Chris Katsimagles

Chris Katsimagles additionally counsels employers on various aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including personnel policies and practices, employee discipline and terminations, leave management and accommodations, and wage-and-hour compliance. He also has extensive experience leading internal investigations for employers related to workplace harassment and discrimination allegations. Before entering private practice, Chris worked as assistant corporation counsel for the New York City Law Department. In this role, he defended the city and its law enforcement personnel in federal civil rights claims, investigated employment discrimination and retaliation claims for city agencies, and defended the city in related litigation, serving as first chair for over two dozen administrative trials.