Troy L. Kessler

Troy L. Kessler is a co-founder of Kessler Matura P.C.Mr. Kessler has extensive experience representing employees who have been the victims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, overtime and minimum wage violations.  He handles claims under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York City Human Rights Law, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the New York Labor Law.Mr. Kessler received his law degree from the Loyola University School of Law – Chicago, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin.  He a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, National Employment Lawyers Association/New York, the American Bar Association - Labor & Employment Section, New York State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Suffolk County Bar Association.  Presently, Mr. Kessler serves as an executive board member for the Federal Bar Association’s Eastern District of New York Chapter, and as a member of the advisory board of the Center for Labor & Employment Law at the New York University School of Law.Mr. Kessler is a frequent speaker at CLE events sponsored by the: American Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association; Federal Bar Association; New York University School of Law; and Practising Law Institute.  His recent speaking engagements have covered a range of topics including trial practice, wage and hour litigation, class actions, and legal ethics.Mr. Kessler is a mentor with the Nassau County Bar Association’s student mentoring program.  As a mentor, he works with children at a local middle school, where he and other attorneys volunteer their time to provide children in need with positive adult role models.Outside of the office, Mr. Kessler enjoys running, listening to music (everything from jazz to punk), going to concerts, watching soccer, cooking, and spending time with this family.Bar AdmissionsNew YorkU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitU.S. District Court Southern District of New YorkU.S. District Court Eastern District of New YorkEducationLoyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IllinoisUniversity of WisconsinPublished WorksContributor, American Bar Association’s FLSA Midwinter Report, which serves as the annual supplement to the Ellen C. Kearns et al. eds., Fair Labor Standards Act (2d. ed. 2010)Speaking EngagementsPanelist: “Best Practices for Class Discovery in Wage and Hour Litigation,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2019Panelist: “Addressing Challenges to Employment Arbitration – Cost Issues,” NYU Center for Labor & Employment Law, October 2019Trainer: “Trial Practice,”  S. Department of Labor, Regional Solicitor’s Office, September 2019Panelist: “Remedies in Employment Litigation,” Twenty-Second Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges at New York University School of Law, March 2019Panelist: “Current state of wage and hour arbitrations in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Committee midwinter meeting, California, February 2019Panelist: “Best Practices for Issuing Class Notices,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Conference in San Francisco, California, November 2018Trainer: “Ethical Witness Interactions,” United States Department of Labor’s in-house training, September 2018Panelist: “Best Practices for Ethical Witness Interactions,” Seventy-First Annual NYU Conference on Labor, September 2018Panelist: “Fair Labor Standards Act Update,” on the topic of settlement issues in wage-and-hour litigation in the wake of the Second Circuit’s decision in Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House,” Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of New York, April 2018Panelist: “Remedies in Employment Litigation,” Twenty-First Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges at New York University School of Law, March 2018Trainer: “Mediation Advocacy Training,” Federal Bar Association, Eastern district of New York and Cornell University’s ILR Labor and Employment Program, October 2017Panelist: “Strategies for Asserting Individual Liability for FLSA Violations,” United States Department of Labor’s in-house training, September 2017Panelist: Twentieth Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges at New York University School of Law, March 2017Panelist: “Pursuing and Negotiating Class Action Settlements,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Conference in Chicago, Illinois, November 2016Trainer: “Representing Workers Covered by the Hospitality Wage Order, and Calculating Damages in Wage and Hour Litigation,” FLSA Mediation Training, Federal Bar Association- Eastern District of New York, September 2016Panelist: “Spotting Wage-and-Hour Violations,” National Employment Law Association (NELA) Conference in Los Angeles, California, June 2016Trainer: “Representing Workers Covered by the Hospitality Wage Order and Top 10 FLSA Takeaways,” FLSA Mediation Training, Federal Bar Association - Eastern District of New York and Cornell University’s ILR Labor and Employment Program, June 2016Honors and AwardsNamed to NY SuperLawyers as one of the Top Attorneys in New York State 2012-2019Professional Associations and MembershipsNational Employment Lawyers Association, MemberNational Employment Lawyers Association/New York, MemberAmerican Bar Association - Labor & Employment Section, MemberFederal Bar Association’s Eastern District of New York Chapter, Board MemberBoard of the Center for Labor & Employment Law at the New York University School of Law, MemberFederal Bar Council, MemberSuffolk County Bar Association, MemberNew York State Bar Association, MemberNassau County Bar Association, Mentor