Sexual Harassment Attorney in Flatbush, NY
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The harassment stops. Period. You walk into work without dread, sleep without anxiety, and focus on your job instead of avoiding your harasser.
Your career gets back on track. No more wondering if you’ll get passed over for promotions or pushed out entirely. You get the respect and opportunities you’ve earned.
The compensation you receive isn’t just money—it’s acknowledgment that what happened to you was wrong. And the changes your employer makes ensure it doesn’t happen to anyone else. That’s real justice, not just a settlement check.
Experienced Harassment Lawyer Flatbush
John Howley spent 20 years on the other side, representing giants like Pfizer, Texaco, and Sony. He argued cases at the Supreme Court and learned every strategy corporate legal teams use.
Now he uses that insider knowledge against them. When your employer’s lawyers see his name on a case, they know they’re facing someone who understands their playbook better than they do.
Flatbush’s working families—from Brooklyn College staff to healthcare workers at Kings County Hospital—deserve the same caliber legal representation that Fortune 500 companies get. That’s exactly what we provide. We’ve recovered millions for harassment victims, including an $80 million class action settlement.
Sexual Harassment Case Process
We start with a completely confidential consultation. You tell us what happened. We tell you exactly what your case is worth and how we’ll win it. No charge, no obligation.
While you focus on your job and your life, we build your case. We gather evidence, interview witnesses, and handle all communication with your employer’s legal team. You stay protected from retaliation while we do the heavy lifting.
Most cases settle without ever seeing a courtroom. But if your employer wants to fight, we’re ready. We prepare every case as if it’s going to trial, which is exactly why our settlements are consistently higher than our competitors’. You get results without unnecessary delays or public exposure.
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Quid Pro Quo Attorney Flatbush
We handle every type of workplace sexual harassment—unwanted touching, sexual comments, quid pro quo demands, hostile work environment, and retaliation. Whether it’s a coworker, supervisor, or business owner, we know how to win.
Flatbush’s diverse workforce faces unique challenges. Healthcare workers deal with harassment from patients and supervisors. Government employees face retaliation for reporting. Service industry workers get harassed by customers while employers look the other way.
New York’s laws are among the strongest in the nation for harassment victims. The state eliminated the old “severe or pervasive” standard—now even single incidents can be illegal. NYC’s Human Rights Law covers all employers, regardless of size, and provides three years to file claims.
We recover everything you’re entitled to: lost wages, emotional distress damages, medical expenses, and attorney fees. Plus injunctive relief to stop future harassment and protect your position.
Should I report sexual harassment to HR before calling a lawyer?
Not necessarily, and often it’s a mistake. HR works for the company, not for you. Their job is to limit the company’s liability, which often means making the problem—and sometimes you—disappear.
Before you make any internal complaints, call us. We’ll teach you how to legally document evidence that might vanish once HR gets involved. Text messages, emails, witness statements—all of this needs to be preserved properly.
Your consultation is completely confidential. We’ll help you decide whether an internal complaint makes strategic sense for your specific situation. Sometimes it does, but only after we’ve helped you prepare and protect yourself. Don’t give your employer a head start on covering up the harassment.
How long do I have to file a sexual harassment lawsuit in New York?
It depends on which law you’re filing under, but time is critical. Federal EEOC complaints must be filed within 300 days. New York State and NYC laws give you three years, but evidence disappears and witnesses forget.
The sooner you act, the stronger your case. Employers often start building their defense the moment they suspect a complaint is coming. They’ll suddenly start documenting your “performance issues” or find reasons to eliminate your position.
Even if you think you’ve missed a deadline, call us immediately. Different laws have different time limits, and there are exceptions most people don’t know about. We’ve saved cases where clients thought they were too late. Don’t assume—let us check.
What if my harasser is my boss or owns the company?
That’s often the worst type of harassment because they control your job, your paycheck, and your future. But it’s also the type of case where damages tend to be highest, especially if they’re demanding sexual favors in exchange for job benefits.
New York law holds companies strictly liable when supervisors engage in harassment that affects your employment—firing, demotion, passed over for promotion. Even without tangible job actions, companies can still be liable if they knew or should have known about the harassment.
When the owner is the harasser, we pursue claims against both the individual and the business entity. We’ve beaten powerful executives and business owners who thought their position made them untouchable. Money and power don’t make you immune from the law.
Can my employer fire me for filing a sexual harassment complaint?
It’s illegal, but it happens. Retaliation for reporting harassment violates federal, state, and local law. If they fire, demote, or punish you for complaining, that’s a separate legal violation with its own damages—often more than the original harassment claim.
Smart employers don’t fire harassment complainants outright. They wait a few months, then claim your performance declined or your position was eliminated. That’s why documentation is crucial both before and after you report.
If you face retaliation, you can get your job back, recover all lost wages, and receive additional compensation for the retaliation itself. Courts take retaliation very seriously because it discourages other victims from coming forward. We’ve won substantial settlements in retaliation cases.
How much money can I get from a sexual harassment case?
Every case is different, but harassment victims regularly recover substantial compensation. You can get back pay for lost wages, front pay for future lost earnings, and damages for the emotional distress, anxiety, and other psychological injuries you’ve suffered.
Medical expenses for therapy or treatment are recoverable. Attorney fees and costs get paid separately if you win. In cases involving particularly outrageous conduct, you may also get punitive damages designed to punish the employer and deter future harassment.
Non-monetary relief matters too. We’ve gotten clients reinstated to better positions, secured promotions they were denied, and forced companies to implement real policy changes. The goal isn’t just compensation—it’s making sure this doesn’t happen to you or anyone else again.
How much does a sexual harassment lawyer cost in Flatbush?
Nothing upfront, nothing unless we win. We handle all sexual harassment cases on contingency, which means our fee comes from your settlement or judgment—never from your pocket.
Your consultation is free and completely confidential. We’ll evaluate your case, explain your rights, and outline your options without any obligation or pressure. If we take your case and don’t recover money for you, you pay us nothing.
This levels the playing field. Your employer has a team of lawyers on salary. You get experienced representation without worrying about hourly bills or upfront costs. Plus, if we win, the employer often has to pay your attorney fees separately, so the contingency fee doesn’t reduce your recovery.
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