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GARRETT KASKE
Kessler Matura P.C.
534 Broadhollow Road
Melville, NY 11747
gkaske@kesslermatura.com
www.kesslermatura.com
(631) 499-9100
CURRICULUM VITAE
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York (2014)
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
EDUCATION
City University of New York School of Law (“CUNY Law”), Long Island City, New York
Juris Doctor (May 2013)
American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section’s Trial Advocacy Competition,
Competitor (November 2012)
St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, New York
B.A., History and Spanish Majors (May 2007)
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Kessler Matura P.C., Melville, New York
Associate (January 2020 – Present)
As an associate at Shulman Kessler LLP, which subsequently became Kessler Matura P.C., and
since being admitted to the New York State bar, I have represented employees in and participated
in the prosecution of a variety of employment-related disputes involving individual claims of
discrimination and harassment, and individual, collective, and class wage-and-hour cases.
Shulman Kessler LLP, Melville, New York
Associate (April 1, 2014 – December 2020)
Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss LLP, New York, New York
Post-Graduate Law Clerk (November 2014 – March 2015)
Performed research, legal writing, document review, and damages calculations for this employee-
and union-side labor and employment firm. I primarily worked on a wage-and-hour class and
collective action known as Perez v. City of New York, No. 12 Civ. 4914 (S.D.N.Y.).
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CUNY Law Community Economic Development Clinic, Long Island City, New York
Law Student Intern (September 2012 – May 2013)
Represented employees through the clinic, including in a wage-and-hour case styled as Sanchez v.
La Fogata Restaurant & Cafe Corp., No. 12 Civ. 5690 (E.D.N.Y.).
Community Service Society, New York, New York
Intern (Summer 2012)
Worked on litigation related to and assisted individuals facing barriers to employment as a result
criminal convictions.
Progressive States Network, New York, New York
Intern (Summer 2011)
Researched and wrote about wage-and-hour laws for a 50-state survey.
Outten & Golden, LLP, New York, New York
Law Clerk (December 2012 – April 2013)
Litigation Paralegal (November 2007 – August 2010; December 2010 – January 2011)
Worked primarily on class and collective actions involving wage-and-hour violations. See, e.g.,
Torres v. Gristede’s Op. Corp., No. 04 Civ. 3316, 2012 WL 3878144, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6,
2012) (awarding O&G $164,175 for my 1,313.4 billable hours as a paralegal), aff’d, 519 F. App’x.
1 (2d Cir. 2013) (summary order).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
• American Bar Association - Labor & Employment Law Section, Member
Volunteered as a “juror” for the annual trial advocacy competition held at the Southern
District of New York courthouse, where I observed mock employment discrimination trials
and evaluated and critiqued the law-student competitors (November 2016, 2017, 2019,
2021). Selected for Section’s 2021 Leadership Development Program (July 2021).
Employee Vice Chair of the Treatise Committee (2022 – Present).
• National Employment Lawyers Association, Member (2014-2022)
Participated in NELA’s Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. (2015 and 2018). Led the 2015
New York contingent for Lobby Day.
• National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter Labor and Employment Committee
(“L&EC”), Co-Chair (Spring 2014 – Present) and Member (December 2011 – Present)
Regularly organize CLEs, networking events, and social events for members. Assist
L&EC members and other workers’ rights advocates with research projects, trainings, and
coalition building, including the preparation of and organization of amici signatories to a
brief in Franze v. Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., No. 19 Civ. 2275 (2d Cir. Jan. 22, 2020) (ECF
No. 66). Published know-you-rights palm cards on employment rights for New York
workers.
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• National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter Executive Committee (Jan. 2023 –
Present)
• Brandworkers (non-profit organization that supports food-production workers), Host
Committee Member for annual fundraising dinner (2015 – 2019, 2022)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• On September 18, 2015, I spoke on labor and employment issues at the Labor Employment
Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Law in the Workplace Conference. I
presented on employee handbooks that run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act,
including arbitration clauses used to quell wage-and-hour class and collective actions.
• On March 11, 2016, I spoke on a panel entitled “Strategies & Consideration for Arbitration
of Employment Disputes” at the New Your City Bar Association’s Employment Law
Institute. My presentation and the materials I prepared for the CLE focused on strategies
for plaintiffs’ attorneys facing compelled arbitration of employment matters, including
class and collective actions. The materials are available on Westlaw using the following
identifier: 20160311A NYCBAR 618.
• On June 9, 2017, I presented on an ethics panel at the NYU 70th Annual Conference on
Labor. My discussion focused on ethically communicating with low-wage workers in
employment class actions.
• On March 22, 2018, I presented to the Low Wage Worker Task Force discussing
representing undocumented and immigrant workers since the inauguration of President
Donald J. Trump. My presentation focused on the discoverability of immigration status in
wage-and-hour and discrimination lawsuits, and the use of immigration status to intimidate
and retaliate against plaintiffs.
• On May 11, 2018, I moderated a panel at NELA/NY’s spring conference entitled the New
York Alternatives to the FLSA, focusing on differences between litigating in state court
under the New York Labor Law and in federal court under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• On April 24, 2020, I presented on a webinar for out-of-work musicians. I discussed typical
employment issues facing musicians and new laws protecting these workers, including
employee misclassification, the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, the expansion of the New York
City Human Rights Law, and common wage-theft schemes.
• On May 21, 2020, I presented on a webinar for the Yemeni American Merchants
Association. With an eye towards the COVID crisis, I presented on worker
misclassification, wage rights, discrimination, the NLRA, and the WARN Act.
• On August 12, 2020, I was a panelist on a multi-day employment and wage-and-hour
mediation training program for the New York County Lawyers Association. I discussed
and prepared materials on the classification of employees as overtime exempt.
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• On February 24, 2022, I presented on a webinar, hosted by the Community Legal Resource
Network of CUNY School of Law, called “Legal Briefing 2022.” I presented on
employment issues during the pandemic and facing employees returning to work.
• On November 16, 2022, I presented on a webinar discussing the impact of Dobbs on the
workplace. I presented on the relevant anti-discrimination laws in place at the local, state,
and federal level.
• On May 27, 2023, I gave a know-your-rights presentation to day laborers on the streets for
Jackson Heights, New York, in partnership with the non-profit Voce Latinas.
• On May 27, 2023, I presented at a regional union organizing conference on labor and
employment law.
• On June 26, 2023, I presented on a webinar, entitled Basics and Recent Advancements of
Low-Wage Workers Rights in New York, hosted by CUNY School of Law. I presented
on wage-and-hour, scheduling, discrimination, and harassment laws affecting New York
City workers, including immigrant workers.
CLE PRESENTATIONS ORGANIZED
As part of my contributions to the L&EC, I organize continuing legal education seminars on labor
and employment law, including the following:
• On Offense: Tactics for Worker Justice (Nov. 13, 2012) – A seminar on identifying wage-
and-hour violations and litigating wage-and-hour cases during worker-organizing drives.
• Food Fight: Lawyering and Organizing in the Fast-Food Showdown (Oct. 31, 2013) – A
seminar regarding the fast-food workers movement, including the common wage-and-hour
violations in the fast-food industry and whether franchisors are jointly and severally liable
for wage-and-hour violations of their franchisees.
• Bankrupting Democracy: Constitutional Rights, Civil Rights, and Labor Rights under
Siege in Detroit (Jan. 23, 2014) – A seminar looking at Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy,
the emergency manager, and pending litigation impacting Detroit workers’ pensions and
voting rights.
• Schooling the University: Winning Workplace Justice for Campus Workers (Apr. 10,
2015) – A seminar on the worker-organizing campaigns on college campuses and the wage-
and-hour litigation surrounding interns.
• Leading the Way: New York Enacts Legal Protections for Farmworkers and Families (Dec.
2019) – A panel discussion on New York’s increased legal protections for farmworkers
and workers needing family leave.
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• Employment in the Time of Corona: Protections for Workers During the Pandemic (May
2020) – Webinar on new and established employment laws that protect employees who
face workplace discrimination, harassment, and other issues because of Covid-19.
