Jeffrey L. Goldberg

For the past 45 years Mr. Goldberg has represented New York City Civil Service clients with pride. After receiving his JD from Brooklyn Law School in 1974, Mr. Goldberg was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1975. Mr. Goldberg worked for the New York State Assembly Codes Committee and a major insurance company before joining a premiere Civil Service Law firm which represented the Uniform Fire Officers Association (UFOA). It was early in his tenure at this firm that Mr. Goldberg discovered the particular niche in which he developed a level of expertise unparalleled in New York City legal circles.

During his years of practice, Mr. Goldberg has honed his expertise in a wide variety of civil service disability claims and litigation in which he was able to obtain justice for hundreds of beleaguered New York City workers, primarily members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), New York City Fire Department (FDNY), New York City Department of Corrections (DOC/NYCD), New York City Emergency Medical Services (EMS), New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and other City and State agencies. Mr. Goldberg has represented clients in thousands of disability pension cases in both the initial disability pension application stage and in disability pension litigation, including both Article 78 Proceedings and appeals. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Mr. Goldberg assisted a large number of disabled first responders in obtaining the compensation they were entitled to and continues to aid those injured on 9/11 through WTC Pension Reclassification applications and litigation today.

Phil Seelig

Mr. Seelig served as President of the 10,000 member NYC Correction Officers Benevolent Association, Inc. (COBA) from July 1, 1979 through December 31, 1992. He was Co-chairman of the 40,000 NYS Peace Officer Association, Vice Chairman of the NYC Municipal Labor Committee, and a co-founder of the first Uniform Force Coalition. That coalition negotiated contracts for over 50,000 Police, Firefighters, Correction Officers. and Sanitation Workers

As part of his numerous responsibilities while serving as the COBA president, Mr. Seelig was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the union’s active and retiree welfare benefit funds as well of its annuity fund.

Mr. Seelig has appeared on dozens of national and local tv shows including Sally Jesse Rafael and Larry King. In 1983 Mr. Seelig appeared to discuss the implications of HIV positive inmates in NYC.

After retiring with 20 years of uniformed service he resigned from his union leadership positions. Commencing in 1993 Mr. Seelig has been a practicing attorney and partner of four separate law firms. He was Labor Counsel to the NYC Police Captains Endowment Association from 2008 through 2019. Phil Seelig is now the Senior Partner of two law firms, Seelig Law Offices, LLC and Seelig Dressler Ochani, LLC. Mr. Seelig has been retained by the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association as its labor counsel.