Stember Feinstein - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Employment and Employee Benefits Attorneys and Disability Law Firm

Employment, ERISA & Class Action Attorneys

Thank you for visiting the website of Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of employees, retirees, consumers, and investors through individual and collective actions.

The firm focuses its practice on Employment and Employee Benefits (ERISA) issues, including: sexual harassment and discrimination; pension and health benefits; long- and short-term disability insurance; unemployment compensation; unpaid wages and overtime; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); and whistleblower claims. The firm is experienced in negotiating and enforcing executive employment contracts.

Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne also has an active class action practice in the area of employee benefits and ERISA. We are well-known throughout the country for bringing a series of ERISA class actions challenging the termination or reduction of retiree health benefits to former union members. The firm will also litigate class action cases involving health and disability plans, other forms of insurance, traditional pension plans, cash balance plans and severance plans.

The firm also has represented many children in the Pittsburgh area who need special education services.

Employment Law

Employee Benefits (ERISA) – wrongful denial of pension, health coverage, and other benefits.

Employment Discrimination – age, sex (gender), disability, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or pregnancy discrimination.

Executive Contracts / Severance – non-compete clauses, severance packages, etc.

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – denial of leave from work due to illness or to care of ill family members.

Long and Short-Term Disability Insurance – denial of claims to individuals who cannot work.

Sexual Harassment – sexual jokes, propositions, unwanted touching, leering, exposure to obscene materials and hostile environment.

Unemployment Insurance – obtaining benefits for claimants at hearings and through appeals.

Wages and Overtime – wrongful withholding of wages; failing to provide vacation or holiday benefits; not paying overtime as required by law.

Whistleblower/Qui Tam Claims – demotions or terminations after reporting wrongdoing or waste to employer or government; False Claim Act cases.

Other Practice Areas

Labor Law – The firm represents unions and its members in collective bargaining negotiations, arbitrations, and enforcing rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

Class Actions – The firm litigates class action cases in the Pittsburgh region, and throughout the United States in the areas of employment law (systemic discrimination, failure to pay overtime), pension and other employee benefits (ERISA), and civil rights.

Civil Rights – For over 30 years, our attorneys have sought and obtained justice for citizens whose Constitutional rights have been violated by government officials and agencies, including police misconduct, due process/equal protection, fair housing, and prisoner rights.

Education Law - Attorney Edward Feinstein has represented students and their parents against school districts in the Pittsburgh area for nearly 30 years, including cases involving special education, school discipline, and harassment.

Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC 1705 Allegheny Building 429 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Telephone (412) 338-1445 Fax (412) 232-3730 Email: info@stemberfeinstein.com
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