JONATHAN M. BARDAVID
SOUTH SALEM
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Partner
Rytes Company
08.2022 - Current
- Serve as labor and employment compliance consultant to skilled nursing facilities, home health care agencies and other healthcare providers.
- Provide strategic advice regarding compliance with Title VII, the ADA, the FLSA, the ADEA, Stark/Anti-Kickback and the False Claims Act.
- Assisted health care facilities during inquiries led by federal and state agencies including OSHA; the US DOL and the US Department of Justice.
- Oversee external counsel on employment litigation.
- Represent employers in employment discrimination litigation and wage and hour class actions in federal and state court.
- Negotiate collective bargaining agreements; draft medical director and nursing home admission agreements.
Partner
DANIELS, PORCO AND LUSARDI, LLP
08.2019 - 04.2022
- Handle complex litigation matters in the areas of commercial; zoning; trusts and estates and health care
- Represent employers in labor and employment disputes including before administrative agencies and State and Federal Courts
- Provide direct guidance and consultation to organization executives and human resource directors and managers in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship
- Provide advice and counseling to municipalities including Planning and Zoning Boards
- Represent construction companies in matter involving collection and liens, contract review and collective bargaining
Associate
TRIVELLA & FORTE, LLP
04.2012 - 08.2019
- Represented numerous unionized companies in all aspects of the collective bargaining relationship including negotiations, grievances, arbitrations and day to day contract administration
- Developed strategies and trained company professionals to effectively manage risks and avoid expensive legal and regulatory problems including NLRB, EEOC and wage and hour
- Drafted and updated employee policies and agreements
- Labor and employment litigation experience including discrimination and ERISA trials in Federal and State Court
- Supervised one junior attorney
Associate
WIGGIN AND DANA, LLP
11.2008 - 04.2012
- Represented employers in labor and employment-related litigation, including wage and hour litigation and discrimination litigation in Federal and State Court
- Investigated complaints of harassment and discrimination and drafted position statements for submission to the New York State Division of Human Rights, Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Participated in all aspects of advice and counsel to clients, including advice on compliance with federal and state anti-discrimination laws
- Conducted sexual harassment prevention training
- Drafted employee handbooks, policies, executive and other employment agreements, offer letters and severance agreements
Associate
STORCH AMINI & MUNVES P.C.
09.2007 - 11.2008
- Complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy experience including conducting and defending depositions, presenting oral arguments and participating in extensive fact discovery
- Motion practice, including drafting motions, briefs, complaints and other papers
- Conducted foreign discovery, including taking testimony in the Court of Frederiksberg, Denmark
Assistant Corporation Counsel, Labor and Employment Law Division
NEW YORK CITY LAW DEPARTMENT
08.2004 - 08.2007
- Defended the City of New York in lawsuits brought pursuant to Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA and Section1983
- Full pre-trial litigation experience in Federal and State Court, including numerous court appearances on dispositive motions, depositions, settlement authority, day to day decision making and case strategy
- Drafted in their entirety over a dozen motions for summary judgment in Federal Court
- Tried four cases to verdict and obtained defendant’s verdicts in two cases in the SDNY and mixed verdicts in New York State Supreme Court and the SDNY
Law Clerk
HON. THOMAS A. BISHOP, CONNECTICUT APPELLATE COURT
06.2003 - 06.2004
- Drafted legal opinions for Judge Bishop
- Researched complex issues for arguments heard by the Court
Education
J.D. - undefined
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Jamaica, NY06.2003
B.A. - Politics, Philosophy and Law
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
Binghamton, NY05.2000
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Connecticut2003
- New York2004
Timeline
Legal Partner
Rytes Company
08.2022 - Current
Partner
DANIELS, PORCO AND LUSARDI, LLP
08.2019 - 04.2022
Associate
TRIVELLA & FORTE, LLP
04.2012 - 08.2019
Associate
WIGGIN AND DANA, LLP
11.2008 - 04.2012
Associate
STORCH AMINI & MUNVES P.C.
09.2007 - 11.2008
Assistant Corporation Counsel, Labor and Employment Law Division
NEW YORK CITY LAW DEPARTMENT
08.2004 - 08.2007
Law Clerk
HON. THOMAS A. BISHOP, CONNECTICUT APPELLATE COURT
06.2003 - 06.2004
J.D. - undefined
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
B.A. - Politics, Philosophy and Law
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY