Sidney L. Gold
Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C.
- Biography
Sidney L. Gold is a New Jersey and Pennsylvania employment lawyer with extensive experience counseling employers regarding compliance with Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA and FMLA. Mr. Gold has significant experience in representing both private sector and public sector employers, including state universities and municipalities in employment and civil rights matters. His labor law firm was lead counsel in the nationwide class action against Abercrombie & Fitch. Mr. Gold has written extensively on issues of employment discrimination and has authored many articles for the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly. Mr. Gold has also given presentations on employment law to the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He is well-recognized as the preeminent Pennsylvania employment lawyer and is often asked to appear on local news broadcasts to discuss the latest employment law topics of interest.
- Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Fees
- Free Consultation
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New Jersey
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- Languages
- English:
Spoken, Written
- Professional Experience
- Princpal shareholder
- Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C.
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1986 –
Current
- Mr. Gold focuses his Philadelphia employment law practice on: – Age Discrimination – Disability Discrimination – Sex / Gender Discrimination – National Origin Discrimination – Pregnancy Discrimination – Race Discrimination – Religious Discrimination – Sexual Orientation Discrimination – Harassment – Sexual Harassment – Retaliation & Whistleblowing – Qui tam Whistleblowing – Employment Contracts – Family and Medical Leaves – Fraud/Misrepresentation – Restrictive Covenants – Non-Competition Agreements & Trade Secret Infringement – Wage and Hour Law/Overtime Claims – Severance Packages – Wrongful Termination
- Assisant City Solicitor
- City of Philadelphia
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1985
- Mr. Gold served as an Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia in its Major Trial Division.
- Education
- Temple University
- J.D. (1975)
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- Pennsylvania State University
- B.A. (1972)
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- Awards
- Philadelphia Super Lawyer for employment law
- Super Lawyers
- 2014
- Mr. Gold has been selected as a Philadelphia Magazine’s Super Lawyers in the area of employment law each year since 2005.
- AV Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register
- 2014
- Mr. Gold has earned the highest rating of preeminence in the field of employment law by the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register. Martindale-Hubbell has additionally rated him as an “AV Rated” attorney for fifteen consecutive years – the highest possible peer review rating in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards.
- Best Lawyer
- Best Lawyers in America
- 2013
- Mr. Gold was named to the Best Lawyers in America for the years, 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2013.
- Professional Associations
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Arbitrator and mediator
- Current
- Activities: Mr. Gold serves as an arbitrator and mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Vice Chair
- Current
- Activities: Mr. Gold has served as Vice Chair of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association.
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- Labor and Employment Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association
- Co-Chair
- Current
- Activities: Mr. Gold has served as Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association for seven years.
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- Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute
- Board Member
- Current
- Activities: Mr. Gold serves on the Faculty and Planning Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute.
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- Professional Guidance Committee
- Member
- Current
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- Federal Courts Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Publications
- Types of Employment Discrimination
- Sidney L. Gold
- September 3, 2014
- Websites & Blogs
- Contact & Address
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