Eric Su is the Managing Partner of FordHarrison’s New York office and he represents employers in employment disputes before federal and state courts, administrative agencies as well as in arbitrations. He is also the co-chair of the firm’s Construction practice group. Eric often defends employers in class and collective litigation involving alleged underpayment of minimum wage, overtime and other wage claims. Eric’s practice mainly involves representing management in all aspects of labor and employment law, including counseling management in all facets of workplace fraud investigations, including but not limited to, forensic accounting and IT investigations concerning employee embezzlement, workplace harassment, disloyal conduct and other employee misconduct.
Eric also advises employers on litigation prevention and counsels them on all aspects of the employment relationship. His emphasis and insistence on compliance with wage and hour and other labor and employment laws and regulations have led to many successful results for his clients before federal and state administrative investigations and in federal and state courts. Eric has obtained numerous favorable results for his clients in dealing with investigations by the federal and state departments of labor and has successfully resolved labor department investigations in lieu of criminal charges being brought by prosecutorial authorities.