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WENDI S. LAZAR practices in many areas of executive compensation and employment law with a focus on executive agreements, including retention, expatriate, non-competition, talent, severance, and compensation arrangements. She also represents teams of executives, founders and partners transitioning during a sale, merger and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Ms. Lazar’s practice is international in scope, and she advises clients and attorneys in the U.S. and abroad on employment, contract, and often related immigration issues. Ms. Lazar represents individuals, partners, and management teams at portfolio and public companies, financial institutions (including banks, hedge funds, private equity companies), and entertainment, advertising and media companies. She also represents law partners and associates, accounting professionals, doctors and medical practitioners in all transactional matters.
Ms. Lazar has a particular practice and stellar reputation representing senior women in employment negotiations, partnership agreements, pay equity and discrimination issues. She has represented women in in all phases of their careers and is a trusted counselor to many female executives and partners.
From 2015-2018 Ms. Lazar served as a commissioner on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women, and she continues to work on the critical issues she advocated for when she chaired the Sexual Harassment and Gender Based Bullying Committee. She is currently working with the Commission on a project basis.
As former Diversity Co-Chair for the New York State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section Ms. Lazar served in numerous positions for 8 years. She remains on its Executive Committee. She is an active member of ABA Labor & Employment Section and other NYSBA committees. She is former Employee Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section’s International Labor and Employment Law Committee where she is an active speaker and leader.
Ms. Lazar was the founder of a quarterly column for the New York Law Journal entitled “Employees in the Workplace.” She has continued to write a column for Thomson Reuters on executive compensation and employment law. She regularly lectures on employment issues to bar associations and industry groups and has had numerous legal articles and book chapters published. She is the Editor in Chief of the book, Zero Tolerance: Best Practices for Combating Sex-Based Harassment in the Legal Profession, an ABA guide to combatting sexual harassment in the legal profession, published in 2018. She also co-authored as Co-Editor In-Chief, "Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law: An International Survey," published in 2010 by the BNA and its supplements through 2013, which includes the chapter “Confidentiality, Trade Secrets, and Other Duties and Restrictive Covenants in a Global Economy.” In addition, she is also the author of the chapter “Negotiating and Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements," in the 3rd Edition of Vol. 1B of International Labor & Employment Law, published in 2009 by the BNA.
Ms. Lazar is the recipient of the esteemed 2020 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. Martindale-Hubbell recognizes Ms. Lazar as an AV “Preeminent” rated attorney. Ms. Lazar was recognized by Chambers in 2021. She was named to Best Lawyers in America 2012 - 2022 in the field of Employment Law – Individuals. Ms. Lazar was also recognized by Super Lawyers in 2012 - 2021. She has been selected as a 2013 - 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyer. In 2014, Ms. Lazar was elected as a Fellow to the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers. Ms. Lazar was named a New York Law Journal: Top Women in the Law 2016. She is also a Board Member of Work Life Law, UC Hastings College of the Law. Before she began practicing law in 1993, Ms. Lazar was a film and television producer. Her ten years of experience in that field include many television and feature film credits as well as an Emmy Award. Ms. Lazar graduated magna cum laude from Hunter College and received her J.D. cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she received a Ford Foundation Fellowship in International Law and was an Alexander Fellow, participating as a federal judicial law clerk.
