CARA E. GREENE is a partner at Outten & Golden LLP in New York, where she represents employees and partners in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including executive and professional contracts and compensation; lawyers as clients; discrimination class actions; whistleblowing; and discrimination based on disability, pregnancy, and family responsibilities. She is Co-Chair of O&G's Family Responsibilities and Disability Discrimination Practice Group and is active in the Sexual Harassment and Sex Discrimination Practice Group, Financial Services Practice Group and the Executives and Professionals Practice Group.
In addition to reviewing and negotiating employment contracts and compensation guarantees, as well as severance agreements and other exit arrangements, Ms. Greene has litigated both individual and class action cases on behalf of a variety of employees including low-wage hourly workers, highly compensated professionals, and employees in the financial services industry.
She is Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section; is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section (Employment Rights and Ethics and Professional Responsibilities Committees); a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and its New York affiliate, NELA/NY, and a member of the New York City Bar Association. Ms. Greene is a frequent speaker at employment law programs and is on the Board of Editors for the Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Reporter.
Before law school, Ms. Greene was an Ohio LSC Legislative Fellow, working with Ohio State Senator Rhine McLin and the Ohio Senate Minority Caucus.
Ms. Greene received her B.A. in political studies from Gordon College, where she was an A.J. Gordon Scholar. She received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
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State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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DC | Good Standing | 2018 | 06/08/2022 |
NY | Due to Register within 30 Days of Birthday | 2006 | 06/06/2022 |
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Best Lawyer | Best Lawyers | 2022 |
Best Lawyers | Best Lawyers | 2021 |
Best Lawyer | Best Lawyers | 2020 |
New York Metro Super Lawyers | Super Lawyers | 2020 |
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers | Lawdragon | 2020 |
New York Metro Super Lawyers | Super Lawyers | 2019 |
New York Women Super Lawyers | Super Lawyers | 2019 |
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers | Lawdragon | 2019 |
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers | Lawdragon | 2018 |
Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2018 |
Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2017 |
Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2016 |
Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2015 |
Super Lawyer | SuperLawyers | 2014 |
Super Lawyer | New York Super Lawyers | 2013 |
Rising Star | New York Super Lawyers | 2012 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Partner | Outten & Golden, LLP | 2013 - Present |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee | Member | 2013 - Present |
New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section | Member | 2011 - Present |
National Employment Lawyers Association (New York chapter) | Member | N/A |
National Employment Lawyers Association | Member | N/A |
New York City Bar Association | Member | N/A |
New York State Bar Association-Ethics Sub-Committee | Co-chair | N/A |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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O&G Employment Law Blog | New and Existing Paid Leave Laws Protect New York Employees During the COVID-19 Emergency | 2020 |
ABA/BNA Books | The Family Medical Leave Act: 2015 Cumulative Supplement | 2015 |
New York Law Journal | Supreme Court Shows The Way To A Jury In Pregnancy Discrimination Cases | 2015 |
Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report | Representing Clients Ethically in the Digital Age | 2015 |
ABA/BNA Books | The Family Medical Leave Act: 2013 Cumulative Supplement | 2013 |
Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report | Restrictive Covenants and Partnership Agreements: Staying on the Right Side of the Ethics Rules While Protecting Firm Interests | 2013 |
Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report | Ethics Concerns When Computing in the Cloud and on the Earth | 2011 |
BNA Workplace Law Report | The Dodd-Frank Act's Whistleblower Provisions: The Act's Best Hope for Exposing Financial Wrongdoing | 2011 |
ABA/BNA publications | The Family Medical Leave Act: 2011 Cumulative Supplement, Chapter 10, Editor | 2011 |
Employment Law Strategist | New Laws Expand Whistleblower Protections | 2011 |
Bloomberg BNA, Workplace Law Report | The Dodd-Frank Act's Whistleblower Provisions: The Act's Best Hope For Exposing Financial Wrongdoing | 2010 |
Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report | Whose Signature Is on the Check? | 2010 |
ABA/BNA Books | The Family Medical Leave Act: 2009 Cumulative Supplement | 2009 |
ABA/BNA Books | The Family and Medical Leave Act: 2008 Cumulative Supplement | 2008 |
Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report | Family Responsibilities Discrimination in Law Firms | 2008 |
Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report | Jumping Ship (and Taking the Crew): Can Law Firm Partners Solicit Their Firm’s Employees? | 2007 |
Law Journal Newsletters' Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms | Challenges To Law Firm Mandatory-Retirement Policies | 2007 |
Labor and Employment Law, Vol. 35, No. 3 | Whose Clients Are They? Contacting Putative Class Members | 2007 |
Ethics Corner | Ethics Corner: Third Circuit Vindicates Plaintiff's Attorney | 2007 |
ABA Labor and Employment Section Flash | Ethics Corner, ABA Labor and Employment Section Flash, featured columnist | 2006 |
ABA/BNA Books | The Family and Medical Leave Act: 2006 Supplement | 2006 |
Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol 10, No. 2, | The DOL’s New FLSA White Collar Exemption Regulations and Working with the DOL on FLSA Actions | 2006 |
Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report | At the Tipping Point: Mandatory Retirement and Law Firms | 2006 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Fordham University School of Law | JD | N/A |
