Editorial Board Guest Author
Ms. Sova Kristine Sova
Attorney, Law Office of Kristine A. Sova
Kristine Sova, formerly an attorney with Venable LLP, launched the Law Office of Kristine A. Sova after a decade of success practicing labor and employment law at some of NYC's premiere law firms. In her practice, Ms. Sova defends employers against allegations of federal, state and local equal employment opportunity, reasonable accommodation, leave, and wage-and-hour law violations. Ms. Sova also devotes a substantial portion of her practice to counseling employers on ways to avoid litigation through business decisions, such as advising on issues pertaining to employee relations, policy and practice development and implementation, employment contracts and separation agreements, termination of employment, and reductions in force, and regularly training managerial and rank-and-file employees on harassment, discrimination and retaliation prevention. Ms. Sova's practice also includes the representation of management in union negotiations as well as in collective bargaining and related disputes before the National Labor Relations Board and in arbitral forums. In addition, Ms. Sova represents clients in audits and investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor and other governmental agencies on issues such as I-9s and employment eligibility as well as misclassification of employees as independent contractors.Ms. Sova can be contacted at 646-558-2296 or kristine@sovalaw.com