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Licensed in New York for 32 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1993
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Experience
Honors
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers
2022
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Best Lawyers, Best Lawyers
2020
500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Top 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon
2020
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
2019
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2019
New York Women Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, 2012 - 2018, Super Lawyers
2018
Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law 2012 - 2018, Best Lawyers
2018
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyer 2013 - 2018, Lawdragon
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Top Women in the Law, New York Law Journal
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
AV-Preeminent Rated Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell
2015
Top Women, New York Metro Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
N/A
Fellowship in International Law, Ford Foundation
N/A
Emmy, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
N/A
Alexander Fellow, Cardozo Law
Work Experience
2008 - Present
Partner, Outten & Golden, LLP
Associations
2014 - Present
College of Labor & Employment LawyersFellow
National Employment Lawyers Association's (NELA) Executives and Professionals Committee
Chair
Diversity and Inclusion Committee, New York State Bar Association Labor & Employment Section
Former Co-chair
International Human Rights Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Former Member
Commission on Women in the Profession - American Bar Association
Commissioner
International Bar Association
Member
NYSBA Labor & Employment Section, International Labor and Employment Committee
Executive Committee
International Women's Rights Committee of the Women's Bar of the State of New York
Former Chair
International Labor and Employment Law Committee, American Bar Association (ABA), Labor and Employment Law Section
Former Co-Chair
Work Life Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
Board Member
Education
N/A
Benjamin Cardozo
JD - Juris Doctor
N/A
City University of New York, Hunter College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2021
The Financial Future is Female: Women Lawyers and Wealth Creation
Finding Your Financial Future: An Overview
2021
PLI Webinar
Diversity & Inclusion in the Global Legal Workplace
2021
Midyear Meeting
Developments in International Transactions and Executive Contracts and Compensation
2021
IFSEA Second Annual Conference
The World of Private Equity - Advising on the Comings and Goings of PE Executives and Management Teams
2020
Voting Rights & Voter Suppression: 100 Years After The 19th Amendment
Voting Rights & Voter Suppression: 100 Years After The 19th Amendment
2020
Risk, Reward & Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives & Founders and their Specialist Advisers
Global Mobility Issues for Senior Executives and their Families
2020
Midwinter Meeting: Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
Developments and Trends for Responsible Business Conduct in the Modern Workplace
2020
CLE Webinar
Privacy Law, Coronavirus, and Post-Pandemic Best Practices
2020
Addressing Pay Equity & Issues of Inequality at Work
73rd Annual NYU Conference on Labor
2020
100 Years of the 19th Amendment
Equal Pay and Workplace Hiring and Retention Practices
2019
Midwinter Meeting
You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Key Lessons from the 2018 Report on Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal Profession
2019
13th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference
Solving the Privacy Puzzle in the Workplace
2018
Thomson Reuters: The Early Careers Network and the Technology Practice Group
Embracing Transformation in the Legal Industry
2018
The Changing Nature of Low-Wage Work: How Automation & the Gig Economy Impact the Future of Work
The Future of Work in the Second Machine Age
2018
Office of the President and the Commission on Women in the Profession, Annual Meeting
ABA Forum: #MeToo, Time's Up—Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
2018
New York State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section Fall Meeting
Moderator: Will Women Survive at Law Firms? Taking up the challenges of a diminishing population amidst the #MeToo movement, diversity challenges, and work-life balance
2018
New York State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Fall Meeting
TBA
2018
International Labor and Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting
#Metoo, #QuellaVoltaChe, #YoTambien, #BalanceTonPorc: Examining Global Policies and Regulations in the Wake of the Sexual Harassment Scandal
2018
Global Business Protections 2018 One Day International Restrictive Covenants and Confidential Information Conference
Protecting Business Interests in International Team Moves – Pursuing Litigation, and Enforcing Orders and Awards Across Borders
2018
Cross-Border Employment Law 2018
International Executive Compensation Hot Topics
2018
12th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference
Moderator: The College of Labor & Employment Program: Setting the Bar: The Elimination of Unprofessional Conduct Toward Women and Minorities
2017
The Seton Hall University School of Law Legislative Journal and Circuit Review (Newark, NJ)
The History and Modification of ABA Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) and Best Practices for Compliance,” Diversity and Inclusion: Shaping an Ethical Practice
2017
Fifth Transatlantic Conference: Programme
Employment issues in the gig economy in the US/UK
2017
Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference (Washington, DC)
The Challenges of Globalizing Corporate Diversity Initiatives and Overcoming Cultural Impediments
2017
ABA Section of International Labor & Employment Law Committee (Dublin, Ireland)
Please Mind the Gap: A Cross-Border Comparison of New Laws and Initiatives to Equal Pay
2016
Employment Rights and Responsibilities Midwinter Meeting (New Orleans, LA)
Understanding the Employment and Immigration Implications of Terminating Expatriates: At the Journey’s End
2016
ABA Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference (Chicago, IL)
Bias, Prejudice & Harassment in the Legal Profession: A Proposal for a New Rule (E)
2016
2016 National CLE Conference
Federal Privacy Laws: International Employment Issues and the Impact on Your Practice
2015
UCHastings Leadership Academy for Women, UC Hastings WorkLife Law, San Francisco, CA
What Works for Women at Work: Navigating Workplaces Shaped by Subtle Bias
2015
PLI, International Employment Law
Managing Expatriates in the U.S. and Overseas
2015
NYSBA, New York, NY
“Sweat Equity” in Startups and Early-Stage Businesses, Legal, Tax and Employment Issues for Founders, Key Executives and Independent Contractors
2015
New York State Bar Association, New York, NY
Representing the Start-Up Venture Institute
2015
National CLE Conference - Labor & Employment (Vail, CO)
International Employment Issues and the Impact on Your Practice
2015
National CLE Conference - Labor & Employment (Vail, CO)
Pre-Emption Claims Under the UTSA
2015
Law Education Institute, National CLE Conference, Vail, Co.
