

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 by peers for inclusion in 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Labor and Employment Law - Management
- Recipient, “Up and Coming Attorneys” Award, The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal’s Legal Excellence Program, 2021
- Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2018-2021
- 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
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