Winebrake & Santillo, LLC

05/22/2026

Winebrake & Santillo is proud to announce that Attorneys Pete Winebrake, Andy Santillo, Mark Gottesfeld, and Deirdre Aaron have all been named to the 2026 Pennsylvania SuperLawyers list.

Attorney Winebrake received this recognition for the eighteenth year in a row, and was also named one of the top 100 lawyers in both the City of Philadelphia and the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

This is the fourteenth time that Attorney Santillo was named to the Pennsylvania SuperLawyers list.

Attorney Gottesfeld was recognized as a SuperLawyer for employment litigation for the second time after being named a Pennsylvania Rising Star for seven straight years.

Attorney Aaron was also recognized as a SuperLawyer for employment and labor for the third year in a row after having been named a Pennsylvania Rising Star on six prior occasions.

Congratulations!

12/18/2025

FOR THE ELEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW WINEBRAKE & SANTILLO HAS RECEIVED A FIRST TIER RANKING ON THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS’ BEST LAW FIRMS LIST

Winebrake & Santillo, LLC has been recognized by U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” with a First Tier ranking on the 2026 Best Law Firms List in Philadelphia. The firm received these first tier rankings in both “Employment Law – Individuals” and “Litigation-Labor and Employment”. In addition, Winebrake & Santillo was also ranked nationally for “Litigation-Labor and Employment”. This is the seventh year in a row that the firm has received this national recognition.

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05/22/2025

Winebrake & Santillo is proud to announce that Attorneys Pete Winebrake, Andy Santillo, Mark Gottesfeld, and Deirdre Aaron have all been named to the 2025 Pennsylvania SuperLawyers list.

Attorney Winebrake received this recognition for the seventeenth year in a row, and was also named one of the top 100 lawyers in both the City of Philadelphia and the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

This is the thirteenth time that Attorney Santillo was named to the Pennsylvania SuperLawyers list.

Attorney Gottesfeld was recognized as a SuperLawyer for employment litigation for the first time after being named a Pennsylvania Rising Star for seven straight years.

Attorney Aaron was also recognized as a SuperLawyer for employment and labor for the second year in a row after having been named a Pennsylvania Rising Star on six prior occasions.

Congratulations!

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04/17/2025

W&S Releases its Annual Referral Fee Report for 2024:

As many of you know, our law firm represents workers in wage and overtime rights litigation as well as some other types of employment rights litigation.

04/09/2025

W&S attorneys Andy Santillo and Mark Gottesfeld recently spoke at the NELA Wage and Hour Conference in St. Louis, MO.

On March 28-29, 2025, Attorneys Andy Santillo and Mark Gottesfeld were featured speakers at the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”) Wage and Hour Update Seminar.

12/11/2024

Today The Legal Intelligencer highlighted a recent decision by the Western District of Pennsylvania following a jury trial victory on behalf of one of W&S's clients.

12/06/2024

Check out our recent release regarding the District of Maryland certifying a class over nearly 24,000 Amazon workers represented by W&S and its co-counsel.

On November 18, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland certified a class of over 23,000 Amazon warehouse workers at three separate facilities asserting claims for unpaid wages concerning time spent undergoing exit security screenings between November 18, 2018 and March 3...

11/15/2024

Obviously it is disappointing to see that efforts to expand the number of American workers who benefit from overtime pay protections and receive time and half pay for their hard work has been stopped in their tracks.

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Friday permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman, Texas, said the U.S. Department of Labor rule that....

11/07/2024

FOR THE TENTH YEAR IN A ROW WINEBRAKE & SANTILLO HAS RECEIVED A FIRST TIER RANKING ON THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS’ BEST LAW FIRMS LIST
Winebrake & Santillo, LLC has been recognized by U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” with a First Tier ranking on the 2025 Best Law Firms List in Philadelphia. The firm received these first tier rankings in both “Employment Law – Individuals” and “Litigation-Labor and Employment”. In addition, Winebrake & Santillo was also ranked nationally for “Litigation-Labor and Employment”. This is the sixth year in a row that the firm has received this national recognition.

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11/01/2024

In this active election season, attached is an article discussing the potential future of the overtime pay protections.

Project 2025, a blueprint for a second Trump term that he has alternately embraced and distanced himself from, overhauls overtime protections.