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The Gold Law Firm P.C. Lawyers Named Super Lawyers, Rising Stars in 2018

May 18, 2018

Attorneys Gold and Greenberg named as Super Lawyers while attorneys Ford and Manohar were named as Rising Stars by their peers.The legal team of The Gold Law Firm P.C. is pleased to announce that four of their attorneys were named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in 2018. The esteemed Super Lawyers organization named principal shareholder of the practice and lawyer, Sidney L. Gold, and senior associate lawyer, Traci M. Greenberg, as Super Lawyers. Associate lawyers, Jamie L. Ford and Aarthi Manohar, each earned the Rising Stars accolade. Super Lawyers bestows the honor to superior lawyers in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. for their tireless efforts in the field of law.

Super Lawyers annually rates lawyers throughout the country who receive praise and recognition from their peers and in the professional arena among 70 practice areas. Independent research, peer nominations, and evaluations encompass the patented selection process, and each nominee is rated by 12 benchmarks of peer recognition and professional achievements.

Introducing Our Super Lawyers

As a preeminent employment and civil rights lawyer for nearly 30 years, Sidney L. Gold achieved the Super Lawyers award as a Top-Rated Employment and Labor Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the 15th consecutive year in a row. Recognized for his precedent-making cases in the fields of employment law and civil rights, his law firm led the national class-action suit against Abercrombie & Fitch. For the last fifteen years, Martindale Hubbell placed him on their Bar Register as an AV Preeminent employment law attorney. Among innumerable honors, he dedicates his time to the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania and the Multiple Sclerosis Society while sharing his knowledge through lectures and articles for law journals.

Traci M. Greenberg, a senior associate at the law firm, received Super Lawyer designations for 2006 through 2008, 2017, and 2018. She also was selected to win the Rising Stars honor as a Top-Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the years of 2010 through 2015. She focuses her skills on employment law and counsels employers on Title VII, the ADEA, the ADA, and FMLA. Additionally, she provides pro bono legal services for the Legal Network for Gender Equity, a network of attorneys founded by the National Women’s Law Center, which fights to eliminate sexual discrimination from the workplace, education, and health care.

Jamie L. Ford, who was licensed only three years ago, received her first Rising Stars award as a Top-Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her practice area focuses on employment law and discrimination concerns. She gained experience in her present field by clerking for a law firm focused on employment law and civil rights while in law school.

For the second year in a row, Aarthi Manohar earned a Rising Stars award for her work as a Top-Rated Employment Litigation Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to her legal work, she volunteers her time to the Philadelphia Court System’s MENTOR program and participates in the Philadelphia Chapter Board of the ACLU in Pennsylvania, where she oversees their Young Leadership Outreach Team. In the past, she served clients in Social Security and Long-Term Disability cases at another law firm.

Workplace discrimination takes place daily in a variety of industries and victims require the assistance of compassionate and knowledgeable attorneys. If you experienced workplace discrimination of any kind or need legal counsel on civil rights matters, call our Philadelphia employment lawyers at The Gold Law Firm P.C. at 215-569-1999 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation. We serve clients from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York at our office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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