Christopher Marlborough is the founder of the Marlborough Law Firm. He is passionate about representing workers on wage theft issues.
Chris earned an undergraduate graduate degree from State University of New York at Purchase from which he graduated magna cum laude. He earned a juris doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School, from which he also graduated magna cum laude.
Chris has been practicing in litigation since 2004 and has concentrated his practice on complex class and collective action cases since 2007. In both 2013 and 2014, Chris was selected by his peers and experts in the field as one of SuperLawyers Magazine's Rising Stars in the New York Metropolitan area. From 2015 through 2022, he was selected to the SuperLawyers list for more experienced attorneys.
Chris is a former chair and a former Vice Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee.
Before founding the firm, Chris worked on a number of high-profile consumer fraud and wage theft cases. He was a member of the trial team that secured two jury verdicts for $37 and $50 million on behalf of a class of 150,000 Avacor users. Chris' experience in wage theft cases includes an action against Ruby Tuesday, Inc., where the court issued an order requiring that notice of the case be sent to more than 82,000 of the company's current and former bartenders, servers and food runners.
Since he founded the firm in 2013 Chris has served as Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in a number of certified class action cases. In 2020, Chris obtained court approval of a $7,140,000 settlement against the Call-A-Head port-a-potty company on behalf of its portable toilet service technicians. That same year, he obtained court approval of an $11,000,000 settlement on behalf of workers at a chain of discount stores in New York.
- Brooklyn Law School
- J.D. (2003) | Law
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- Honors: Sparer Public Interest Fellow Judge Moses M. Weinstein Scholar
- Activities: Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition, Writing Team Journal of Law and Policy, Senior Associate Editor
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- State University of New York - College at Purchase
- B.S. (1991) | Psychology
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- Honors: Graduated magna cum laude President's Merit Scholar Dean's List
- Activities: Crisis Intervention Hotline
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- Principal Attorney
- The Marlborough Law Firm, P.C.
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- Associate Attorney
- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP
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- Litigation Associate
- McCoyd, Parkas and Ronan
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- Casting a Wide Net in Wage and Hour Lawsuits
- Nassau County Bar Association, Nassau Lawyer
- Evolution, Child Abuse and the Constitution
- Brooklyn Law School, Journal of Law and Policy
- Comparing New York and Federal Wage Theft Laws: Distinctions that Make a Difference, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Wage and Hour Class Action Law, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Point/Counterpoint- Employment Law Edition, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Basics of Wage and Hour Law, Bridge the Gap, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Workplace Retaliation Under the FLSA and Other Statutes, Nassau County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- SuperLawyers
- SuperLawyers
- Selected for Superlawyers list each year from 2015 - 2024
- Award of Distinguished Professional Achievement
- Nassau County Bar Association - Labor and Employment Committee
- Rising Stars
- SuperLawyers
- Selected Rising Stars NY Metropolitan area 2013 and 2014.
- Nassau Employment Lawyers Association, New York Chapter
- Member
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- National Lawyers Guild
- Legal Observer
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- Nassau County Bar Association
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- Activities: Labor and Employment Committee- Chair 2016-2018 Labor and Employment Committee- Vice Chair 2014-2016
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 298219
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- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- ID Number: 894621
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- New Jersey
- New Jersey Courts
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4208963
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- Employment Law
- Overtime & Unpaid Wages
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. If an administrator tells you that you have no business teaching children of another race and have been denied promotion
- A: The situation you describe sounds like a potential race discrimination case. If you are denied a promotion, or otherwise treated differently than other employees based on your race, you may have a claim under federal state and/or New York City law. You should talk to an employment discrimination attorney in your area.
- Q. I work at metro by T-Mobile and someone broke the store windows and my boss is blaming me and making me pay for them.
- A: The short answer is no, the employer cannot require you to pay the damage. In New York, there is a short list of deductions an employer may take from a worker's salary, like wage overpayment, taxes, etc. Needless to say, the list does not include property damage caused by your stalker. The law that protects you is New York Labor Law, Section 193.
I am sorry to hear about this. It sounds like you were victimized in this situation twice. First by your stalker and then by your employer. Best of luck to you.
- Q. In New York State can an employer disclose your salary to potential buyers of company before sale finalized?
- A: Yes. The amount of your salary is not confidential. This information is commonly disclosed in connection with the sale of a business. When a business is up for sale, the buyer will want to know the financial condition of the business it is buying, including revenues and expenses. Due diligence is the process a buyer will undertake to investigate the seller's legal and financial position before purchasing the buyer's business.