• Black Lives Matter @ Work: Confronting and Dismantling White Supremacy in the
Workplace (Sept. 2020) – Webinar on how the Black Lives Matter movement has impacted
our clients’ and our own workplaces.
• Dobbs @ Work: What Does the End of Roe v. Wade Mean for Workplace Rights? (Nov.
2022) – Webinar of how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., has impacted employee
benefit plans and local, state, and federal anti-discrimination laws.
• The A.S.A. for Workers: What Does the Adult Survivors Act Mean for Workers’-Rights
Litigation in New York (Mar. 2023) – Webinar on what labor and employment lawyers
need to know about the Adult Survivors Act.
PUBLISHED WORKS
Contributor (2022 – Present), American Bar Association’s FLSA Midwinter Report, which serves
as the annual supplement to the Ellen C. Kearns et al. eds., Fair Labor Standards Act (2d. ed. 2010)
Assisted in drafting and revising: Samuel Estreicher and Troy Kessler, Employers Should
Reconsider Plans to Discharge Employees for Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine, N.Y. Law Journal
(May 26, 2022)
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Notable examples of cases in which I was the lead associate or primary attorney, include:
• Albano v. Van Buren Truck Sales Corp., No. 23 Civ. 3545, ECF No. 15 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17,
2023) (judgement entered, following acceptance of offer of judgment, for an individual
alleging a timely wage payment claim)
• Fishkin v. Gourtmet Express LTD, No. 610142/2022, NYCEF No. 28 (Sup. Ct. Mar. 22, 2023)
(granting final approval of class action settlement involving catering employees)
• Manfredo v. VIP Auto Group of Long Island, Inc., No. 2:20 Civ. 3728 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 26,
2021) (granting collective certification of salespersons employed at several separately
incorporated auto dealerships), final settlement approval granted, (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 12, 2023)
• Henne v. LI Wax FD, LLC, et al., No. 200516/2022, NYSCEF No. 20 (Sup. Ct. Oct. 18, 2022)
(approving class action settlement on behalf of waxing and tanning employees)
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• Martinez v. 138 Lube LLC, No. 22 Civ. 642 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2022) (approving settlement
involving a car wash worker)
• Hood v. Nickliancos LLC, No. 22 Civ. 4918 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 15, 2022) (approving multi-
plaintiff settlement involving movers)
• Ludwig v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., No. 19-CI-1073 (Ky. Cir. Ct.
May 19, 2022) (granting final approval of class action settlement on behalf of call center
workers)
• Cucuzza v. National Debt Relief, LLC, No. 601631/2021, NYSCEF No. 31 (Sup. Ct. Apr. 20,
2022) (granting final approval of class action settlement involving salespersons)
• Bonefort v. Sticker Mule LLC, No. 20 Civ. 1222, ECF No. 33 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2022)
(granting final approval of class action settlement on behalf of sticker production workers)
• Lawson v. Realization Center, Inc., No. 613219/2021, NYSCEF No. 24 (Sup. Ct. Jan. 27,
2022) (granting plaintiff’s motion for approval of class action settlement)
• Tabacchino v. Laboratory Corp. of Am. Holdings, No. 613075/2021, NYSCEF No. 39 (Sup.
