
Hancock Estabrook, LLP announced that Emily A. Middlebrook has been elected to the law firm’s partnership. She is a member of Hancock Estabrook’s labor & employment, municipal & public entities, education, and nonprofit practice areas. Middlebrook focuses her practice on management-side labor and employer matters representing private and public-sector employers. She counsels employers on issues such as wage and hour compliance, leave obligations under state and federal law, addressing discrimination and harassment issues in the workplace and compliance with all applicable employment laws and regulations. Middlebrook regularly assists employers in developing employment policies and handbooks and addressing issues concerning employee work performance. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and Wells College. She has been selected as an Upstate New York Super Lawyers – Rising Star and to The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch.”