Stacey A. Bastone

Stacey A. Bastone is a principal in the Long Island, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Stacey is a firm resource on matters related to pay equity, diversity equity & inclusion, and affirmative action and OFCCP compliance. Stacey works with employers, large and small, across the country to provide practical proactive advice to help them minimize risk and maximize effectiveness. 

She assists federal contractors in the preparation of affirmative action plans and successfully has defended federal government contractors during audits conducted by the United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) including claims of pay inequities and disparate impact in employee selection practices. She works closely with national clients to design and implement affirmative action compliance procedures relating to recruitment, applicant tracking, compensation systems and other diversity and affirmative action compliance obligations.

Stacey also works with clients to prepare proactive pay equity analyses and provides advice and counsel on federal and state pay equity laws.

Before joining Jackson Lewis, Stacey was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan where she prosecuted felony and misdemeanor cases ranging from violent crimes to fraud.