Troy L. Kessler is a co-founder of Kessler Matura P.C. Mr. Kessler has extensive experience representing employees who have been the victims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, overtime and minimum wage violations. He handles claims under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York City Human Rights Law, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, The Trafficking Victims Protection Act, and the New York Labor Law. Mr. Kessler received his law degree from the Loyola University School of Law – Chicago, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin. He is President of the Federal Bar Association’s Eastern District of New York Chapter, a member of the NYU School of Law Labor Center Advisory Board, a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and is listed as one of the Top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyers. 

Mr. Kessler is a Chapter Editor, ABA’s FLSA Midwinter Report, co-author of Merging the Bench, Bar, and Law Schools: How a Student Scholars Program Achieves Professional Identity Through Scholarly Writing, Mentorship, and Presentation, 93.1 UMKC L. Rev. __ (Aug. 2024) (publication pending), and Employers Should Reconsider Plans to Discharge Employees for Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine, N.Y. Law Journal (May 26, 2022). 

Mr. Kessler is a frequent speaker at CLE events sponsored by the: American Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association; Federal Bar Association; NYU School of Law; and the Practicing Law Institute. His recent speaking engagements have covered a range of topics including trial practice, wage and hour litigation, class actions, remedies in employment litigation, legal ethics, workplace accommodations, and arbitration.