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Charles Joseph, Employment Lawyer

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Employment lawyers and historians who write and fact-check the guides on this site.

Working Now and Then is written by employment lawyers and historians. The legal guides are fact-checked by Charles Joseph, the site's founder; the blog and the history section draw on scholars who study how people have worked, and fought for their rights, over time. The site also supports students through two annual scholarships.

  • Charles Joseph

    Charles Joseph

    Founder · NYC employment lawyer

    Founding partner at Joseph & Kirschenbaum and the creator of Working Now and Then. Decades of experience recovering money for workers, with more than $200 million won for clients. He fact-checks every legal guide on the site.

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  • Diane Hester

    Diane Hester

    Employment litigator · writer

    Harvard Law School graduate with nearly three decades of litigation experience focused on employment law. She has worked with Charles Joseph since 1990 and writes for this website.

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  • Dr. Genevieve Carlton

    Dr. Genevieve Carlton

    Historian · editor

    Award-winning historian with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Genevieve contributes blog posts and translates complex legal topics to make them accessible to readers.

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  • Dr. Heather Stein

    Dr. Heather Stein

    Historian · editor

    Historian with a PhD from Johns Hopkins University, working as a freelance editor and writing coach.

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Student scholarships

Working Now and Then funds two annual scholarships for students heading into law. See the scholarships.

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