Ingrid J. Cardona is an associate in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice.
Ingrid supports the team’s work in its compliance, counseling, and litigation services. She assists in all stages of litigating cases in federal and state courts as well as in agency proceedings. Ingrid defends employers, businesses, and managing agents in cases involving claims such as:
- Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state wage and hour laws
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- New York State and City Human Rights Law
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Wrongful termination
Ingrid also works with the Practice’s wage and hour team to address internal and governmental audits and investigations of wage and hour practices, including those arising under New York’s Wage Parity law.
Additionally, Ingrid counsels clients on new and evolving issues employers face, including revising and introducing policies relevant to leave laws and wage and hour matters.
She was previously a legal intern to Hon. Rosemarie E. Aquilina in Ingram Country 30th Judicial Circuit Court in Michigan.
- St. John's University (B.S., cum laude)
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (J.D.)
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- Spanish
- Long Island Hispanic Bar Association
- Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, 2026
- New York Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2025
- Haven House
- Legal intern, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Community & Economic Development Clinic
- Legal intern, Hon. Rosemarie E. Aquilina, Judicial Circuit Court, Ingram County

