Mizrahi Kroub LLP Review: A Look at Their Employment Law Practice

Mizrahi Kroub LLP legitimacy and licensing

Yes. Mizrahi Kroub LLP is a real plaintiff-side law firm at 225 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District, with a second office in Eatontown, New Jersey. Its site says founding partners Joseph H. Mizrahi and Edward Y. Kroub opened the firm in 2021. New York’s attorney registration records list both as currently registered and working at Mizrahi Kroub LLP: Mizrahi was admitted in 2017 and Kroub in 2005.

Kroub was previously a partner at Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, a class action firm, where his bio says he worked on benchmark manipulation cases that recovered more than $600 million. Mizrahi’s bio says he has led hundreds of ADA and New York human rights cases over website access for blind users, and represents more than 1,000 mass tort claimants.

One thing to read carefully: the home page says the firm has recovered “$1 Billion+” for clients, while Kroub’s own bio says he recovered over $1 billion before founding Mizrahi Kroub. Treat the headline number as the partners’ combined career record, not results from this firm alone. We could not verify the “5,000+ cases settled” figure.

Mizrahi Kroub cost

The first case review is free. For employment cases, the firm says it works on contingency: there’s no upfront cost, and you pay no attorney fee unless it recovers money for you. It doesn’t publish the percentage it takes or how it handles case costs such as filing fees, depositions and expert witnesses.

Before you sign, ask:

• What percentage the firm takes, and whether it rises if the case goes to trial or appeal.
• Whether costs come out before or after the fee is calculated, which changes your take-home amount.
• Whether you owe any costs if you lose.
• Which attorney, not just which intake contact, will handle your case.

Get every answer in the written retainer agreement.

What Mizrahi Kroub handles

The firm lists four practice areas: employment law, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and mass torts. Under employment law it covers sexual harassment, pregnancy, race, age and disability discrimination, FMLA leave, hostile work environment, retaliation, unpaid overtime, whistleblower retaliation, wrongful termination and executive employment matters.

Its FCRA work includes background checks that cost someone a job, which overlaps with employment cases. Its ADA work is mostly suits on behalf of visually impaired people against businesses whose websites they say they couldn’t use. The firm says every client gets a dedicated client relations contact during the case.

Criticism of Mizrahi Kroub and what it means for you

Most criticism of Mizrahi Kroub comes from businesses it has sued, not from its own clients. Barclay Damon, a defense firm, wrote in February 2023 that Mizrahi Kroub had filed nearly 3,000 website accessibility lawsuits in New York federal courts and had shifted to near-identical suits in New York state courts under state and city human rights laws. The Washington Retail Association reported that the firm filed more than 1,000 such cases in 2022, about a quarter of the U.S. total, and described the suits as “cut-and-paste” claims aimed at settlements.

Those suits involve a different kind of client from a fired employee, but they tell you how the firm works: high volume and a focus on settling. That can suit a clear-cut claim where you want money quickly. If your case is complicated, ask how many cases your attorney carries and whether the firm has taken employment cases to trial.

We found no BBB profile, so there is no BBB complaint record either way. If you have a problem with a New York lawyer that you can’t resolve, you can file with the attorney grievance committee for the county where the lawyer practices.

Deadlines and the rules that protect you

• Filing deadlines. To file a federal discrimination charge with the EEOC you generally have 180 days, extended to 300 days in states like New York with their own enforcement agency. Harassment deadlines run from the last incident. Don’t let a slow intake process run out your clock.
• Free agency options. You can file with the EEOC, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the NYC Commission on Human Rights or the U.S. Department of Labor yourself, at no cost.
• Fee rules. New York requires a written retainer for most contingency matters. You can ask any lawyer to explain the fee before you sign.
• No guaranteed outcomes. The firm’s site itself says prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Who should pick a different lawyer

• You live outside New York or New Jersey. The firm’s lawyers are admitted mainly in New York, New Jersey and Georgia.
• Your case is complex or high stakes. A senior executive dispute or a case likely to go to trial may be better with a boutique employment firm you can vet on its trial record.
• You only have a wage claim. The Department of Labor or the New York State Department of Labor may recover wages at no cost.