Noncompetes on the Cutting Edge
2015
IBA Annual Employment and Discrimination Law Conference
Restrictive Covenants and Unlawful Competition in Employment Law
2015
Hypatia Capital Group, New York, NY
Private Equity CEO Compensation Structures Luncheon
2015
ELA Conference, London
Running a Cross Border Restrictive Covenant Case
2015
ABA Midyear Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
Restrictive Covenants and Labor Mobility: A Case Study of Non-Competes, and Choice-of-Law Provisions, in the Legal Profession
2015
2015 Women of the Section of Litigation Conference: Leading, Litigating, Connecting, American Bar Association
Learning to Lead: Facing Today's Challenges
2015
2015 NYSBA Annual Meeting, Plenary One, New York, New York
Retaining & Promoting Women & Minorities in the Legal Profession: Getting It Right
2014
Practising Law Institute
International Compensation Challenges
2014
New York Law Journal Labor & Employment Law breakfast
Mediation Strategies in Executive Employment Disputes
2014
NELA 2014 Annual Convention: Blazing the Trail, Courage, Challenge, Change
"Effective Strategies for Drafting Executive Employment Contracts
2014
National CLE Conference
FMLA, ADA, PDA Update
2014
Mediation of Employment Disputes, presented by JAMS and the New York Law Journal
Mediation Advocacy Strategies in Executive Employment Disputes
2014
Edith I. Spivack Symposium, Committee on Women in the Law
Professional Responsibility and Gender Equity
2014
Committee on Women in the Legal Profession & Committee on Career Advancement and Management
What Works for Women: Women Lawyers 2014 Book Club Series
2014
American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law, International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting
Challenges Facing Women Lawyers in a Global Practice
2014
ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 8th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Doing Business in the Asia Pacific: Pitfalls and Advantages for Employers and Employees
2013
Third Transatlantic Conference
ABA Panel: Team Moves and Restrictive Covenants
2013
Section of Labor and Employment Law, and the Center for Professional Development
The Changing Landscape of Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants
2013
Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference
Wrapping Up the Case: Things You Should Know But Don't
2013
Law Education Institute, National CLE Conference
What's Love Got to Do With It? Work Romances and Sexual Favoritism
2013
International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting
It's as Easy as a Day at the Beach: Basics of Restrictive Covenants and Duties
2013
International Employment Law 2013 Seminar/Webcast
Cross-Border Assignments & Employment Agreements
2013
IBA Employment and Discrimination Law Conference
Where Have all the Women Gone?
