Rene Roupinian and Jack Raisner. Courtesy photosOutten & Golden WARN Act Lawyers Launch Spinoff Firm
Jack Raisner and Rene Roupinian have established their own plaintiffs firm, getting some support from their former partners.
January 16, 2020 at 02:43 PM
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Jack Raisner and Rene Roupinian, former partners at the class action firm Outten & Golden who have a track record of representing groups of workers who were laid off without notice, have spun off and formed their own firm, apparently with Outten's support.
The new firm in New York, Raisner Roupinian, brings claims under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and similar laws that require companies to give workers 60 days' notice of impending layoffs. The requirements of the laws vary by state, and some workers are entitled to more notice or relief if the laws aren't followed.
The announcement of Raisner and Roupinian's spinoff arrived in a joint press release Thursday by their former firm and the new firm. Raisner Roupinian's website, warnlawyers.com, says it has three lawyers and lists more than 40 "active cases." The launch of the new firm appears to have been planned for months; New York state records indicate Raisner Roupinian LLP first filed papers Sept. 17, 2019.
The firms' announcement said they "may collaborate on future partnership opportunities" and said the spinoff would allow Outten & Golden "to reallocate and commit greater resources to its strategic areas of focus." Their websites list separate addresses.
Calls and emails to Adam Klein, Outten & Golden's managing partner, and to Roupinian and Raisner weren't immediately returned Thursday.
Outten & Golden's WARN Act practice was extremely busy around 2008, when the recession led many companies to lay off staff amid or in anticipation of bankruptcy.
Raisner and Roupinian's prominent legal industry representations included Dewey & LeBoeuf workers who were laid off without required notice as the megafirm headed for collapse. More than 500 assistants, associates and other salaried employees claimed they were given just a couple weeks' notice that the firm would likely close its doors in May 2012. That case settled for $4.5 million.
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