vacation selection process);
  • COBA, 8 OCB2d 30 (BCB 2015) (OCB denied the City’s challenge to, and ordered it to arbitrate the Union’s grievance which alleged the City improperly paid a union member. The result was a settlement of over $110,000 for the member, restoration of her seniority and other benefits);
  • County of Nassau, 48 PERB 3023 (2015) (holding that supervisor discriminated against union members for union activity);
  • Town of Islip v. PERB, and UPSEU, 23 N.Y.3d 482 (2014) (Court of Appeals held the public employer unilaterally and illegally took employees’ take home vehicles);
  • NCSCOBA v. County of Nassau, et al., Index No.: 6478/14 (pending arbitration of a contract grievance, the County was enjoined from terminating a second retired employee’s medical benefits);
  • RK v. Darby, index no. 158177/2014 (NY County Supreme Court, December 2016) (represented a law firm partner as plaintiff in a contract dispute. After discovery, we moved for summary judgment and opposed the defendant’s motion. The court found that the defendant violated the contract and ordered an inquest on damages. The matter settled for 100% of the damages);
  • Matter of Jaronczyk v. Mangano, Index No. 2819/12 2012 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 6683, 2012 NY Slip Op 33728(U) (Sher, A.J.S.C., June 27, 2012), aff’d 121 A.D.3d 995 (2d Dep’t., 2014) (ordered the County to, under FOIL, disclose overtime slips, and also ordered attorney’s fees);
  • NCSCOBA v. County of Nassau, Index Nos. 7449/12, 5839/12, 6909/12 (in three separate proceedings brought by the Union, the County was compelled to arbitrate contract grievances);
  • Matter of Sheriff Officers Assoc., Inc. v. Nassau County, 2012 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2913 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 8, 2012; Murphy, J.S.C.) (pending arbitration of a contract grievance, the County was enjoined from terminating a retired employee’s medical benefits);
  • Singer v. Van Blarcum, Index No. 2469/11 (while the officer engaged in misconduct, the Court found the County’s decision to terminate a tenured CO was improper);
  • Sheriff Officers Association, Inc. v. County of Nassau; Sup. Ct. Index No. 13113/10; App. Div. Index No. 2010-06717 (county was ordered, by order to show cause, to arbitrate a disciplinary matter. Thereafter, and before arbitration, the employer sought grand jury material. The court held that although an individual who brings an action can waive their right to keep grand jury material sealed, the member did not do so when compelling disciplinary arbitration);
  • COBA, 2 OCB2d 7 (BCB 2009) (holding that supervisor discriminated against union member for union activity);
  • Quick v Horn, 21 Misc.3d 1116(A) (2008 Sup. Ct. NY Cnty) (NYC DOC improperly terminated probationary employee).

Professional Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association

Represents Unions Before

  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
  • New York City Office of Collective Bargaining (OCB)
  • U.S. Department of Labor

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Articles & Publications New York Law Journal:

  • In the Matter of the Application of Sheriff Officers Association, Inc., Ex Rel. Paula Jackson, Petitioner v. County of Nassau, Respondent, 13113/10
  • Matter of Castro v. Schriro, 101472/13
  • Panel Revives Guard’s Challenge to His Termination
  • TOWN OF ISLIP, pet, v. NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
  • In the Matter of the Application of Sheriff Officers Association, Inc. Ex Rel. Paula Jackson, Petitioner, for an Order and Judgment pursuant to NY CPLR Article 75 v. County of Nassau, Respondent, 13113/10
  • Nassau Jail Officers Owed Back Pay, Judge Rules
  • Judge Keeps Civilian Supervisors of Inmate Kitchen Workers

The New York Times:

  • New York City Ordered to Better Protect Rikers Jail Officers
  • Complaint by Fired Correction Officer Adds Details About a Death at Rikers Island

The Chief News Leader:

  • COBA Suit Seeking Safer Workplace Can Proceed
  • COBA Rep Wants More Protection For COs
  • Appeals Court Rules CO Firing Seems ‘Bad Faith’
  • THE CHIEF – HA Caretaker Cleared of Assault Charges Presses for Denied Benefits
  • THE CHIEF LEADER – Rule Nassau Can’t Set Time Limit On COs Trading Shifts

Reuters:

  • REUTERS – N.Y. town lacked power to take employees’ commuter cars: court

Firm News:

  • Koehler & Isaacs Wins Significant Legal Victory for NYC Correction Officers

National Public Radio:

  • Correction Officers Union Sues New York City Over Lack Of Coronavirus Protection
  • Areas of Experience

Labor Law

Civil Service Law

Employment Law

Howard G. Wien

Attorney at Law

About

Howard G. Wien represents unions, their members, and affiliated fringe benefit funds. He has represented unions in major collective bargaining in the construction, transportation, and law enforcement industries and has been labor’s advocate before the National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, New York State Public Employment Relations Board, New York City Board of Collective Bargaining, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division of Human Rights, and in numerous employee disciplinary hearings and contract interpretation grievance arbitrations. Mr. Wien has also represented employee benefit funds as general counsel, in Department of Labor investigations, in Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation funding of insolvent plans and plan terminations, as well as serving as collection counsel in recouping unpaid employer contributions. He has assisted individual employees in the formation of labor unions, including successfully organizing nearly a thousand transit middle managers in 2018–2019, despite state law excluding ‘managers’ from union eligibility. He has litigated on behalf of unions and benefit funds in both state and federal courts for many years.

