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Lindsey N. Bober

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Lindsey is a Labor and Employment attorney and a member of the Higher Education team. She counsels clients in all aspects of labor and employment law, including employment policies, criminal background checks, protected leaves of absences, reasonable accommodations, discipline and termination decisions, contract review, wage and hour issues, and labor relations. Lindsey is a fully trained civil rights investigator and advises institutions of higher education and private employers on investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment, as well as responding to complaints filed with administrative agencies such as the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

During law school, Lindsey served as a summer associate with Harter Secrest & Emery, a student attorney for The Community Justice Program at Georgetown University Law Center, and as a legal intern and Delaney Public Policy Scholar at the National Network for Youth in Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

  • Member, Board of Directors, The Legal Aid Society of Rochester
  • Member, Monroe County Bar Association

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Recognized by The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal in the Up and Coming category at the Attorneys of the Year Program, 2025
  • Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for:
    • Litigation – Labor and Employment (2025-2026)
    • Labor and Employment Law – Management (2026)
  • Recipient, William E. McKnight Award, Monroe County Bar Association, 2022
  • Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars List since 2019

NEWS

PRESENTATIONS

  • Co-Presenter, “Investigator’s Workshop: How to Conduct Effective Workplace Investigations,” HR Legal Lab, October 21, 2025
  • Co-Presenter, “What Matters Now in Higher Education: Mental Health Services – Employer Perspective,” Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, February 8, 2023
  • Co-Presenter, “Guidance for Employers on Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Session Five,” Harter Secrest & Emery webinar, April 9, 2020
  • Co-Presenter, “An Employee Walks into Your Office to Make a Complaint: Investigation Tips and Techniques,” Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 30, 2019
  • Presenter, “New York State Paid Family Leave – Asked and Answered: A Review of Real World Employer Questions, and Our Answers, Through the First Four Months of 2018,” Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 26, 2018
  • Presenter, “The Headlines Continue: The Epidemic of High Profile Sexual Harassment Claims,” Harter Secrest & Emery, November 3, 2017
  • Presenter, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Higher Education Conference “Title IX and Enough and Enough: A Mandate and a Microscope—Preparing You For Next Year,” August 3, 2017

PRACTICE AREAS

ADMISSIONS

  • New York

EDUCATION

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude
  • Cornell University, B.S.

Lindsey is a Labor and Employment attorney and a member of the Higher Education team. She counsels clients in all aspects of labor and employment law, including employment policies, criminal background checks, protected leaves of absences, reasonable accommodations, discipline and termination decisions, contract review, wage and hour issues, and labor relations. Lindsey is a fully trained civil rights investigator and advises institutions of higher education and private employers on investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment, as well as responding to complaints filed with administrative agencies such as the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

During law school, Lindsey served as a summer associate with Harter Secrest & Emery, a student attorney for The Community Justice Program at Georgetown University Law Center, and as a legal intern and Delaney Public Policy Scholar at the National Network for Youth in Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

  • Member, Board of Directors, The Legal Aid Society of Rochester
  • Member, Monroe County Bar Association

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Recognized by The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal in the Up and Coming category at the Attorneys of the Year Program, 2025
  • Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for:
    • Litigation – Labor and Employment (2025-2026)
    • Labor and Employment Law – Management (2026)
  • Recipient, William E. McKnight Award, Monroe County Bar Association, 2022
  • Selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars List since 2019

NEWS

PRESENTATIONS

  • Co-Presenter, “Investigator’s Workshop: How to Conduct Effective Workplace Investigations,” HR Legal Lab, October 21, 2025
  • Co-Presenter, “What Matters Now in Higher Education: Mental Health Services – Employer Perspective,” Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, February 8, 2023
  • Co-Presenter, “Guidance for Employers on Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Session Five,” Harter Secrest & Emery webinar, April 9, 2020
  • Co-Presenter, “An Employee Walks into Your Office to Make a Complaint: Investigation Tips and Techniques,” Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 30, 2019
  • Presenter, “New York State Paid Family Leave – Asked and Answered: A Review of Real World Employer Questions, and Our Answers, Through the First Four Months of 2018,” Harter Secrest & Emery’s Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 26, 2018
  • Presenter, “The Headlines Continue: The Epidemic of High Profile Sexual Harassment Claims,” Harter Secrest & Emery, November 3, 2017
  • Presenter, Harter Secrest & Emery’s Higher Education Conference “Title IX and Enough and Enough: A Mandate and a Microscope—Preparing You For Next Year,” August 3, 2017

PRACTICE AREAS

ADMISSIONS

  • New York

EDUCATION

  • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude
  • Cornell University, B.S.

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