Sanford Heisler Sharp Announces Ten Promotions For 2021
December 16th, 2020
Firm Names Eight New Partners, Two New Senior Litigation Counsel Across its Offices [December 16, 2020, NEW YORK]– Sanford Heisler Sharp today announced the promotion of ten lawyers across its offices, effective January 1, 2021. Eight of the ten lawyers are currently Senior Counsel or Senior Litigation Counsel and will become Partners, and the other […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp Ranked By Benchmark Litigation as National “Top Tier” Firm in Labor & Employment
November 2nd, 2020
12 of Firm’s Partners Named Among Stars in Their Regions October 22, 2020 – Sanford Heisler Sharp today announced its “Top Tier” national ranking in 2020 Benchmark Labor and Employment published by Benchmark Litigation. In addition, the firm earned high marks for its labor and employment litigation results in the regions which include Washington, D.C., […]
Eleven Sanford Heisler Sharp Lawyers Included in 2020 Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
October 21st, 2020
October 15, 2020 – Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP today announced eleven of its lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Guide. The firm is among a handful nationwide with 10 or more lawyers listed. This is the third year Lawdragon has published the 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp Honored with CAIR 2020 Impacting Justice Award
September 24th, 2020
September 24, 2020, Washington, DC – Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP was honored last night at the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition Virtual Awards Gala: Focused on Freedom with the “2020 Impacting Justice Award” for the firm’s partnership with CAIR, the ACLU of Maryland and the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project in securing a victory for […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP Adds Additional Plaintiff and Class Representative to $100 Million Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Class Action Against Schlumberger Technology Corporation
September 1st, 2020
Click here to read the amended complaint Today Sanford Heisler Sharp filed an Amended Class Action Complaint against oil and gas behemoth Schlumberger Technology Corporation, the largest oilfield services company in the world, on behalf of women who work on oil rigs in the United States. The Amended Complaint adds Jessica Cheatham, a former Schlumberger […]
CDM Smith, Inc. and CDM Federal Programs Corporation Settle False Claims Act Suit with Federal Government (Press Release)
August 27th, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2020 — Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP announced that CDM Smith, Inc., a construction and engineering company, and its wholly owned subsidiary CDM Federal Programs Corporation, which serves government agencies, have agreed to pay $5.65 million to the United States to settle False Claims Act and contractual claims. Sanford Heisler Sharp represented Relator […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against The Waterford School for Failure to Protect Female Student With Disabilities Raped by Male Classmate
August 3rd, 2020
Click here to read the complaint Salt Lake City, UT, Aug. 3, 2020 – Attorneys from Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, together with local counsel Ferbrache Law, today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tabitha Bell against The Waterford School. The case brought by the former student was filed in Utah’s Third District Court in Salt […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp’s New York Managing Partner is Firm’s Newest Law360 Rising Star in Employment
July 6th, 2020
July 6 2020, New York – Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, today announced that Russell Kornblith, the firm’s New York Managing Partner, has been named a national Rising Star in Employment by Law360. Kornblith was previously named a Benchmark Litigation Labor & Employment Star in the Northeast for his plaintiff litigation skills in both 2018 and […]
At Schlumberger, Oil Rigs and Women Don’t Mix: Sanford Heisler Sharp Files $100 Million Gender Discrimination and Hostile Work Environment Class Action Against Schlumberger Technology Corporation
June 23rd, 2020
Click here to read the complaint. June 23, 2020, Houston, TX – Today Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP filed a class action lawsuit against oil and gas behemoth Schlumberger Technology Corporation, the largest oilfield services company in the world, on behalf of women who work on oil rigs in the United States. The Complaint documents a […]
Federal Court Rules Trump Administration Must Provide Fair Hearings for Immigrants
May 29th, 2020
Click here to read the order CONTACT: Jamie Moss, Sanford Heisler Sharp, 201-493-1027, jamie@newspros.com BALTIMORE — A federal court has ruled the Trump administration must provide fair hearings for people in immigration detention and requires the government to justify detention at a bond hearing. The ruling also requires immigration judges to consider people’s financial circumstances when setting bond amounts and forms of […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp Files Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction to End Unconstitutional Immigration Detention in Maryland
May 5th, 2020
Click here to read the Plaintiff’s Motion for TRO or PI Click here to read the memo in support of the motion May 5, 2020, Baltimore, MD – Sanford Heisler Sharp filed for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction on behalf of plaintiffs Marvin Dubon Miranda, Ajibade Thompson Adegoke, and Jose de la […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp Files Class Action to End Unconstitutional Immigration Detention in Maryland
April 30th, 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Irreparable Harms of Unconstitutional Bond Hearings Click here to read the complaint April 30, 2020, Baltimore, MD – Attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp filed a class action suit today in federal court in the District of Maryland challenging unconstitutional bond hearing policies and practices of the Baltimore Immigration Court that lead to […]
ERISA Victory for Sanford Heisler Sharp at U.S. Supreme Court
February 26th, 2020
Today the Supreme Court, in a 9-0 decision, handed a victory to employees who invest their retirement savings in company 401(k) plans. Employees seeking to hold employers accountable for wrongdoing in managing their retirement plan must bring a claim within 3 years of having actual knowledge of the wrongdoing or, absent actual knowledge, no later […]
Tenet Healthcare and Desert Regional Medical Center Settle False Claims Act Suit with Federal Government
February 10th, 2020
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 10, 2020 — Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP announced that multinational healthcare company Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Desert Regional Medical Center, one of Tenet’s hospitals located in Palm Springs, California, have agreed to settle a qui tam suit and pay $1.4 million to the United States. Sanford Heisler Sharp represented Relator Michael […]
Sanford Heisler Sharp Promotes Felicia Gilbert to San Francisco Managing Partner
January 8th, 2020
New Practice Chairs, Senior Litigation Counsels, Associates, and Director of Operations Also Announced For more information, contact Jamie Moss, President, newsPRos, at 201-493-1027 January 8, 2020, New York—Sanford Heisler Sharp, a leading national public interest law firm with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Nashville, and Baltimore, has promoted Felicia Gilbert […]
