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Sara Wyn Kane 
Garden City, New York
Partner, since 2005
phone (866) 441-2873
fax (516) 706-0248
email Email Me

Prior to gaining experience in employment law and civil rights at Leeds Morelli & Brown, P.C., Ms. Kane worked for the City of New York as an Assistant Corporation Counsel.  In this capacity she represented the City in various types of Tort and General Liability Litigation.  Ms. Kane defended the City and its employees in a wide range of claims, including trip or slip and falls, negligent construction and design of buildings and/or roadways, water damage to property, negligent supervision, and police misconduct.  She defended its employees including police officers, fire fighters, teachers, sanitation workers, water department workers, etc.  During this time she conducted hundreds of depositions, participated in broad motion practice, pre-trial and trial work. 

Areas of Practice:
Employment Discrimination & Civil Rights
Real Estate
Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1999
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2002
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2002
Education:
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, 1998
J.D.
Honors: With Distinction
Honors: Top 8%
Honors: Merit Scholarship Recipient
Law Journal: Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, Managing Editor of Articles, 1996 - 1998


Boston University for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994
BFA Theatre
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Dean's List
Major:  Theatre Studies


Published Works:
Proposal for a Model Employee Benefit Program, Benefits Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1998


Have You Hit The Glass Ceiling?, Long Island Woman Magazine, Vo. 5, No. 2, 2005


Honors and Awards:
Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, Alumni Advisor, 2008 - 2009


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Nassau County Bar Association
Member


NYS Bar Association
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Sara Wyn Kane, Attorney at Law, Solo Practitioner, 2004 - 2005


Leeds Morelli & Brown P.C., Attorney, 2001 - 2006


New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation of Counsel, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Manhattan Trial Unit, 1998 - 2001


Rivkin, Radler & Kremer, Esqs., Summer Associate, General Litigation, 1997


New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation of Counsel, Legal Intern, Special Litigation Unit, Tort Division, 1996


Leeds Morelli & Brown, Sara Wyn Kane, Freelance Publicist, 2004 - 2005


Coastal Capital Corporation, Assistant Loan Officer, 1995


Meg Simon Casting, C.S.A., Assistant Casting Director/Office Manager, 1994


Tighe Chase Casting, Freelance Casting Associate, 1993 - 1994


Languages:
English