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Zachary H. Pratt

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zpratt@goldbergsegalla.com
518.935.4204
Albany

Zachary H. Pratt heads Goldberg Segalla’s workers’ compensation practice in Albany. He has extensive experience representing employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and in traditional federal workers’ compensation litigation, and is involved in every aspect of the workers’ compensation claim process, from intake through resolution. As an integral part of the firm’s workers’ compensation team — which offers a holistic approach to the practice — Zach crafts cost-effective, efficient solutions to his clients’ legal challenges to maximize long-term savings beyond closure of the immediate matter. Zach also designed and oversees the firm’s Integrated Disability and Workforce Management Program, which offers clients a cross-disciplinary, holistic, and maximally cost-effective suite of solutions to workers’ compensation and employment and labor needs.

In addition to workers’ compensation litigation, Zach represents employers in all manner of employment and labor disputes. He has defended dozens of employers against discrimination and retaliation claims, and has handled discrimination and harassment claims under Section 120 of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Law, as well as claims under the Jones Act and The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). Zach also handles personal-injury cases and complex commercial and insurance matters. As a counselor and litigator, Zach represents clients before the Supreme Court of the State of New York; the Appellate Division, Third Department; state and federal administrative agencies; and in various arbitration proceedings.

Related Areas

Workers' CompensationEmployment and LaborIntegrated Disability and Workforce Management ProgramMunicipal and Government Law

Industries

Cannabis and HempManufacturingMunicipalities and Public EntitiesRetail and Hospitality

Honors & Awards

Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2015–20

Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Education

  • Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 2007
  • Lafayette College, B.A., 2004

Publications & Events

  • Quoted in, “COVID-19’s Top Legal and Regulatory Pitfalls for Workers’ Comp—What to Watch Out For,” Risk & Insurance, June 8, 2020
  • Author, “The Biggest Issues of 2016 – and a Look Ahead,” Today’s Grocer, Vol. 58, No. 8
  • “Bringing Offline Online: Return-to-Work Considerations for the Post-COVID-19 Retail Landscape” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, May 19, 2020
  • “Workers’ Compensation in the Transformed Workplace,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, May 13, 2020
  • “Taking an Integrated Approach to Disability and Workers’ Compensation Claims,” (Presenter), GS Webinar Series, November 15, 2017
  • Contributor, “Employee Claims and The Blob,” Timely Notice, August 2, 2018

Recent Insights

Super Lawyers Honors 68 of Goldberg Segalla’s Upstate New York Attorneys in 2020

August 24, 2020

“COVID-19’s Top Legal and Regulatory Pitfalls for Workers’ Comp: What to Watch Out For”—Jennifer B. Santoro and Zachary H. Pratt Featured in Risk & Insurance

June 8, 2020

Super Lawyers Honors Nearly Two-Thirds of Goldberg Segalla’s Upstate New York Attorneys

August 13, 2019

Sixty-One Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Featured in 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers

August 13, 2018

Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Listed in 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers

August 2017

"The Biggest Issues of 2016 - and a Look Ahead," Today's Grocer

Vol. 58, No. 8

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