Sidney L. Gold

My case involved a wrongful termination from a large organization after a year of leading a team to produce outstanding results in the face of the challenges we faced due to the Covid pandemic. Mr Gold came highly recommended and I chose to work with him after vetting two other recommended attorneys. The reason I chose to work with Mr. Gold was 1) far more responsive and empathetic and he was the most realistic of the three in the sense that he said that I have a good case here and that he can help improve the severance package I was initially offered. One of the lawyers said I didn’t have a case and just take the package as offered and the other was very slow in responding and when he finally did he laid out a very complex approach. What impressed me with Mr. Gold and his team were available to speak in the evenings and he was super responsive by email. He even stayed closely connected when he assigned my case to one of his partners. Mr. Gold also differentiated himself from the other attorneys because he spent enough time speaking with me that he made me realize that my case was more than just a wrongful dismissal. At first I was hesitant to use an attorney because I generally avoid thinking about myself as a victim, Mr Gold helped me to come to terms with the fact that in this case I was a victim of wrongful dismissal with the compounding factor that I had taken a stand on an harassment issue that my boss wanted swept under the rug. Without going into details, Mr. Gold and his team took the time to prepare a very convincing EEOC Complaint. Within about 4 weeks, and after a few iterations, my former employer agreed to raise my severance to 5 times greater than the initial offer. I felt like Mr. Gold and his staff and I were all on the same team and we were able to push a very large and powerful employer to provide a generous severance after first offering a paltry one. In summary, I strongly recommend Sid Gold and his team. I hope to never be in this situation again but I would return without question. I tell family and friends that if they are looking for a compassionate, smart, fast and effective employment attorney Sid Gold and team is who they should use.

I would like to express my gratitude to Sidney L. Gold and Associates for the compassionate and highly professional legal services provided to me on very short notice. Mr. Gold personally returned my phone call. I was able to secure a consultation within less than one week. And, the initial consult was thorough and at no charge. Mr. Gold was generous with his time and carefully evaluated my situation to provide a realistic course of action. His staff provided outstanding customer service, including an after-hours call center. I highly recommend Sidney L. Gold and Associates for those seeking an experienced and award-winning law firm who can be trusted to focus on the clear cut course of legal action.

Mr. Gold came highly recommended to me by another attorney. I can't say enough great things about him. He responded promptly to all of my questions and truly had my best interest in mind. He is easy to talk to and explained the legal jargon on a level that is easy to understand. His work ethic, compassion, and knowledge made the whole experience of working with him quick and easy. I highly recommend him to anyone who needs assistance with any employment needs.

My attorney was Ms. Vanguri. She is an associate attorney in the law offices of Sidney Gold, Esq. She is very knowledgeable about this area of law, empathetic and professional. Good communicator and not intimidated by the opposing counsel. I was impressed with their service and would highly recommend them to other clients.

Sidney L. Gold and Associates made it possible for me begin a second professional career (Intellectual Property Law) relatively late in life. If it were not for the exceptional services that I received from Sidney L. Gold and Associates, I most likely would have found myself struggling in the over-crowded, rather bleak job market that many of my unemployed older peers now find themselves in. I can’t say enough positive things about the services that I received from Sidney L. Gold and Associates. To begin with, Mr. Gold provided me with an initial consultation absolutely free. Most of the other employment lawyers that I contacted – none of which are even in the same league as Mr. Gold and Associates – wanted upwards of $500 for an initial consultation. They provided no assurance that they would even take me on a client after the initial consultation! Mr. Gold, more than any other employment lawyer I spoke with, provided a thorough and realistic assessment of my situation. Without going in to detail, my situation was quite complicated. Some lawyers told me to just give up. Others provided unrealistically optimistic assessments, and wanted me to “dive in” to right in to a specific - I would say “canned” or “scripted” - course of action. Mr. Gold and Associates took the time to really listen and understand my situation. In due course, working together we developed a realistic initial strategy. As events unfolded, Mr. Gold and Associates adapted the “game plan” accordingly. In the end, everybody won. My situation involved isolated circumstances within a very large organization. I always had great respect for the company that I worked for, and I still do. Once my situation was understood and evaluated by the right people, I received the fair and just treatment that I deserved. I doubt that this would have been possible without the exceptional services provided by Sidney L. Gold and Associates. There are situations in life where you should only settle for the best. When your health is threatened by disease, you definitely want the best physician. When your financial security is threatened through no fault of your own, you want the best law firm. You will want Sidney L. Gold and Associates on your side.

