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Bob Herbst has been trying civil and criminal cases to juries for almost 40 years. He grew up on the criminal side of the court as a federal prosecutor in Chicago and Philadelphia, where he specialized in major economic crime and public corruption cases, and as Executive Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, where he headed the Investigative Bureaus and supervised all of that office’s investigations and prosecutions of white collar crime and official corruption. Since 1983, Mr. Herbst has been in private civil litigation and criminal defense practice, specializing, on the civil side, primarily in civil rights, employment and housing discrimination cases and class actions in the federal and state courts. He has more than 25 years’ experience representing victims of police, corrections and other municipal or state misconduct; sexual harassment and other forms of sex or gender discrimination; race, ethnic, and disability discrimination, and consumer and securities fraud. His experience also includes cases involving whistleblower-protection, malpractice, defamation, false allegations of child abuse, inadequate premises security, commercial, banking and real estate disputes, products liability, and intellectual property. Mr. Herbst has actively represented his clients in mediation and arbitration as well as in court, and often counsels employees prior to, and in an effort to avoid, litigation. He is currently Independent Counsel to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Mr. Herbst is a graduate of Princeton University and the Yale Law School. He has taught trial practice to law students, government and private lawyers, and federal judges. He has repeatedly been selected as one of New York’s SuperLawyers and is widely-known as one of New York City’s leading, most experienced and successful private civil rights and employment trial lawyers. He has served on the Executive Board of the New York affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA/NY) and the Advisory Board of NYU’s Center for Labor and Employment Law. He has been an active private pilot for more than 35 years.
October 29, 2018October 29, 2018bobherbst

In the wake of Pittsburgh, there is no Jewish future in turning inward

April 10, 2018April 10, 2018bobherbst

The search for ‘balance’ in the Gaza shootings

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018bobherbst

Jewish state, Jewish values, Jewish shame

August 3, 2017August 3, 2017bobherbst

‘Disappointed’ AIPAC targets Gillibrand for removing her name from boycott bill

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017bobherbst

‘Netanyahu doesn’t have a vision for peace,’ Gillibrand says at town hall aroused by boycott bill

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017bobherbst

The Kerry Speech Illustrates Our Political Dysfunction: Hard Truths Too Late, But Not The Whole Truth

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017bobherbst

Hear O Israel these parting truths — John Kerry

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017bobherbst

Instead of the Two State Solution: An Alternative Vision for Peace in Israel-Palestine

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017bobherbst

Church of Sweden explores BDS as ‘only chance to liberate Palestinians and Israeli Jews’

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017bobherbst

America: Hurting in Black and Blue

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