Nicole D. Grunfeld

Practice areas

Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Creditor Debtor Rights: Business

Focus areas

Collections, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law – Employee, Employment Law – Employer, Labor Law, Non-Compete Agreements, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Nicole D. Grunfeld, a partner at Katz Melinger PLLC, specializes in employment and labor law. Since 2005, she has been dedicated to representing clients in the New York City metropolitan area across a wide spectrum of employment-related cases, including matters involving sexual harassment, employment discrimination, and violations of state and federal wage and hour regulations. She also has experience in negotiating employment and severance agreements. Additionally, Ms. Grunfeld adeptly handles commercial contract disputes in both federal and state courts.

Ms. Grunfeld holds licenses to practice law in both New Jersey and New York, and she is admitted to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York. Furthermore, she serves as the vice president of the board for the National Employment Lawyers Association/New York.

Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Language and Literature from Yale University, followed by the completion of her Juris Doctor degree at New York University School of Law. During her time in law school, she assumed the role of articles selection editor for the N.Y.U Review of Law & Social Change and received the prestigious Vanderbilt Medal in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the School of Law.