At the Law Offices of Mark Kotlarsky, we firmly believe that businesses must fulfill their obligations to customers, suppliers and workers. Mark Kotlarsky, a Maryland trial lawyer, employment attorney and worker compensation lawyer, has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars for unpaid and underpaid workers in employment wage disputes.

Under the law, if an employer “willfully” fails to pay wages (not due to a mistake), a court can require the employer to pay two or three times the amount of unpaid wages, plus attorneys’ fees. The total amount recovered may be many times the unpaid wages. We recently collected $120,000 on a $20 thousand unpaid wage claims, $100,000 on a $10 thousand unpaid minimum wage claim and and $10,000 on a $1,500 unpaid wage claim.

Many hourly workers are systematically underpaid by their employers. In fact, undocumented aliens are almost never paid as required by law. We represent employees (including undocumented aliens) in lawsuits against their employers for unpaid wages, failure to pay minimum wage, unpaid overtime and failure to pay prevailing wages to construction workers. We do not represent employers in wage disputes.

  We offer free consultations in unpaid wage cases and do not charge any fees unless we win and collect.

We also represent clients in various types of small business disputes and lawsuits: commercial landlord-tenant issues, partners’ separation, commercial misrepresentations, Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) compliance, breaches of contract, etc. Last couple of years, Mark won three commercial misrepresentation cases, including a $20 million investment fraud case, secured a large interest abatement from an overzealous lender, and successfully represented two small store’s owners in ADA compliance cases.