For over 20 years, Orin Kurtz has helped employees recover unpaid wages including overtime and unpaid commissions. Orin has stood up for employees who faced discrimination and retaliation. He has led groundbreaking class actions, including a record-setting $61 million settlement against General Electric—the largest settlement ever for a case alleging improper use of proprietary funds in a 401(k) plan.

Orin represents employees across a wide range of industries including hourly workers, nurses, certified nursing assistants, physicians, C-suite executives, social workers, office workers, commissioned sales people, construction workers, restaurant workers, graphic designers, security guards, private equity, tech industry, and personal assistants. Orin also represents freelancers who have not been paid in violation of the Freelance Isn’t Free Act. 

Representative cases include: 

  • $61,000,000 class action recovery against General Electric for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  • $5,000,000 settlement for employees of multinational media company who were denied overtime pay
  • $4,050,000.00 settlement for mortgage loan officers working for Bank of America who were denied overtime pay (pending court approval)
  • $2,000,000 settlement for nurses and CNAs who were denied overtime
  • $1,000,000 settlement for newspaper delivery drivers misclassified as independent contractors
  • $850,000 settlement for misclassified medical payment processing salespeople
  • $650,000 settlement for U.S. Open waitstaff denied overtime and gratuities
  • $265,000 recovery for employees of multinational media company who were denied overtime
  • $250,000 recovery for bus drivers who were denied overtime
  • $100,000 recovery for two warehouse employees who were denied overtime
  • $360,000 recovery for energy industry executive alleging wrongful termination
  • $350,000 recovery for tech executive who was denied wages
  • $132,500 recovery for personal assistant who was denied overtime pay and subject to unlawful deductions from her wages
  • $99,000 recovery for chef who was misclassified as exempt and denied overtime
Representing Employees

For over 20 years, Orin Kurtz has helped employees recover unpaid wages including overtime and unpaid commissions. Orin has stood up for employees who faced discrimination and retaliation. He has led groundbreaking class actions, including a record-setting $61 million settlement against General Electric—the largest settlement ever for a case alleging improper use of proprietary funds in a 401(k) plan.

Orin represents employees across a wide range of industries including hourly workers, nurses, certified nursing assistants, physicians, C-suite executives, social workers, office workers, commissioned sales people, construction workers, restaurant workers, graphic designers, security guards, private equity, tech industry, and personal assistants. Orin also represents freelancers who have not been paid in violation of the Freelance Isn’t Free Act. 

Representative cases include: 

  • $61,000,000 class action recovery against General Electric for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  • $5,000,000 settlement for employees of multinational media company who were denied overtime pay
  • $4,050,000.00 settlement for mortgage loan officers working for Bank of America who were denied overtime pay (pending court approval)
  • $2,000,000 settlement for nurses and CNAs who were denied overtime
  • $1,000,000 settlement for newspaper delivery drivers misclassified as independent contractors
  • $850,000 settlement for misclassified medical payment processing salespeople
  • $650,000 settlement for U.S. Open waitstaff denied overtime and gratuities
  • $265,000 recovery for employees of multinational media company who were denied overtime
  • $250,000 recovery for bus drivers who were denied overtime
  • $100,000 recovery for two warehouse employees who were denied overtime
  • $360,000 recovery for energy industry executive alleging wrongful termination
  • $350,000 recovery for tech executive who was denied wages
  • $132,500 recovery for personal assistant who was denied overtime pay and subject to unlawful deductions from her wages
  • $99,000 recovery for chef who was misclassified as exempt and denied overtime