About Us
EXPERIENCE
For more than 30 years, Spivak Lipton has been advocating for unions, workers and employee benefit plans.
At Spivak Lipton, we are energized by the surge in union organizing and worker collective activity, and are ready to meet the needs of this new generation of union leaders and labor activists.
We have a deep-rooted relationship with unions and benefit funds in the entertainment industry. We represent various guilds and unions for performers, stagehands, film and television studio mechanics, cinematographers, scenic artists, designers, make-up artists, ticket sellers, ushers, directors, and choreographers. Our client base also includes unions and workers in construction, transportation, legal services, and the public sector.
We counsel employee benefit plans, which provide health, retirement and other benefits to unionized employees. We work with plan trustees to facilitate provision of these benefits essential to employee economic security.
We represent individuals and groups of employees facing wage theft, employment discrimination, unequal pay, and retaliation on an individual basis or as multi-plaintiff, collective or class-action cases. In addition, we support individuals in navigating employment transitions, whether they are entering a new employment situation or moving on from an employment relationship that no longer is satisfying or fits their career goals.
Mission
Spivak Lipton LLP is a labor and employment law firm dedicated to advocating for unions, workers, and employee benefit funds in various industries. We build caring and trusting relationships with our clients, empowering workers to ignite change in their workplaces and establish safer, healthier, and more equitable work environments.
Advocacy
Spivak Lipton is committed to advancing justice through collective efforts to demand change.
As a labor, employment, and benefits law firm, we have worked to empower workers who have been subjected to injustice and to represent them in the courts, at the bargaining table and before government agencies – and we will continue to do so with even greater urgency.
Our strength lies in the trusted, tailored advice we provide to each of our clients, and to our zealous representation of our clients’ interests in court, before government agencies, and at the bargaining table.
Established
1989
New York City
History
Since 1989, Spivak Lipton has represented labor unions, employee benefit funds, and groups of workers under federal, state, and local laws.
The firm was formed through the merger of Spivak, Rosenman & Spivak, founded in the 1940s, with attorneys from Cohen, Glickstein, Lurie, Ostrin, Lubell & Lubell—a firm that originated as Boudin, Cohen & Glickstein in 1898.