Ct. Dec. 16, 2021) (granting approval of class action settlement on behalf of couriers)
• Dawson v. Sterling Bancorp, Inc., No. 623157/2019, NYSCEF No. 38 (Sup. Ct. April 28,
2021) (final approval of class action settlement involving assistant branch managers of bank)
• Pierre v. Kaufman Enters., LLC, No. 2019/604065, NYSCEF No. 30 (Sup. Ct. Dec. 7, 2020)
(final approval of class action settlement involving fast-food-chain assistant store managers)
• Dazzazi v. AZ Import/Export LLC, NO. 19 Civ. 6713 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 25, 2020) (settlement
involving retail-store employee approved)
• Vecchione v. Consumers Warehouse Center, Inc., No. 606019/2017, NYSCEF No. 60
(Sup. Ct. Jan. 15, 2020) (class action settlement involving over 100 salespersons approved)
• Meo v. Lane Bryant, Inc., No. 18 Civ. 6360, 2019 WL 5157024 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 31, 2019)
(conditionally certifying collective of retail assistant store managers), settlement approved
by, 2020 WL 4047897 (E.D.N.Y. July 17, 2020) (49-state collective action settlement
approved)
• Benitez v. Bolla Operating LI Corp., 189 A.D.3d 970 (2d Dep't 2020) (argued before the
Second Department for the application of the Hospitality Industry Wage Order to a chain
of gas-stain convenience stores that housed gourmet delis)
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• Freeman v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., 18 Civ. 855, 2019 WL
4803277 (Md. Fla. Sept. 19, 2019), adopted by, 2019 WL 5168632 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 15,
2019) (approval of 182-plaintiff settlement on behalf of customer service representatives)
• Rojas v. Exquisito Rest. Inc., No. 18 Civ. 4840 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 6, 2019) (settlement
involving restaurant delivery worker approved in which our firm co-counseled with Make
the Road New York – a non-profit organization that supports Latino and working-class
communities to achieve dignity and justice – and handled pro bono)
• Rivera v. Titan Fire Sprinkler Inc., No. 18 Civ. 4084 (E.D.N.Y. July 29, 2019) (settlement
involving overtime claims of steamfitters approved)
• Miuzzo v. Residential Fences Corp., No. 18 Civ. 2901 (E.D.N.Y. June 11, 2019)
(settlement involving overtime claims of laborers approved)
• Williams v. TSU Glob. Servs. Inc., No. 18 Civ. 72, 2018 WL 6075668 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 20,
2018) (recommending the conditional certification of a collective of drivers), adopted by,
2019 WL 1056273 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 1, 2019)
• Morales v. Danbury Pharma, LLC, No. 16 Civ. 634 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2018) (settlement
involving overtime claims of warehouse worker approved)
• Barahona v. Intern. Warehouse Group, Inc., No. 603305-17, 2017 WL 4446687 (Sup. Ct.
Oct. 03, 2017) (denying motion to dismiss NYLL claims brought by warehouse workers)
• Robinson v. Big City Yonkers, Inc., No. 600159/2016, 2017 WL 449572, 2017 N.Y. Slip
Op. 30177(U) (Sup. Ct. Jan. 17, 2017) (class action certified on behalf of approximately
1,700 delivery drivers), settlement approved, NYSCEF No. 292 (Sup. Ct. Feb. 13, 2018)
• Estime v. Collazo Assocs., Inc., No. 16 Civ. 6205 (E.D.N.Y. June 29, 2017) (settlement in
minimum wage and overtime lawsuit on behalf of street sweeper approved)
• Brackley v. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., No. 16 Civ. 288, 2017 WL 838227,
(E.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2017) (granting preliminary approval of settlement and class
certification for settlement purposes), settlement approved by (E.D.N.Y. June 6, 2017)
(class action settlement approved on behalf of over 2,000 servers employed at the
defendants’ New York restaurants)
• Useda v. Pinta Inc., No. 16 Civ. 4305 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2017) (settlement of overtime
lawsuit on behalf of a kitchen worker approved)
• Castagna v. Hampton Creek, Inc., No. 16 Civ. 760 (E.D.N.Y Jan. 23, 2017) (FLSA
settlement of 10 purported independent contractors approved)
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• Cruz v. Burger Brothers Rest. Group, Inc., No. 14 Civ. 3186 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2017)
(class action settlement approved on behalf over 275 assistant store managers employed at
over 45 fast food restaurants in New York)
• Davis v. IMG Worldwide, LLC, No. 15 Civ. 2157 (S.D.N.Y. July 27, 2016) (class action
settlement preliminarily approved on behalf of approximately 85 Fashion Week workers)
• Batres v. Valente Landscaping, Inc., No. 14 Civ. 1434 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2016)
(collective action settlement of seven landscapers approved)
