LAW FIRM’S NEW PARTNER

Kathryn L. Barcroft has joined Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP in White Plains as a partner. She will be part of the firm”™s labor and employment and discrimination practice groups.

Barcroft brings more than 20 years of experience and expertise in counseling clients regarding civil rights and employment matters, including policies and trainings on sexual harassment and discrimination; hiring, firing and discipline; separation agreements; noncompete and trade secrets; family and medical leave; equal pay; internal investigations; and whistleblower claims.  

She has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in labor and employment law in 2021 and 2022 and was recently selected as a panel presenter at the Presidential Summit, the marquee event of the New York State Bar Association”™s 2022 annual meeting, which focused on critical social justice and civil rights issues that society continues to grapple with, including a reevaluation of the #MeToo Movement, with nationally recognized sexual harassment litigators and New York State Attorney General Letitia James.  

Barcroft, a member of the New York State Bar Association”™s Labor and Employment Law Section, Workplace Rights and Responsibilities Committee, graduated from Colgate University before earning her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the state of New York. She has authored numerous articles on a variety of labor and employment issues and has appeared on various news outlets about legal issues, such as sexual harassment and discrimination, leave restrictions, vaccine mandates and exemptions, and investigations related to alleged misconduct in the workplace. She is also a frequent lecturer to attorneys, supervisors, human resource professionals and organizations concerning discrimination in the workplace. 

Bleakley Platt & Schmidt is one of Westchester”™s preeminent law firms, with a more than 85-year legacy of providing legal counsel to residents and businesses of Westchester and Rockland counties, as well as the entire Hudson Valley and Fairfield County.