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Ms. Habib Rittling concentrates her practice in employment and general business counseling and litigation. Ms. Habib Rittling’s employment law experience includes counseling and advising employers on all aspects of employment relationships, practices and policies, representing employers before administrative agencies including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the Department of Labor, and litigating claims pertaining to discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour, temporary worker visa programs, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Ms. Habib Rittling’s business law practice involves counseling and litigation in a wide range of matters including contract disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, restrictive covenants, risk management, civil rights, and other general civil and business litigation. Ms. Habib Rittling’s experiences include arbitrations, mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Ms. Habib Rittling also represents and works with several family-owned businesses.
Prior to returning to Western New York, Ms. Habib Rittling served as Special Assistant to Commissioner Leslie E. Silverman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Habib Rittling is active in many community organizations.
Partner
Tel: 716.853.5100
Fax: 716.853.5199
Email: ahabibrittling@lippes.com
Publications:
- A Closer Look at Comparable Worth, co-author (Employment Policy Foundation 2000)
Education:
- State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D. 1995)
Boston College (B.A. Political Science 1990)
Admitted to Practice:
- State of New York
- District of Columbia
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court, Western District of New York
Professional Associations:
- New York State Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County
- American Bar Association
Activities:
- Zoological Society of Buffalo, Board of Directors and Secretary
- The National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York (formerly NCCJ), Board of Directors, Co-Chair Citation Dinner 2011, Co-Chair Community Leader Awards Luncheon, 2007 and 2008
- Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, Board of Trustees
- UB Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors
- Westminster Early Childhood Program, Board of Directors
- Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Buffalo Seminary
- Leadership Buffalo, Class of 2007
- 40 Under 40, Buffalo Business First, 2005
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