• Klein v. Weatherproofing Tech., Inc., No. 15 Civ. 4443 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 29, 2016)
(conditionally certifying collective of over 200 roofing technicians employed throughout
New York State), settlement approved by, (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 2018) (approving settlement
for the opt-in plaintiffs)
• Garcia v. Sidco Food Distrib. Corp., No. 14 Civ. 9449 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2015) (wage-
and-hour settlement involving two collectors at food distributor approved)
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NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 GARRETT KASKE Kessler Matura P.C. 534 Broadhollow Road Melville, NY 11747 gkaske@kesslermatura.com www.kesslermatura.com (631) 499-9100 CURRICULUM VITAE BAR ADMISSIONS New York (2014) U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court Northern District of New York U.S. District Court Southern District of New York EDUCATION City University of New York School of Law (“CUNY Law”), Long Island City, New York Juris Doctor (May 2013) American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section’s Trial Advocacy Competition, Competitor (November 2012) St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue, New York B.A., History and Spanish Majors (May 2007) PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Kessler Matura P.C., Melville, New York Associate (January 2020 – Present) As an associate at Shulman Kessler LLP, which subsequently became Kessler Matura P.C., and since being admitted to the New York State bar, I have represented employees in and participated in the prosecution of a variety of employment-related disputes involving individual claims of discrimination and harassment, and individual, collective, and class wage-and-hour cases. Shulman Kessler LLP, Melville, New York Associate (April 1, 2014 – December 2020) Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss LLP, New York, New York Post-Graduate Law Clerk (November 2014 – March 2015) Performed research, legal writing, document review, and damages calculations for this employee- and union-side labor and employment firm. I primarily worked on a wage-and-hour class and collective action known as Perez v. City of New York, No. 12 Civ. 4914 (S.D.N.Y.). FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 8 CUNY Law Community Economic Development Clinic, Long Island City, New York Law Student Intern (September 2012 – May 2013) Represented employees through the clinic, including in a wage-and-hour case styled as Sanchez v. La Fogata Restaurant & Cafe Corp., No. 12 Civ. 5690 (E.D.N.Y.). Community Service Society, New York, New York Intern (Summer 2012) Worked on litigation related to and assisted individuals facing barriers to employment as a result criminal convictions. Progressive States Network, New York, New York Intern (Summer 2011) Researched and wrote about wage-and-hour laws for a 50-state survey. Outten & Golden, LLP, New York, New York Law Clerk (December 2012 – April 2013) Litigation Paralegal (November 2007 – August 2010; December 2010 – January 2011) Worked primarily on class and collective actions involving wage-and-hour violations. See, e.g., Torres v. Gristede’s Op. Corp., No. 04 Civ. 3316, 2012 WL 3878144, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6, 2012) (awarding O&G $164,175 for my 1,313.4 billable hours as a paralegal), aff’d, 519 F. App’x. 1 (2d Cir. 2013) (summary order). PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS • American Bar Association - Labor & Employment Law Section, Member Volunteered as a “juror” for the annual trial advocacy competition held at the Southern District of New York courthouse, where I observed mock employment discrimination trials and evaluated and critiqued the law-student competitors (November 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021). Selected for Section’s 2021 Leadership Development Program (July 2021). Employee Vice Chair of the Treatise Committee (2022 – Present). • National Employment Lawyers Association, Member (2014-2022) Participated in NELA’s Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. (2015 and 2018). Led the 2015 New York contingent for Lobby Day. • National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter Labor and Employment Committee (“L&EC”), Co-Chair (Spring 2014 – Present) and Member (December 2011 – Present) Regularly organize CLEs, networking events, and social events for members. Assist L&EC members and other workers’ rights advocates with research projects, trainings, and coalition building, including the preparation of and organization of amici signatories to a brief in Franze v. Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., No. 19 Civ. 2275 (2d Cir. Jan. 22, 2020) (ECF No. 66). Published know-you-rights palm cards on employment rights for New York workers. FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 8 • National Lawyers Guild – New York City Chapter Executive Committee (Jan. 2023 – Present) • Brandworkers (non-profit organization that supports food-production workers), Host Committee Member for annual fundraising dinner (2015 – 2019, 2022) SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS • On September 18, 2015, I spoke on labor and employment issues at the Labor Employment Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Law in the Workplace Conference. I presented on employee handbooks that run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act, including arbitration clauses used to quell wage-and-hour class and collective actions. • On March 11, 2016, I spoke on a panel entitled “Strategies & Consideration for Arbitration of Employment Disputes” at the New Your City Bar Association’s Employment Law Institute. My presentation and the materials I prepared for the CLE focused on strategies for plaintiffs’ attorneys facing compelled arbitration of employment matters, including class and collective actions. The materials are available on Westlaw using the following identifier: 20160311A NYCBAR 618. • On June 9, 2017, I presented on an ethics panel at the NYU 70th Annual Conference on Labor. My discussion focused on ethically communicating with low-wage workers in employment class actions. • On March 22, 2018, I presented to the Low Wage Worker Task Force discussing representing undocumented and immigrant workers since the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. My presentation focused on the discoverability of immigration status in wage-and-hour and discrimination lawsuits, and the use of immigration status to intimidate and retaliate against plaintiffs. • On May 11, 2018, I moderated a panel at NELA/NY’s spring conference entitled the New York Alternatives to the FLSA, focusing on differences between litigating in state court under the New York Labor Law and in federal court under the Fair Labor Standards Act. • On April 24, 2020, I presented on a webinar for out-of-work musicians. I discussed typical employment issues facing musicians and new laws protecting these workers, including employee misclassification, the Freelance Isn’t Free Act, the expansion of the New York City Human Rights Law, and common wage-theft schemes. • On May 21, 2020, I presented on a webinar for the Yemeni American Merchants Association. With an eye towards the COVID crisis, I presented on worker misclassification, wage rights, discrimination, the NLRA, and the WARN Act. • On August 12, 2020, I was a panelist on a multi-day employment and wage-and-hour mediation training program for the New York County Lawyers Association. I discussed and prepared materials on the classification of employees as overtime exempt. FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 4 of 8 • On February 24, 2022, I presented on a webinar, hosted by the Community Legal Resource Network of CUNY School of Law, called “Legal Briefing 2022.” I presented on employment issues during the pandemic and facing employees returning to work. • On November 16, 2022, I presented on a webinar discussing the impact of Dobbs on the workplace. I presented on the relevant anti-discrimination laws in place at the local, state, and federal level. • On May 27, 2023, I gave a know-your-rights presentation to day laborers on the streets for Jackson Heights, New York, in partnership with the non-profit Voce Latinas. • On May 27, 2023, I presented at a regional union organizing conference on labor and employment law. • On June 26, 2023, I presented on a webinar, entitled Basics and Recent Advancements of Low-Wage Workers Rights in New York, hosted by CUNY School of Law. I presented on wage-and-hour, scheduling, discrimination, and harassment laws affecting New York City workers, including immigrant workers. CLE PRESENTATIONS ORGANIZED As part of my contributions to the L&EC, I organize continuing legal education seminars on labor and employment law, including the following: • On Offense: Tactics for Worker Justice (Nov. 13, 2012) – A seminar on identifying wage- and-hour violations and litigating wage-and-hour cases during worker-organizing drives. • Food Fight: Lawyering and Organizing in the Fast-Food Showdown (Oct. 31, 2013) – A seminar regarding the fast-food workers movement, including the common wage-and-hour violations in the fast-food industry and whether franchisors are jointly and severally liable for wage-and-hour violations of their franchisees. • Bankrupting Democracy: Constitutional Rights, Civil Rights, and Labor Rights under Siege in Detroit (Jan. 23, 2014) – A seminar looking at Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy, the emergency manager, and pending litigation impacting Detroit workers’ pensions and voting