PRACTICES
LitigationEDUCATION
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1976Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.S., cum laude, 1973
ADMISSIONS
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Alan M. Pollack
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Representative Matters of Alan Pollack
- Represented classes of workers who successfully brought suit against their employers for underpayment of prevailing wages and supplemental benefits under the Davis-Bacon Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and New York State Labor Law.
- Defended companies in class and collective actions that were accused of underpaying their workers prevailing wages and supplemental benefits under the Davis-Bacon Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, and New York Labor Law.
- Defended construction companies that were investigated by the United States Department of Labor, Commissioner of Labor of New York State, and the Comptroller of the City of New York for wage and hour violations under the Davis-Bacon Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York State Labor Law.
- Represented defrauded investors in naked-short selling and stock manipulation cases brought against major investment banks under RICO and the federal securities laws.
- Defended individuals accused of insider trading.
- Defended building maintenance companies in criminal anti-trust and civil class actions.
- Successfully tried collective Fair Labor Standards Act cases against a major insurance company and construction company that resulted in multi-million dollar recoveries in both cases.
- Represented individuals in dissolution cases brought under the New York Business Corporation Law and the New York Partnership Law.
- Defended individuals in breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trade secrets cases.
- Represented trade associations in a case against the City of New York challenging project labor agreements under the National Labor Relations Act.
- Represented members of unions against their local and international unions for unlawfully increasing their working dues in violation of the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act and Labor Management Relations Act.
- Represented beneficiaries and participants in ERISA funds against the fund trustees for failing to transfer benefit contributions that were made on behalf of participants.
- Represented licensee of tax preparation services company in consumer fraud class action.
- Successfully argued landmark appeals in the federal and state appellate courts, including Building Trades Employers' Educational Association, et al. v. James J. McGowan, Commissioner of Labor of the State of New York and The New York State Department of Labor, Docket No. 01-7775, 311 F.3d 501 (2nd Cir. 2002) and Matter of Action Electric Contractors Co., Inc. v. Harrison J. Goldin, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., 64 N.Y.2d 213 (1984).
