Donald L. Sapir
Title
Partner, Sapir & Frumkin LLP
Phone
(914) 328-0366 x 308
Areas Of Practice
Don’s practice emphasizes representation of employees in employment related matters of all types, including claims involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment, executive compensation, wage & hour violations, employee benefits, whistleblowers, employment contracts, FMLA and USERRA.
Education
Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1975); State University of New York, University at Buffalo (B.A. cum laude, 1972)
Professional Affiliations
Don has been a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers since 2000 and is a Governor as of 2009. He is Employee Co-Chair of the ABA LEL Section’s ADR in LEL Committee and is Chair-Elect of the New York State Bar Association’s LEL Section. Don also remains active in NELA, NELA/NY and the Westchester County Bar Association. He formerly served as an Executive Board member of the New York Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association and as Chair of the Westchester County Bar Association’s LEL Committee.
Professional Honors and Achievements
Don is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, SuperLawyers,, The New York Area’s Best Lawyers and Best 25 Lawyers in Westchester County. Don has lectured extensively for bar association and other CLE programs on various topics pertaining to employment discrimination, ADR, ERISA, FMLA, employment and separation agreements, employment litigation, and other employment related matters. He authored a chapter on disability discrimination in the treatise on Discrimination in the Workplace (Clark Boardman Callaghan 1992) and a chapter on client intake in the New York Employment Litigation Guide (West 1996), and co-edited a chapter on the EEOC Administrative Process in Employment Discrimination Law (BNA 2000). Don appeared on Court T.V. as a guest commentator for the cases of McWhirter v. City of Ann Arbor (sexual harassment) and Scholz v. Orlando Magic (reverse discrimination and defamation). In law school, Don was Research Editor of the Hofstra Law Review. NELA New York selected Don’s case, Stone v. City of Mt. Vernon, for its Courageous Plaintiffs Award, when his client was reinstated to employment as a firefighter after the Second Circuit ruled that the plaintiff, who was rendered paraplegic, could return to work with reasonable accommodations.