Douglas H. Wigdor
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Douglas H. Wigdor's Legal Cases (19)

New York, NY

Employment and labor Lawyer at New York, NY

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Discrimination ... +5 more

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Sexual harassment

Lauren Summa v. Hofstra University

Nov 14, 2013

OUTCOME: Settlement

The Firm represented graduate student Lauren Summa in a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Hofstra University. As detailed in the Complaint, while employed as a student athletic manager ... on the football team, Ms. Summa was subjected to unrelenting acts of harassment at the hands of male student football players who locked her in a bathroom and demeaned her with sexually offensive comments. Ms. Summa reported the conduct to team coaches who ignored her complaints and fired her. This case received national media attention.

Discrimination

Anthony Baffo v. New York Institute of Technology et al

Dec 21, 2012

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict Plaintiff Anthony Baffo

On June 12 the Firm secured an award of $1,350,000 in compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of their client, a victim of disability discrimination who was terminated after he disclosed he was HIV ... positive.

Violent crime

Nafissatou Diallo v. Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Dec 17, 2012

OUTCOME: Settlement

Represented the victim who was sexually assaulted in the Sofitel Hotel by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund.

Wrongful termination

Jeffrey Speed v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation et al

May 31, 2011

OUTCOME: Arbitration Award for Jeffrey Speed

The Firm successfully represented the former Chief Financial Officer of Six Flags in claims of breach of contract and fraud. Douglas H. Wigdor was lead counsel for the former CFO and successfully litig ... ated the case before former Second Circuit Judge George C. Pratt, who awarded our client $23.72 million in damages (plus attorneys’ fees and interest).

Discrimination

Patrick Brady v. Walmart

May 06, 2011

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict for Plaintiff Patrick Brady

After an eight day trial in the Eastern District of New York, a federal jury returned a verdict of $7.5 million against Walmart and an individual manager for discriminating against a disabled man with ... cerebal palsy. This jury verdict is one of the largest ever rendered under the ADA and has received worldwide media attention.

Discrimination

Charlotte Hanna v. Goldman Sachs & Co. et al

Nov 04, 2010

OUTCOME: Settlement

The Firm represented a former Vice President of Goldman Sachs in a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. As alleged in the Complaint, the former executive was “mommy-tracked” after returning fr ... om her first pregnancy leave and then terminated while she was on maternity leave for her second child.

Employment and labor

Georgina Morgenstern v. County of Nassau, et al

Jul 14, 2010

OUTCOME: Verdict for Plaintiff Georgina Morgenstern

Successfully represented a former employee of Nassau County in her Due Process claim against the County and other individuals. After a two week jury trial in the Eastern District of New York, the jury ... returned a verdict on Ms. Morgenstern’s compensatory and punitive damages in the sum of $1.8 million. After the verdict, the Court awarded $427,000 in back-pay, $1,059,000 in attorneys’ fees and $64,500 in costs for a total of approximately $3.35 million.

Discrimination

Kimberly Osorio v. Source Enterprises, Inc.

Dec 04, 2007

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict for Plaintiff Kimberly Osorio

After a two week trial, a jury in Manhattan Federal Court returned a multi-million dollar verdict on behalf of Kim Osorio. The jury found that Ms. Osorio was retaliated against when she filed a complai ... nt of discrimination and was defamed when the co-owner of the Source, Raymond Scott (aka “Benzino”), claimed that she attempted to extort the Source. Individual defendant and co-owner David Mays was also found liable.

Discrimination

Hyejin Lee, Ruiqi Ye, Yolin Han et al. v. Sephora USA, Inc. and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: Pending in N.D. Cal.

Wigdor LLP currently represents the Plaintiffs in a federal racial profiling class action law suit against beauty mogul Sephora. The Complaint alleges that the company discriminated against individuals ... perceived to be of Chinese/Asian descent, based on their surnames and/or domain addresses, and proceeded to block and/or deactivate their accounts during an online reward member sale. As alleged, Sephora engaged in this discriminatory conduct based on the stereotype that Chinese/Asian customers make bulk purchases for resale.

Sex crime

Jane Doe v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: Pending in N.D. Cal.

Wigdor LLP formerly represented the woman who was allegedly raped by an Uber driver in Delhi, India. The firm filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California on January 29, 2015

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