Sid and his team supported me in the face of intimidation by one of the world's largest technology firms and secured a better settlement than originally offered

Dear Mr. Gold, We would like to express our extreme gratitude to you for the topnotch, insightful, compassionate and highly professional legal services you recently provided to us during our resolution of a critical and pressing legal matter. There is nothing more important than finding an expert legal advocate to guide and assist when negotiating a situation involving something as sensitive as sexual harassment by a University professor. As lawyers ourselves, we performed much research prior to selecting you, an expert in this field, to provide us with legal consult and services. You came to us highly recommended, from numerous sources. Your reputation within the legal community precedes you as being the most accomplished and talented Plaintiff’s (victims) discrimination lawyer in Philadelphia, one who has vast expertise in the area of sexual harassment litigations and/or negotiations, who will pursue representation/advisement of a legal matter in a way that benefits your client the most in reaching his/her personal goals. We had been advised that you are a talented and masterful legal bull dog, one who will not quit in fighting for the rights of your clients, be it through reaching a negotiated settlement or bringing a case to trial. Our own personal experience with you supports every recommendation that we had received about you. It is all true. Thank you for reworking your own schedule to provide us with an initial consult, when you became aware that time was of the essence. You provided us with your (and your Associate’s) undivided attention for a lengthy initial consultation, while hearing the story, validating claims from a legal standpoint and providing us with your initial recommendations on how best to proceed. Being lawyers ourselves, we know the value of your time, and know that this is not the level of service most lawyers provide in an initial consult. We also know the great value of a shrewd, brilliant lawyer, who is top in his field and on top of his game as a fierce adversary. Another critical piece to the puzzle, that we soon learned about you, is that you care so incredibly much about fighting on behalf of an individual that you feel has been wronged, the underdog, and are very passionate about making a victim feel affirmed and heard, and a University (or a company) accountable in the case where you determine that Federal laws have been breached and a legal cause of action exists. You also have vast experience handling sensitive legal issues with the discretion and care required. Equally important is your ability to assess the overall picture from a legal standpoint, and to file a lawsuit on a behalf of a client or encourage trying to first reach a negotiated settlement, if, and only if, you feel that it might be in the best interest of the individual involved. You have shown us personally that you are not about the money, you are about providing the best legal advice and service. You are about helping someone who has legitimately been wronged. You are an awesome person and top legal advocate, Mr. Gold. We are so thankful that we have you in our legal corner moving forward. Sincerely Yours, Choosing Anonymity due to sensitive nature of this existing claim

I met with Sidney Gold after heralded praise. I was referred to him by an exceptional attorney who had referred Mr. Gold cases over the years. The referring attorney heard straight from Mr. Gold that he wanted to take on my case, and remarked if his child had a similar employment issue, he would vigorously go after the employer. He went on to further state that in different capacities, he could identify with me, and that I had been wronged, with deep experience and dedication to an industry I had worked in for 20+ years. Mr. Gold said to me, as the referring attorney heard the same directly from Mar.Gold, that he wants to take on my case and help me. He told me not to worry and he would pursue this for me. During our consultation, Mr. Gold acted AS IF HE WAS empathetic, compassionate, thoughtful, and trustworthy. There’s no denying he’s knowledgeable. The biggest problem, especially for an attorney, his ACTIONS AND WORDS ARE INCONSISTENT and NOT ONE AND THE SAME. You know the saying, treat people as you would want to be treated? When Mr. Gold gave a great performance, placing his child in my situation, not only was he conveying the sentiment of how you should treat others, but he chose to go to a deeper level of a parent to a child. A child bears their unique handprints because of how they touched the walls of their mother’s womb during pregnancy. The imprints are so deep that they are the one thing that is a unique indicator of identical babies. So, the relation to a a child is truly more significant. Mr. Gold is intelligent, and specifically chose his words. The following week, I received a message that Mr. Gold was not going to take on my case. He conveyed same to the referring attorney. How can someone be so intelligent, yet shake my hand and agree to take on my case, and days later have a complete change of heart. Are they bipolar? Do they have a personality disorder? If you’re of middle to senior age, you’re aware that there was a time, and there still are a rare group of people who can come to an agreement and their word off as good as the contract that memorializes the agreement. There was no misinterpretation. Two different people were told the same thing directly from Mr. Gold. As they saying good, “a man is only as good as his word.” Mr. Gold’s offices run like a fine tune watch. When you sit in the reception area and pay attention to what goes on, you’d think you were watching an episode of The Crown. To make matters worse, I received a retainer letter from his office, and a couple follow up calls about the retainer to boot. Here’s the kicker, I could retain Mr. Gold, but the cost to do so went from me having no out of pocket, as is a contingency, to 5 figures down to start, and then billed exorbitantly by the hour. Therefore, this went beyond not keeping his word, he then flipped and upped the ante. I don’t care how long someone has practiced, in any field, if they lack integrity. When someone is not honest and/or misleading, it’s bad. When someone will compromise their judgment based on money, that’s a whole separate issue. In Mr. Gold’s case, the saying that “everyone has a price” is applicable. I would rather pay someone who is both well-versed in the law and trustworthy as my advocate, than what Mr. Gold presented to myself and the attorney who no longer refers him cases. Thankfully, I hired a great attorney, who I was willing to pay more than Mr. Gold, because my labor law attorney is passionate, smart, sees beyond the obvious, and has a multifaceted strategy, which wasn’t what Mr. Gold explained to me. In the end, I ended up getting an incredible attorney, who was referred by a friend that had used the attorney previously, and raves about. For that, I thank Mr. Gold. His actions caused me to get an extraordinary attorney who works for me day and night. Finally, Mr. Gold reminded me to “not believe what you hear and only half of what you see.”