Michael Polychronis brings disciplined, practical advocacy to business, healthcare, and employment disputes across New Jersey.
Michael is an Associate in Mandelbaum Barrett PC’s Litigation and Employment Law Practice Groups where he represents clients in complex healthcare and commercial litigation involving a wide range of business disputes. He advocates for plaintiffs and defendants before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts, handling all aspects of employment litigation, including age, race, sex, and disability discrimination claims, harassment lawsuits, whistleblower actions, restrictive covenant disputes, and trade secret matters.
Michael also brings extensive experience in landlord-tenant law, representing residential landlords in sophisticated and high-volume landlord tenant matters throughout the state.
Michael received his B.A. in Political Science and History from Seton Hall University, and his J.D. from New York Law School. Prior to and during law school, Michael was a law clerk with the firm, giving him early, hands-on experience across multiple litigation disciplines.
State of New Jersey
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
New York Law School, J.D.
Seton Hall University, B.A.
LAND USE ALERT: NJ Land Use Attorneys Get Green Light for Fair Lawn Child Care/Early Education Facility
July 9, 2025
Our team, led by Michael J. Lipari, Esq., Partner and Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC’s Land Use, Zoning and Redevelopment Practice Group, and Associate Michael Polychronis, Esq., recently secured crucial Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan and bulk variance approval for a new child care and early education facility (ages 3 months to 5 years […]Mandelbaum Barrett PC Attorneys Argue Before Third Circuit in Key Labor Case
June 9, 2025
Dennis J. Alessi, Co-Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, and Michael Polychronis, Associate in the Litigation and Employment Law Practice Groups, are representing a New Jersey contractor in a high-stakes appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The case challenges the validity of a collective bargaining agreement […]