Position: Member

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Admitted: New York, 1994

Law School: Queens College of the City University of New York School of Law, J.D.

College: State University of New York College at New Paltz, B.A.

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Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination(30%, 30); Constitutional Rights(30%, 20); Sexual Harassment(30%, 20), Employment Law, Job Discrimination

Additional Information: See: Fortesa Qorrolli v. Metropolitan Dental Associates, D.D.S. - 225 Broadway, P.C., et al.

Stephen Bergstein, Esq., received his B.A. from SUNY New Paltz in 1989 and graduated from CUNY Law School in 1993, where he served on the editorial board of the school's law journal. Bergstein is admitted to practice in the courts of the State of New York, the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Bergstein has represented scores of plaintiffs in civil rights and employment cases in the State and Federal Courts, helping to set important case precedents involving the First Amendment, employment discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, housing discrimination, search and seizure, false arrest, municipal liability and whistleblower protection. Several of Mr. Bergstein’s precedents have attained widespread attention, including Back v. Hastings-on-Hudson, 365 F.3d 107 (2d Cir. 2005), which established for the first time that caregiver stereotyping in the workplace violates civil rights laws. As outlined on our “success stories” page, he has successfully litigated a variety of civil rights matters covering disabilities discrimination, gender discrimination and sexual harassment, whistleblower protection and government misconduct. Mr. Bergstein is an active member of the New York chapter of National Employment Lawyers’ Association, a bar association that represents the interests of plaintiffs’ civil rights lawyers. In 2009, Mr. Bergstein was elected to the board of directors of NELA/NY, and he co-edits that organization’s newsletter. In addition, he maintains a law blog which covers civil rights developments in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and other courts. (www.secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com). Mr. Bergstein also lectures on civil rights matters and has been quoted in local and national media on civil rights topics ranging from law blogging to case law developments. He regularly provides updates on the civil rights decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals at conferences sponsored by NELA/NY and has lectured on workplace stereotyping, focusing on a case he successfully litigated in the Court of Appeals, Back v. Hastings-on-Hudson. He has also lectured before human resources professionals, advising them on the basics of employment law in New York and outlining appropriate ways to comply with the legal requirements governing public and private employees. In addition, Mr. Bergstein is a faculty member at Lawline.com, an organization that provides continuing legal education to attorneys. In that capacity, he has lectured on employment discrimination in the Second Circuit.