Gordon College | Bachelor of Arts | N/A |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Midwinter Meeting | Strategies and Tips for Helping Lawyers with Substance Abuse Problems | 2019 |
Continuing Legal Education Institute | Hot Topics in Employment Law: The Great Debate | 2019 |
Spring Seminar: ESI & Technology For The Plaintiffs’ Employment Lawyer | Ethical Considerations Implicated By ESI | 2018 |
Sexual Harassment Summit: Perspectives and New Best Practices in the Wake of #MeToo | Employer Best Practices for Conducting Sexual Harassment Training in the Workplace | 2018 |
Panel, Practising Law Institute, Employment Law Institute | Equal Pay/Pay Equity Issues in Employment Law | 2018 |
Panel, NYU Law | Assessing #MeToo’s Impact on Employment Law | 2018 |
Panel, New York State Bar Association | Non-Compete Enforcement in New York State | 2018 |
Panel, New York State Bar Association | #MeToo: How to Navigate Sexual Harassment in the Workplace | 2018 |
Panel, Cardozo Law School | #MeToo and the Legal Profession | 2018 |
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee Midwinter Meeting | Managing Ethics Issues When Your Client is In the Wrong | 2018 |
American University Washington College of Law | #MeToo: Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Legal Workplace | 2018 |
12th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference | Balancing Workplace Safety with Employee Rights | 2018 |
Midwinter Meeting | The Ethics of the Disruptive Client | 2017 |
Midwinter Meeting | FMLA Games | 2017 |
Labor and Employment Law Section Meeting | Emergency Ethics | 2017 |
Fall Labor & Employment Law Section Meeting | Plenary IV: Ethically Dealing with Difficult Clients | 2017 |
Practicing Law Institute, Employment Law Institute | Equal Pay/Pay Equity Issues in Employment Law | 2016 |
10th Annual Conference | Labor and Employment Law | 2016 |
New York City Labor and Employment Relations Association | Ethics in Labor and Employment Arbitration | 2015 |
National Employment Law Association/New York | Gender Pay Disparities: Enforcement, Litigation, and Remedies | 2015 |
National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law | Recent Developments in Pregnancy Discrimination Law | 2015 |
9th Annual Conference | Labor and Employment Law | 2015 |
Suffolk County Bar Association | Restrictive Covenants and Faithless Servant Litigation | 2014 |
ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law Midwinter Meeting, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee | Ethical Issues in Representing Multiple Clients: We're All in this Together—Or Are We? | 2014 |
31st Annual Carl A. Warns, Jr. and Edwin R. Render Labor and Employment Law Institute | Social Media and Legal Ethics | 2014 |
New York City Bar Association | Ethics in Employment Law | 2013 |
National Employment Lawyers Association—New York Chapter | Ethics: A to Discovery | 2013 |
Ethics & Professional Responsibility Committee Midwinter Meeting | Update Ethic 20/20 | 2013 |
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section | Ethics in Discovery: Where the Rubber Meets the Road | 2013 |
American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law National Symposium on Technology and Labor and Employment Law | Do Lawyers Have An Ethical Duty To Understand Technology? | 2013 |
ABCs of Alternative Dispute Resolution | Ethical Considerations in Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2013 |
7th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference | The Business and Ethics of Hanging Out Your Shingle, Ethical, Practical and Technological Issues in Managing a Labor and Employment Law Practice | 2013 |
The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers New York, Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey | Ethics for Government Attorneys | 2012 |
National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference | Ethics and Social Media for Plaintiffs' Employment Lawyers | 2012 |
National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference | Emergency Ethics for the Employment Lawyer | 2012 |
National Employment Lawyers Association ABCs of Alternative Dispute Resolution | Ethical Considerations in Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2012 |
Midwinter Meeting of the American Bar Association | Love Triangle in Sin City: A Modern Day Mock Trial | 2012 |
Association of Towns Annual Meeting and Training | Ethical Issues in Terminating a Client-Lawyer Relationship | 2012 |
The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers New York, Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey | Remaining Civil with the Uncivil | 2011 |
NYSBA Annual Meeting | "Client, You're Fired!" Ethical Issues in Terminating the Client Lawyer Relationship | 2011 |
National Symposium on Technology in Labor & Employment Law | Technology Tools and Legal Ethics | 2011 |
National Employment Lawyers Association—New York Chapter | Ethics in Employment Law | 2011 |
National CLE Conference | Top 5 Things to Tell Your Client in Preparing for Mediation | 2011 |
Midwinter Meeting | Two Years Down the Road with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - a look back on equal pay developments and a look ahead to upcoming implications for class litigation | 2011 |
Fordham University School of Law | Practice Profiles—Labor and Employment Law | 2011 |
Fall Meeting | Forget Romance, Get it in Writing: The Ethics of Engagement Letters | 2011 |
American Bar Association – Labor and Employment Law Section Annual CLE Conference | Responding to a World of Rapidly-Changing Technology | 2011 |
The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers New York, Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey | Equal Employment Opportunity and Discrimination Law and Regulatory Change | 2010 |
National Employment Lawyers Association—New York Chapter | Ethics in Employment Law | 2010 |
National Employment Lawyers Association | Le Divorce: Hot Issues in Negotiating Severance Agreements | 2010 |
National CLE Conference | FMLA⁄ADA and USERRA Update | 2010 |
Midwinter Meeting | No Day at the Beach—Conflicts of Interest | 2010 |
Fall Meeting | Ethical Issues Surrounding Third Party Payer Situations | 2010 |
Midwinter Meeting | Fighting the Discovery Battle Without Losing the Ethics War" (Joint Panel) | 2009 |
Legal Health (New York Legal Assistance Group)—Beth Israel Medical Center | Pregnancy and the Law | 2009 |
Fordham University School of Law | Practice Profiles—Labor and Employment Law | 2009 |
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