rights. • Schooling the University: Winning Workplace Justice for Campus Workers (Apr. 10, 2015) – A seminar on the worker-organizing campaigns on college campuses and the wage- and-hour litigation surrounding interns. • Leading the Way: New York Enacts Legal Protections for Farmworkers and Families (Dec. 2019) – A panel discussion on New York’s increased legal protections for farmworkers and workers needing family leave. FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 5 of 8 • Employment in the Time of Corona: Protections for Workers During the Pandemic (May 2020) – Webinar on new and established employment laws that protect employees who face workplace discrimination, harassment, and other issues because of Covid-19. • Black Lives Matter @ Work: Confronting and Dismantling White Supremacy in the Workplace (Sept. 2020) – Webinar on how the Black Lives Matter movement has impacted our clients’ and our own workplaces. • Dobbs @ Work: What Does the End of Roe v. Wade Mean for Workplace Rights? (Nov. 2022) – Webinar of how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., has impacted employee benefit plans and local, state, and federal anti-discrimination laws. • The A.S.A. for Workers: What Does the Adult Survivors Act Mean for Workers’-Rights Litigation in New York (Mar. 2023) – Webinar on what labor and employment lawyers need to know about the Adult Survivors Act. PUBLISHED WORKS Contributor (2022 – Present), American Bar Association’s FLSA Midwinter Report, which serves as the annual supplement to the Ellen C. Kearns et al. eds., Fair Labor Standards Act (2d. ed. 2010) Assisted in drafting and revising: Samuel Estreicher and Troy Kessler, Employers Should Reconsider Plans to Discharge Employees for Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine, N.Y. Law Journal (May 26, 2022) REPRESENTATIVE CASES Notable examples of cases in which I was the lead associate or primary attorney, include: • Albano v. Van Buren Truck Sales Corp., No. 23 Civ. 3545, ECF No. 15 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 17, 2023) (judgement entered, following acceptance of offer of judgment, for an individual alleging a timely wage payment claim) • Fishkin v. Gourtmet Express LTD, No. 610142/2022, NYCEF No. 28 (Sup. Ct. Mar. 22, 2023) (granting final approval of class action settlement involving catering employees) • Manfredo v. VIP Auto Group of Long Island, Inc., No. 2:20 Civ. 3728 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 26, 2021) (granting collective certification of salespersons employed at several separately incorporated auto dealerships), final settlement approval granted, (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 12, 2023) • Henne v. LI Wax FD, LLC, et al., No. 200516/2022, NYSCEF No. 20 (Sup. Ct. Oct. 18, 2022) (approving class action settlement on behalf of waxing and tanning employees) FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 6 of 8 • Martinez v. 138 Lube LLC, No. 22 Civ. 642 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2022) (approving settlement involving a car wash worker) • Hood v. Nickliancos LLC, No. 22 Civ. 4918 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 15, 2022) (approving multi- plaintiff settlement involving movers) • Ludwig v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., No. 19-CI-1073 (Ky. Cir. Ct. May 19, 2022) (granting final approval of class action settlement on behalf of call center workers) • Cucuzza v. National Debt Relief, LLC, No. 601631/2021, NYSCEF No. 31 (Sup. Ct. Apr. 20, 2022) (granting final approval of class action settlement involving salespersons) • Bonefort v. Sticker Mule LLC, No. 20 Civ. 1222, ECF No. 33 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2022) (granting final approval of class action settlement on behalf of sticker production workers) • Lawson v. Realization Center, Inc., No. 613219/2021, NYSCEF No. 24 (Sup. Ct. Jan. 27, 2022) (granting plaintiff’s motion for approval of class action settlement) • Tabacchino v. Laboratory Corp. of Am. Holdings, No. 613075/2021, NYSCEF No. 39 (Sup. Ct. Dec. 16, 2021) (granting approval of class action settlement on behalf of couriers) • Dawson v. Sterling Bancorp, Inc., No. 623157/2019, NYSCEF No. 38 (Sup. Ct. April 28, 2021) (final approval of class action settlement involving assistant branch managers of bank) • Pierre v. Kaufman Enters., LLC, No. 2019/604065, NYSCEF No. 30 (Sup. Ct. Dec. 7, 2020) (final approval of class action settlement involving fast-food-chain assistant store managers) • Dazzazi v. AZ Import/Export LLC, NO. 19 Civ. 6713 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 25, 2020) (settlement involving retail-store employee approved) • Vecchione v. Consumers Warehouse Center, Inc., No. 606019/2017, NYSCEF No. 60 (Sup. Ct. Jan. 15, 2020) (class action settlement involving over 