2013
ELA, Third Transatlantic Conference
Team Moves and Restrictive Covenants
2013
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Tips for Successful Negotiations
2013
46th Annual Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference
Settling the Case and Wrapping Up Employment: Negotiating Strategies, Drafting Realities
2012
Practising Law Institute, International Employment Law Conference
Foreign Companies Doing Business in the U.S.: Special Challenges
2012
Practising Law institute, International Employment Law
Retaliation in the Context of Discrimination
2012
Practising Law Institute, Employment Discrimination Law and Litigation
Retaliation Claims: Don't Get Mad, Don't Get Even, Don't Get Sued
2012
National Continuing Legal Education Conference
Executives Gone Wild: Special Employment Law Issues
2012
International Bar Association, The Paradigm of Employment Law Conference
Negotiating and Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements (Cross-border Litigation)
2012
American Law Institute and American Bar Association (Video Telecast)
Trade Secrets from the Employment Lawyers Point of View
2012
American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment, International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting
Global Trade Secret Protection and Drafting Global Policies
2012
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, 6th Annual Section of Labor & Employment Law Conference
Drafting Expatriate Agreements
2012
American bar Association International Law Section, Spring Meeting
International Restrictive Covenants & Trade Secrets
2011
New York University 64th Annual Conference on Labor
Economic Dismissal Legislation in Other Countries
2011
New York State Bar Association 2011 Annual Meeting
Drafting Non-Competition & Non-Solicitation Agreements: Supporting the Agreements & Avoiding the Pitfalls
2011
International Bar Association Conference
Innovative Ways to Incentivize Employees
2011
Annual Meeting
Non-Competition Clauses and Restrictive Covenants
2011
American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor & Employment Law, International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting
Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts
2011
ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor & Employment Law
Are You Protected? Privacy, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets and Non-Competes in Web 2.0
2011
28th Annual National CLE Conference in Labor and Employment Law
International Restrictive Covenants in a Global Workplace
2010
New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT) in New York City
Sex Discrimination Behind the Camera: How to Deal With Harassment in the Industry
2010
Five O'Clock Club
How to Retain Talent And Survive in a Challenging Economy
2010
Five O'Clock Club
Obama's Employment & Labor Rulings, Laws and Enforcements: An Update
2010
Employment Discrimination Law and Litigation 2010 by the Practicing Law Institute
The Changing Landscape of Discrimination Law: New Developments in Privacy and Technology
2010
American Conference Institute
International Labor and Employment Law: A Bootcamp for U.S. Attorneys
2010
ABA Section of Labor & Employment 4th Annual Law Conference
Around the World in 90 Minutes: Highlights of Current Peculiarities and Pitfalls of Individual Transnational Employment Contracts
2010
ABA International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting
Enforcing Post Employment Restrictions Across Borders
2010
ABA Annual Meeting
Keeping up with the Competition and Keeping the Taxman at Bay: Employment Contracts, Severance Agreements, and 409A
Publications
2021
2020
O&G Employment Law Blog
Expats and COVID-19: Global Employees at Risk and in Limbo
2020
O&G Employment Law Blog
How Can Employees Protect Their Privacy in the New Remote Workplace?
2020
O&G Employment Law Blog
Reopening the Workplace: A Gender Perspective on the Economic Fallout of COVID-19
2018
American Bar Association
Zero Tolerance: Best Practices for Combating Sex-Based Harassment in the Legal Profession [editor]
2018
Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
Bullying in the Legal Profession
2018
Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
Wall Street Keeps #MeToo Under Wraps
2018
Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
The Very Real Threat of AI in the Workplace
2018
Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
AI Exposes Employees to Increased Security and Privacy Risks
2017
NYLJ - Employees in the Workplace column
The Gig Economy: A Threat To Basic Employment Rights
2017
Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog
Yet Another Double Standard: Women in Finance Given Harsher Discipline
2017
NYSBA Journal
The State of Equal Pay in the 21st Century
2017
New York Law Journal
Will Trump Companies’ Employment Lawsuits Be Barometer For Presidency?
2016
New York Law Journal
Sexual Harassment In The Legal Profession: It’s Time To Make It Stop
2016
New York Law Journal
Will New Legislation Cure The Gender Pay Gap?
