Joseph J. Lynett is a partner at Jackson Lewis LLP and a member of the Firm’s Disability, Leave and Health Management Practice Group, which assists employers in meeting the legal and practical challenges posed by federal and state laws protecting injured and ill employees.

Maintaining an active counseling practice, Mr. Lynett provides imaginative and creative solutions to the complex array of workplace disability and health management issues faced by both large and small companies.  Mr. Lynett counsels clients with the goal of either avoiding litigation entirely or improving outcomes before administrative agencies, courts and juries.

A significant amount of Mr. Lynett’s counseling involves assisting clients in conducting an “individualized assessment” required by a growing number of federal and state laws. These efforts include helping employers effectively communicate with employees and medical providers in an effort to evaluate potential risks to health and safety posed by employee injuries or illnesses.  In an area of law in which there often are few bright lines, Mr. Lynett attempts to develop practical and constructive solutions.

Mr. Lynett is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School where he was Articles Editor of the Journal of Law & Policy and received a B.A. from The University of Chicago. He is admitted to practice law in New York and to the bars of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern of New York, the District of Connecticut and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Mr. Lynett can be reached by e-mail at LynettJ@jacksonlewis.com or by telephone at (914) 514-6146.