Justin R. Marino is a founding partner of Stevenson Marino LLP.  He has extensive experience in all facets of employment law, including claims pertaining to:

• Wage and hour violations
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Wrongful discharge
• Bonus and compensation issues
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Family and Medical Leave Act
• New York state and city laws
• Employment contracts (e.g., non-solicitation and non-compete agreements)

Mr. Marino, has extensive experience litigating complex class, collective and hybrid actions brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws.  In addition to his litigation experience in single plaintiff and class action cases, Mr. Marino also provides advice and counseling on a broad range of employment law issues, including employment policies and practices, handbooks, reductions-in-force, hiring and separation agreements and employee/independent contractor issues. Further, he has additional experience preparing for and defending against governmental agency audits and investigations. Mr. Marino also audits client’s practices for compliance with employment laws.

Prior to founding Stevenson Marino LLP, Mr. Marino practiced employment law for over 9 years at premier international law firms.  Specifically, from 2007 through 2010, Mr. Marino was an attorney in the employment law department at Paul Hastings.  Thereafter, Mr. Marino was an attorney at Littler Mendelson, P.C. from 2010 through 2016, where he was one of the firm’s “stand-out” wage and hour and class and collective action attorneys.  Mr. Marino traveled throughout the country on complex class and collective actions, as well as led teams of attorneys to achieve the client’s objectives.  Mr. Marino has litigated cases involving numerous abstract wage and hour issues, including claims that alleged:

• Dispatchers were misclassified as exempt;
• Drivers worked off the clock;
• Assistant Store Managers were misclassified as exempt;
• Assistant Branch Manager were misclassified as exempt;
• Cooks, Servers, and Bartenders worked off-the-clock;
• Improper Tip Pools, Tip Credits, Notices to servers and bartenders;
• Drivers were improperly classified under Motor Carrier Exemption;
• Travel time and post- and pre-liminary work;
• Uniform maintenance pay violations;

Additionally, Mr. Marino has litigated cases across dozens of industries, including:

• National Retailers;
• National Banks;
• Ultra-High End Restaurants;
• National Restaurant Chains;
• Stand-alone Restaurants;
• Diners;
• Catering Companies;
• Inventory Service Company;
• Media and Radio Company;
• Security Company;
• Armored Car Companies;
• Car Wash Businesses;
• Manufacturing/Services Companies

While in law school, Mr. Marino interned in the Domestic Violence Bureau at the Queens District Attorney’s Office and for Chief Judge Melanie Cyganowski of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. He also served on the executive board of the Moot Court Honor Society and was a St. Thomas More Scholar.  Mr. Marino graduated summa cum laude in Accounting from SUNY Albany.  Prior to attending law school, he worked at one of the big four accounting firms.