Philip E Taubman
Philip Taubman, Senior Partner of TAUBMAN KIMELMAN & SOROKA, LLP., is experienced in a wide range of areas of law. He specializes in the fields of employment discrimination, sexual harassment, civil rights cases, first amendment and whistleblower litigation, public service employees and disciplinary issues. He also handles police liability matters and commercial and personal injury litigation.
Mr. Taubman is Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the National Employment Lawyers Association of New York (NELA), chairs the Speakers Bureau of NELA, and serves on the Employment and Labor Committees of the New York County Lawyers Association and Brooklyn Bar Association. Mr. Taubman is also a Mediator for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and an Instructor of Labor and Employment Law at the City University of New York. He had also served as General Counsel for the Correction Officers Benevolent Association of New York.
Mr. Taubman has been involved in numerous civil rights and discrimination cases that have received extensive coverage in the press including the leading pregnancy discrimination case against the City of New York, Aversa v. New York City Department of Corrections.
Classes/Seminars
- Chairs the Speakers Bureau of NELA
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Employment Lawyers Association of New York (NELA), Member, Board of Directors
- New York County Lawyers Association, Employment and Labor Committees
- Brooklyn Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Mediator
- City University of New York, Instructor of Labor, Employment Law
- Correction Officers Benevolent Association of New York, General Counsel
