Our Practice

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• Wage and Hour
• Workplace Harassment
• Employment Discrimination
• Housing Discrimination
• Civil Rights

This law office aims to pursue justice for workers and those whose civil rights have been violated.  When possible,  we seek to build collective power among our clients through group representation and partnership with community allies.  Our professional experience is rooted in social justice movements and our practice aspires to be a valuable resource for those working toward social change. 

Over nearly twenty years, attorney Robert D. McCreanor has handled hundreds of cases and served as lead or co-counsel  in many criminal and civil matters which were  successfully tried to verdict. Examples of Rob's civil litigation experience include the following :

Employment Law

Corea et al. v. Cafe Spice {GCT}, Inc. et al.  in which approximately 700 food plant workers brought suit against a major producer of pre-packaged meals for underpayment of wages and recovered $1.6 million. 

Barragan Contreras et al. v. Rosann Landscape Corp. et al.  in which a class of a landscaping workers recovered $1 million for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law. 

Bisono et al. v. TDL Restoration et al.  in which former employees of a NY-based construction firm secured maximum damages for wage and pay notice violations after a jury trial in United States District Court. 

Guarcas  et al. v.  Gourmet Heaven et al. in which former employees of a Providence, Rhode Island business succeeded in holding a new corporate entity responsible for wage theft under  a "successor liability" theory, a question of first impression within the 1st Circuit.

Consumer/Civil Rights

Bennett et al. v. Ahern et al.  in which thousands of  low-income, disabled and seriously ill Rhode Island utility consumers obtained class-wide injunctive relief to prevent termination of their electric utility service in violation of their due process rights. 

Housing 

Centeno et al. v. Zara Realty et al. - in which dozens of low-income tenants succeeded in stopping their landlord's illegal rent overcharges and harassment. 

Aguaiza et al. v. Vantage  et al.  -  in which a large group of NYC residential tenants brought the first ever private action under the city's anti-harassment law and succeeded in holding their private equity-backed corporate landlord accountable for systemic legal violations across thousands of rent regulated apartments.