Zachary H. Pratt

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.

Honors & Awards

Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2015-19

Publications & Events

Publications

•Author, “ The Biggest Issues of 2016 - and a Look Ahead, ” Today’s Grocer, Vol. 58, No. 8

Webinars

•Presenter, “Taking an Integrated Approach to Disability and Workers’ Compensation Claims,” Webinar, November 15, 2017

Podcasts

•Contributor, “ Employee Claims and The Blob, ” Timely Notice, August 2, 2018

Recent Insights

Workers’ Compensation in the Transformed Workplace

Upcoming Webinar: May 13, 2020

Bringing Offline Online: Return-to-Work Considerations for the Post-COVID-19 Retail Landscape

Upcoming Webinar: May 19, 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