With more than 20 years of experience as a civil rights attorney, Jack Tuckner provides legal representation to clients throughout New York City and the surrounding areas. He concentrates in women’s rights in the workplace, representing plaintiffs who have encountered discrimination, sexual harassment, or unlawful termination in the workplace. Jack Tuckner has also established himself as an industry leader in recognizing and addressing pregnancy discrimination. His new informational, “Women’s Rights in the Workplace: A Guide to Pregnancy Discrimination,” features answers to questions pregnant women commonly have about their workplace rights.
As part of his commitment to justice and fairness, he dedicated much of his time to pro bono legal work for political activists in need of legal counsel. A founding partner of Tuckner Sipser Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, Jack Tuckner has also earned recognition as a Super Lawyer for each of the past three years, which ranks him among the top five percent of New York attorneys who practice labor and employment law. This honor is determined by peer nominations and evaluations, combined with third party research, as each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.
In addition to practicing law, Jack Tuckner frequently contributes his expertise on women’s legal rights to national media outlets and conferences. He has appeared as a commentator on national programs such as Inside Edition, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, NBC’s Nightly News with Brian Williams, and National Public Radio. Locally, he makes appearances at grassroots seminars and community meetings across the tri-state area. He has also delivered speeches at the New York State Bar Association’s Annual Conference and at Liz Claiborne’s Annual Day of Group Activism, “Time to Talk About Domestic Violence.”
After completing his bachelor’s degree with honors at Hunter College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), Jack Tuckner went on to earn a law degree from CUNY’s School of Law at Queens College in 1987.
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