OTHER PRACTICE AREAS

Civil Rights and Discrimination
Manchanda Law Offices has a passionate and zealous view of Civil Rights and will defend your civil liberties with sensitivity, devotion, and vigor. Civil Rights cases and causes advance the public good and address injustice. We will help you if you have been subjected to employer abuse or misconduct, discriminatory or retaliatory action by public officials or other acts giving rise to claims under the Civil Rights Acts. Manchanda Law Offices will also represent you in all areas of labor and employment relations including employment contracts, employment termination and severance agreements; academic tenure proceedings; clinical privileges and disclosures in the health care field; and litigation. We will litigate employment discrimination and retaliation claims under federal, state and local law on the basis of age, race, sex, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sexual and racial harassment; whistleblower claims under federal and state law; civil rights and constitutional claims including First Amendment, Equal Protection and Due Process claims; actions arising under 42 U.S.C. sections 1981, 1983, 1985; statutory claims under ERISA, Family and Medical Leave Act, National Labor Relations Act and New York Labor and Civil Service Law. We will also litigate common law claims such as breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, defamation, unfair competition, and claims arising under restrictive covenants.

Matrimonial and Family Law
Let us help you in all phases of domestic relations, including divorce, division of marital property under equitable distribution, child custody, visitation, paternity, guardianship, child protective proceedings, adoption and pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, cohabitation and domestic partnership agreements. We will assist you in trials and proceedings in Family and Supreme Court involving property distribution, child support, custody, visitation, paternity and adoption.