Christopher J. Harrigan

Mr. Harrigan is a Partner in the Firm's Syracuse Office who focuses his practice on representing employers in labor and employment matters. Mr. Harrigan has substantial experience litigating in federal and state courts and regularly represents clients in administrative proceedings with federal and state agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the United States and New York State Departments of Labor, and the New York State Division of Human Rights. He has extensive experience counseling clients and litigating claims regarding workplace discrimination, executive employment agreement, wage and hour violations, employee theft, severance agreements, and the enforcement of restrictive covenants/non-competition agreements.

In addition to his labor and employment practice, Mr. Harrigan also focuses on representing municipalities in disputes with Native American Indian Tribes, including land claim litigation in federal courts, land use litigation, Indian gaming issues, and the opposition of Indian Tribes’ land-to-trust applications before the U.S. Department of the Interior. Mr. Harrigan is also an active member of the Firm’s Sports & Entertainment Law Practice Area, and represents elementary and high schools on Education Law issues, including student discipline.