100 salespersons approved) • Meo v. Lane Bryant, Inc., No. 18 Civ. 6360, 2019 WL 5157024 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 31, 2019) (conditionally certifying collective of retail assistant store managers), settlement approved by, 2020 WL 4047897 (E.D.N.Y. July 17, 2020) (49-state collective action settlement approved) • Benitez v. Bolla Operating LI Corp., 189 A.D.3d 970 (2d Dep't 2020) (argued before the Second Department for the application of the Hospitality Industry Wage Order to a chain of gas-stain convenience stores that housed gourmet delis) FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 7 of 8 • Freeman v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., 18 Civ. 855, 2019 WL 4803277 (Md. Fla. Sept. 19, 2019), adopted by, 2019 WL 5168632 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 15, 2019) (approval of 182-plaintiff settlement on behalf of customer service representatives) • Rojas v. Exquisito Rest. Inc., No. 18 Civ. 4840 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 6, 2019) (settlement involving restaurant delivery worker approved in which our firm co-counseled with Make the Road New York – a non-profit organization that supports Latino and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice – and handled pro bono) • Rivera v. Titan Fire Sprinkler Inc., No. 18 Civ. 4084 (E.D.N.Y. July 29, 2019) (settlement involving overtime claims of steamfitters approved) • Miuzzo v. Residential Fences Corp., No. 18 Civ. 2901 (E.D.N.Y. June 11, 2019) (settlement involving overtime claims of laborers approved) • Williams v. TSU Glob. Servs. Inc., No. 18 Civ. 72, 2018 WL 6075668 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 20, 2018) (recommending the conditional certification of a collective of drivers), adopted by, 2019 WL 1056273 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 1, 2019) • Morales v. Danbury Pharma, LLC, No. 16 Civ. 634 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2018) (settlement involving overtime claims of warehouse worker approved) • Barahona v. Intern. Warehouse Group, Inc., No. 603305-17, 2017 WL 4446687 (Sup. Ct. Oct. 03, 2017) (denying motion to dismiss NYLL claims brought by warehouse workers) • Robinson v. Big City Yonkers, Inc., No. 600159/2016, 2017 WL 449572, 2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 30177(U) (Sup. Ct. Jan. 17, 2017) (class action certified on behalf of approximately 1,700 delivery drivers), settlement approved, NYSCEF No. 292 (Sup. Ct. Feb. 13, 2018) • Estime v. Collazo Assocs., Inc., No. 16 Civ. 6205 (E.D.N.Y. June 29, 2017) (settlement in minimum wage and overtime lawsuit on behalf of street sweeper approved) • Brackley v. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., No. 16 Civ. 288, 2017 WL 838227, (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2017) (granting preliminary approval of settlement and class certification for settlement purposes), settlement approved by (E.D.N.Y. June 6, 2017) (class action settlement approved on behalf of over 2,000 servers employed at the defendants’ New York restaurants) • Useda v. Pinta Inc., No. 16 Civ. 4305 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2017) (settlement of overtime lawsuit on behalf of a kitchen worker approved) • Castagna v. Hampton Creek, Inc., No. 16 Civ. 760 (E.D.N.Y Jan. 23, 2017) (FLSA settlement of 10 purported independent contractors approved) FILED: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK 12/21/2023 04:50 PM INDEX NO. 620635/2023 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 10 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 12/21/2023 Garrett Kaske Curriculum Vitae Page 8 of 8 • Cruz v. Burger Brothers Rest. Group, Inc., No. 14 Civ. 3186 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2017) (class action settlement approved on behalf over 275 assistant store managers employed at over 45 fast food restaurants in New York) • Davis v. IMG Worldwide, LLC, No. 15 Civ. 2157 (S.D.N.Y. July 27, 2016) (class action settlement preliminarily approved on behalf of approximately 85 Fashion Week workers) • Batres v. Valente Landscaping, Inc., No. 14 Civ. 1434 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 19, 2016) (collective action settlement of seven landscapers approved) • Klein v. Weatherproofing Tech., Inc., No. 15 Civ. 4443 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 29, 2016) (conditionally certifying collective of over 200 roofing technicians employed throughout New York State), settlement approved by, (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 2018) (approving settlement for the opt-in plaintiffs) • Garcia v. Sidco Food Distrib. Corp., No. 14 Civ. 9449 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2015) (wage- and-hour settlement involving two collectors at food distributor approved)