Daniel A. Kadish

Dan litigates a wide variety of disputes, for which he often leads the day-to-day handling of discrimination and wage and hour cases in federal courts nationwide, as well as in New York State court.  He is skilled at litigating single plaintiff, multi-plaintiffs, and class action proceedings.  Recently, Dan’s work has focused on litigating accommodation requests relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In this regard, Dan helps lead Morgan Lewis’s efforts across clients and industries, securing significant litigation successes when responding to novel and untested theories of liability.

Dan regularly represents clients in the entertainment, fashion, financial services, insurance, legal, media, pharmaceutical, retail, restaurant, sports, technology, and transportation industries.

Dan also closely follows developments in New York State and New York City employment law and works to ensure clients are aware of impactful changes. Dan is a thought leader on New York legal updates, a regular media contributor, and a frequent presenter on these topics.

Dan is committed to maintaining an active pro bono practice, where he is the go-to counsel for multiple community based nonprofit organizations and educational institutions, regularly supporting these organizations in risk mitigation and responding to all manner of employment needs.

In law school, Daniel served as a member of the Fordham Law Review. He was selected by Judge Denny Chin of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to serve as the judge’s legal writing teaching assistant for the first-year writing seminar Judge Chin taught.

Before attending law school, Daniel spent three years teaching language arts to sixth graders in Newark, New Jersey, for the Newark Public School System as a Teach for America corps member. As part of his work with Teach for America, Daniel achieved significant educational gains in his busy classroom of 30–35 students and also designed curricula and trained incoming teachers on best practices.