Ethan Felder

Ethan Felder received his JD cum laude and MBA from the Washington University in St. Louis in May 2013 and his B.A. from Cornell University in 2009. After working on Wall Street, Ethan found his passion for labor law and the labor movement. Ethan served as a volunteer attorney at Make the Road NY representing immigrant workers. Ethan’s current labor law practice includes representation of union clients before New York state and federal courts and administrative tribunals including the National Labor Relations Board and the New York State Public Employment Relations Board. Ethan has extensive experience in labor arbitrations involving contract grievances and disability in the performance of duty. Ethan is passionate about pro bono service. In 2017, Ethan successfully represented the Lefrak City Tenant’s Association in a major voting rights litigation to restore a longstanding on-site polling location after an arbitrary and capricious decision at the highest levels of the New York City Board of Elections suppressed the constitutional rights of thousands of minority voters. Ethan also successfully represented an educator and neighbor who was the victim of wage theft and recovered nearly a thousand dollars in wages. In 2016, Ethan was appointed a member of Community Board 6 representing Forest Hills and Rego Park Queens by Borough President Melinda Katz.