Education

  • J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1994
  • B.A., State University of New York, University Center at Binghamton, 1989

Professional Memberships

  • New York County Lawyers Association
  • AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee

Bar Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • New York State
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, and Northern Districts of New York

Significant Successful Published Litigation

  • Local 352, National Association of Transportation Supervisors and AECOM, 2019 WL 7584388 (2019) – Successfully challenged employer’s claim that petitioned-for employees were ‘supervisors’; employees won NLRB-supervised election.
  • District Council No. 9 v. APC Painting Company, 272 F.Supp.2d 229 (SDNY 2003) – Clarified corporate and related company liability for wages and benefits due in arbitration awards.
  • Local 530 v. District Council No. 9, 1999 WL 1006226 (SDNY) – Upheld arbitration award resolving construction industry jurisdictional dispute.
  • Local Union 20, 2000 WL 22664297 (NLRB Div. of Judges) – Confirmed union’s right to charge advanced dues even when employees were not yet employed at the time dues were due.
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Internal Disputes - Significant Successful Published Decisions

  • S.A. v. M.C., 159 A.D.3d 408 (1st Dep’t 2018) – Upheld union board’s removal of member for misconduct, dismissing claims of defamation and breach of constitution; established absolute immunity of union trial committees.
  • W.V. v. COBA, 51 Misc.3d 1227(A) (NY Sup. Ct., NY County, 2016) – Upheld union board determination disqualifying member from seeking presidency; dismissed challenges to removal.
  • C.L v. N.S., 2010 WL 3034246 (SDNY 2010) – Dismissed First Amendment claims by former board member; subsequent malicious prosecution claims also dismissed, 2014 WL 2085269 (SDNY 2014).

Additional Information

Mr. Wien is a former Commissioner of the Yonkers, New York Commission on Human Rights, a trained mediator, and an experienced arbitrator.

  • Areas of Experience

Labor and Employment

Employee Benefit Plans

Civil Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Administrative

Civil Rights

Sean P. Riordan

Attorney at Law

About

Sean P. Riordan is a partner at McIntyre, Donohue, Accardi, Salmonson, & Riordan LLP. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Molloy College in 2000 and received his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law in 2004, where he was a member of the Journal of Legal Commentary. Upon admission to the practice of law, Mr. Riordan began representing claimants before the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication & Review and the various New York State and City Retirement Boards. He joined the firm in 2009 and became a partner in 2012. Sean has been named disability counsel to numerous New York unions and has lectured extensively to Correction Officers, Police Officers, Detectives, Teachers, Laborers, and other workers regarding their disability rights. In 2023, he was named counsel to the New York State Fraternal Order of Police. He has represented petitioners before the New York State Court of Appeals, Appellate Division (3rd Department), and New York State Supreme Court on Article 78 Appeals, with victories that have influenced the disability pension landscape for Police, Correction Officers, and all Municipal Workers. An outspoken advocate for First Responders, Sean has worked with advocacy groups and Congressional leaders to pass legislation providing greater healthcare and benefits for emergency responders. He has been interviewed by Court TV, Eyewitness News, and other media outlets regarding his work.

Professional Background

  • Partner at McIntyre, Donohue, Accardi, Salmonson, & Riordan LLP since 2012
  • Disability counsel to numerous New York unions
  • Named counsel to the New York State Fraternal Order of Police (2023)
  • Represented petitioners before New York State Court of Appeals and Appellate Division
  • Victories influencing disability pension landscape for Police, Correction Officers, and Municipal Workers
  • Interviewed by Court TV, Eyewitness News, and other media outlets
  • Works with advocacy groups and Congressional leaders on First Responder legislation

Education

  • J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 2004 (Journal of Legal Commentary)
  • B.A., Molloy College, Summa Cum Laude, 2000

Professional Memberships

  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York County Lawyers Association

Bar Admissions

  • New York State

Recognition & Achievements

  • Selected by American Institute of Legal Counsel as one of the 2019 Workers’ Compensation ’10 Best Attorneys’ for New York in Client Satisfaction
  • Honored by NYC DOC Emerald Society as Honorary Member of the Year (2019)
  • 10 Best Attorneys (2019–2024)
  • Lawyer of Distinction for Workers’ Compensation and Pension Law (2020–2024)
  • Named ‘Knight of St. Patrick’ (2024) by the Knights of St. Patrick
  • Top 100 Irish-American Attorneys in the U.S. by Irish America Magazine and the Irish Voice (2008–2011)
  • 40 Under 40 by the Irish Echo (2012)
  • Top 50 Law and Order Leaders in America (2014)

Community Involvement

  • Past-President of the Nassau County Brehon Law Society
  • Board Member of the NYC Brehon Law Society
  • Member of The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Long Island
  • Supports human and civil rights in Northern Ireland and the continued peace process

Additional Information

An avid sports fan, he frequently roots for the Yankees, Knicks, Rangers, and Giants. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two children.

  • Areas of Experience

Disability & Pension Law

Workers' Compensation

Union & First Responder Representation

Article 78 Appeals