Raquel ZoharLaw Clerk

Raquel Zohar

Raquel Zohar is a law clerk at Mizrahi Kroub LLP. She works on employment litigation matters, with a focus on employment discrimination and wage and hour disputes. Raquel is based in the firm’s New York office and supports cases for employees across New York State and New Jersey.

Raquel’s path to the law began when she saw firsthand how the law can fail the people it is meant to protect. After her family’s personal struggles during the Great Recession, she did service work in Costa Rica and Peru. There she saw children cut off from school and clean water by policies written without them in mind. Service helped in the moment, but it never fixed the root of the problem. Her constitutional law research in Zambia convinced her that the law can address society’s problems at their source and secure lasting protections for vulnerable people.

Raquel chose plaintiff-side employment litigation because the workplace is where so many people’s stability, dignity, and livelihood are decided. She draws on her personal experience and her academic and professional background in labor and union-side work. That background helps her understand what is at stake for clients when problems arise on the job.

Raquel was born in Deal, New Jersey, and raised in Aventura, Florida. She has lived in New York for about eight years.