Two-time federal law clerk Kenneth D. Walsh has joined Yankwitt LLP in White Plains as counsel. His hiring continues the firm”™s goal of establishing a New York City-caliber law firm in Westchester County ”“ law firm staffed with senior attorneys who worked for leading national law firms or as federal prosecutors and/or federal law clerks.
A litigator with more than a decade of experience, Walsh has practiced law in New York and Illinois, focusing on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on employment and labor disputes. He also represents employers before agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the New York Division of Human Rights and in arbitrations before all major arbitral tribunals.
Regarding Walsh, Russell Yankwitt, managing partner, said “His background as a federal law clerk provides him with invaluable insights into the judicial system. Ken bolsters our bench of employment attorneys as we continue to grow our employment litigation practice.” In addition to his private practice experience, Walsh served as a federal law clerk for two judges in the Eastern District of New York. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Duke University School of Law, where he was executive editor of the “Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems” and a member of Duke”™s Wrongful Convictions Clinic, where he investigated claims of innocence made by incarcerated felons.
Founded in 2009, Yankwitt represents businesses and high-net-worth individuals across a broad range of matters. The firm also routinely handles complex cases in Westchester on behalf of national law firms and often serves as trial counsel for local law ï¬rms.
