Garden City, New York
| Partner, since
2005 | |
| phone | (866) 441-2873 |
| fax | (516) 706-0248 |
| 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.
- 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
- 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
