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About Kathleen
Biography
KATHLEEN PERATIS She has practiced employment law for over 25 years including employment contracts and separation agreements. At the ACLU from 1975 to 1979 as the director of the Women's Rights Project working with, (now) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she brought lawsuits successfully challenging as unconstitutional laws that discriminated against women on account of gender, including on account of pregnancy.
In one of those cases, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that pregnant women could not, on account of pregnancy alone, be deprived of unemployment compensation. In another, the court declared that service women could not be discharged on account of pregnancy. In a third case, Ms. Peratis successfully represented a female midshipman who was being expelled for being in bed with a male colleague—while the male midshipman faced no punishment.
In private practice for the last thirty years, Ms. Peratis has continued to represent women and men who are entering or leaving executive or professional employment or are survivors of workplace discrimination and abuse. Her clients include people who are rising on the corporate and professional ladders as well as those who have lost promotions or jobs because of their race, religion, color, or LGBTQ status. She has recovered millions of dollars for these survivors, usually in settlement and sometimes at trial.
Ms. Peratis authored a text book called Woman and the Law and is a contributor to Workplace Harassment, ed. Lindemann Kadue, BNA (2012); she has spoken and written on a wide range of issues or employment law. She was a regular columnist for The Jewish Daily Forward, with a column called "Only Human," from 2004 to 2010, writing about women's rights and human rights. She continues to be an occasional op-ed contributor. She has authored op-eds that have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other periodicals, as well as essays that have appeared in Ms. Magazine, Lilith, The Washington Times and others.
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Licensed in New York for 47 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1979
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Licensed in California for 56 years
State: California
Acquired: 1970
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Posted by anonymous | May 10, 2017
Insulting
Ms. Peratis charges for consultation - not necessarily standard practice - to the extent she makes sure you have your credit card handy. She can then be quite insulting in her appraisal of your case, which certainly isn't welcome for people who were traumatized enough to need to seek a lawyer in the...
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Experience
Honors
2022
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2021
Best Lawyers, Best Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
2020
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2019
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
2019
New York Women Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
New York Metro Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers 2007-2018
2018
Martin D. Ginsberg Award, Ruth Bader Ginsberg
2018
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
2017
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2015
New York Metro Super Lawyers Top Women, Super Lawyers
2015
Women Leaders in the Law, New York’s Women Leaders in the Law - New York Magazine
2014
Women Leaders in the Law, New York’s Women Leaders in the Law - New York Magazine
2013
Women Leaders in the Law, New York’s Women Leaders in the Law - New York Magazine
2011
Tzedek v'Shalom (Justice and Peace), J Street
N/A
New York Area’s Best Lawyers, New York Magazine
N/A
Medal of Honor, Veteran Feminists of America
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Distinguished Service, Human Rights Watch
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Woman of Valor, Jewish Fund for Justice
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Partner In Justice Award, MFY Legal Services
Work Experience
2001 - Present
Partner, Outten & Golden LLP
1980 - 2001
Partner, Private Practice
1975 - 1979
Director of Women's Rights Project, ACLU
Associations
1993 - Present
New Israel FundBoard Member
National Employment Lawyers Association
Member
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Member
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member
Human Rights Watch
Board of Trustees
American Civil Liberties Union
Member
Middle East North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch
Co-chair
Human Rights Watch Board of Directors
Emerita member
Human Rights Watch Women's Right Division
Founding Chair
J Street
Co-founder
The Jewish Daily Forward
Member, Board of Directors
New York Civil Liberties Union
Former Board Member
1993 - 1999
New Israel Fund in North AmericaVice President
1988 - 1993
New York Civil Liberties UnionPresident
Education
1969
University of Southern California Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1966
University of Southern California
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2013
2011
Publications
2016
Employment Law Blog
Trump to Sexual Harassment Victim, "You're Fired!"
2013
The Atlantic
Why So Many Victims Of Sexual Harassment Stay Silent, Still
2012
Huffington Post
A Homeland for Justice: Liberal Zionists Speak Out
2011
Employment Law Blog
After Anita Hill: What Has Changed About Sexual Harassment
2011
2010
The Jewish Daily Forward
Only Human (regular column)
2008
The Forward
Get Used To More Davids Becoming Dianes
2004
The Forward
No Ifs, Ands Or Butts
2004
The Forward
Our Kids And The Workplace
1979
McGraw Hill
Woman and the Law
Languages
English