Danielé (“Danny”) De Voe, Esq. is a Partner with Sahn Ward Braff Coschignano PLLC. Danny concentrates her practice in Labor and Employment Law, Commercial Litigation, and Creditor’s Rights in Bankruptcy. Danny handles cases from pre-litigation mitigation strategies through appeal. Danny advises several large national and international employers on all aspects of employment law. Prior to joining the Firm, Danny was a Partner at Weinstein, Kaplan & Cohen, P.C. for more than sixteen years where she managed the Commercial Litigation and Employment Law practices.
Danny has appeared in the state and federal trial courts in the New York Metropolitan area, on Long Island and in Westchester. Danny has also handled matters before the Appellate Terms, the First and Second Departments, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, in addition to representing clients in administrative proceedings pending before the New York and United States Departments of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs. Several of Danny’s matters have appeared in the New York State Law Journal and were featured in Siegel’s New York Digest and in Law360 Articles. In addition to handling all aspects of employment litigation, Danny has represented several clients in the drafting of various employment documents such as Employee Handbooks, Employment Contracts, Separation Agreements, as well as Religious and Medical Exemption Claim Forms. Danny prides herself on being current on the local, state and federal labor laws and often writes articles to keep her clientele and the legal community abreast of any changes in the law.
Danny has received several accolades for her excellence in the practice of law, including, but not limited to, being a Super Lawyer’s Rising Star from 2013-2017, a New York Metro Area’s Outstanding Young Lawyer in Business Litigation from 2013-2017, named in the New York Times Magazine, 2014 edition, as one of the Top Women Attorneys in Metro New York, as a 2022 and 2023 Featured Lawyer of Distinction in the area of Civil Litigation as published the New York Times and The American Lawyer Magazine, was named by the Long Island Herald as one of the 2022 Premier Business Women of Long Island, by the Long Island Business News as one of the Top 50 Women in Business on Long Island in 2022, and named as a 2024 Leader in the Law by Long Island Business News. Danny is also a frequent CLE presenter and guest speaker on various areas of labor and employment Law at the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
When Danny is not practicing law, she is spending time with her husband, Gary Pagliarello, Esq., son, Sebastian, and twins, Serafina and Saverio.
