Iskra M. Bonanno
Senior Associate
ibonanno@hselaw.com
tel: 585.231.1347
fax: 585.232.2152
Iskra Bonanno focuses her practice on counseling and representing public and private sector employers in a wide range of issues related to the workplace, including:
- Developing and implementing effective employment policies, and ensuring compliance with state and federal labor and employment laws.
- Issues relating to leave, including compliance with the ADA and the FMLA.
- EEOC and New York State Division of Human Rights Investigations.
- Defending national and regional employers charged with discrimination and/or harassment on account of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or other protected class status.
- Defending employers faced with breach of contract or wrongful discharge claims.
- Defending employers against individual and collective claims concerning wage and hour matters.
- Advising employers concerning civil rights, immigration law, and labor-management relations.
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Member, Monroe County Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.
- Chair, Lawyers for Learning Committee of the Monroe County Bar Association
Honors & Awards
- Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2018-2020
- Recipient, 2017 Annette Itkin Volunteer of the Year Award, Willow Domestic Violence Center
- Fredrick K. Cox International Law Center Research Fellow
- Emmerich de Vattel Scholar
- Patrick J. Hergenroeder Trial Tactics Award
- Contributing Editor, Case Western Reserve Law Review, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Publications
- Contributing author to the HSE Labor and Employment Blog
- "The SEC’s Whistleblower Program and its Effect on Internal Compliance Programs," 62 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 329 (2011-2012)
News
- Featured, "Extraordinary People: Lawyers for Learning," WROC News 8, March 2, 2017
Press Releases
- Harter Secrest & Emery Attorneys Named to 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Lists, August 25, 2020
- Harter Secrest & Emery Appoints Three Senior Associates, January 8, 2020
- Harter Secrest & Emery Attorneys Named to 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Lists, August 14, 2019
Presentations
- Presenter, “Implementing Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives and How to Avoid Common Pitfalls,” Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Labor & Employment Law Breakfast Briefing Webinar, February 24, 2021
- Presenter, “Criminal Background Checks: Legal Updates and Best Practices," Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 26, 2018
- Presenter, “Dogs and Horses at Work, Oh My!" Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 26, 2018
- Presenter, “Risks Associated with Criminal Conviction Records in Employment” webinar, Harter Secrest & Emery, August 15, 2017
- Presenter, “Risky Business: Considering Criminal Records in Employment,” Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 5, 2017
Admissions
- California
- New York
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- University of Rochester, B.A. English, magna cum laude, highest distinction honors