2016
Employment Law Blog
Hollywood Is Taking the Lead Role in Spotlighting Equal Pay Issues for Women
2016
Employment Law Blog
Non-Compete Agreements: Bad for Employees, Bad for the Marketplace
2016
Employment Law Blog
ABA Adopts Ethics Rule to Prohibit Discrimination and Harassment... and It's About Time
2016
Employment Law Blog
DOJ/FTC Publication Empowers Workers by Taking Aim at No-Poaching Agreements
2016
Law360
Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
2016
Harvard Business Review
An Office Romance Gone Wrong (Harvard Business Review Case Study And Commentary)
2015
New York Law Journal
Undocumented Immigrant Workers: Enforcing Rights
2015
Employment Law Blog
NYSBA event recap: Outten & Golden Partner Wendi Lazar presents workshop on "sweat equity" in start-ups
2015
New York Law Journal
“Mandatory Arbitration: Searching for Fairness,” Employees in the Workplace column
2015
Bureau of National Affairs
Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law: An International Survey, Volume I, with 2015 Cumulative Supplement
2015
New York Law Journal
Mandatory Arbitration: Searching for Fairness
2015
New York Law Journal
"1984" in 2015: Protecting Employees' Social Media From Misuse
2014
New York Law Journal
New York's Post-Employment Restrictions Limit Mobility
2014
New York Law Journal
U.S. Employees Need a Federal Data Protection
2014
Bloomberg BNA, Pensions and Benefits Daily
Negotiating Executive Employment Agreements: Cutting a Path Through the Regulatory Thicket (co-authored with O&G Partner Katherine Blostein)
2014
New York Law Journal
Fathers Have Protected Rights to Care for Their Children
2014
New York Law Journal
Employment and Labor Law in 2014: Has the Workplace Improved?
2013
New York Law Journal
Pay and Promotion Equity of Women on Wall Street: Does Litigation Help?
2013
2013
46th Annual Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Conference
Settling The Case And Wrapping Up Employment: Negotiating Strategies, Drafting Realities
2012
Employment Law Blog
Choice-of-Venue Clause Bites U.S. Expatriate Executive
2011
Employment Law Blog
A Pink Slip Before Christmas Likely Means No Bonus in Your Stocking
2011
2011
PLI Institute
Employee Privacy Rights: Limitations To Monitoring, Surveillance And Other Technological Searches In The Private Workplace
2011
BNA publications
Executive Pay: Skydiving With a New Parachute
2011
Law Journal Newsletters, Employment Law Strategist, Volume 18, Number 12
What's Private In The Private Workplace? Social Networking Sites, Background Checks And Employee Rights
2011
National Employment Lawyers Association 2011 Annual Convention
Avoiding Pitfalls of Waiving Privilege, Creating Discoverable Evidence and Other Technological Liabilities: An Attorney/ Client Checklist
2010
The Financial Manager
Lessons from Conan
2010
BNA Books
Confidentiality, Trade Secrets and Other Duties and Restrictive Covenants in a Global Economy—A Comparative Overview of the Treatise
2010
BNA publications
Employment Agreement And Cross Border Employment - Confidentiality, Trade Secrets and Other Duties and Restrictive Covenants in a Global Economy
2010
BNA Books
United States [From Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law]
2010
New York Law Journal
Employees' Privacy Rights in the Digital Age
2010
2009
BNA publications
Changing Economy Impacts Executive Pay
2009
New York Law Journal
Multiple Issues In Corporate Raiding Of Employees: Outside Counsel
2009
New York Law Journal
Multiple Issues in Corporate Raiding of Employees
2009
BNA Books
Negotiating and Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements
2009
Executive Compensation Library Executive & Director Compensation Reference Guide
Executive Employment Agreements
2009
Outten & Golden LLP
Expatriate Employment Agreements
2007
Outten & Golden
The Big Chill: Performers And Athletes Received A Cold Reception After 9/11—But Are Things Getting Warmer?
2007
German American Trade, Volume 18, Number 9
Expat Or Local? What German Employees Must Know When Coming To Work In The U.S. (Parts 1 & 2)
2007
New York Law Journal
Representing Executives and Employees after 409A: The Final Chapter on Deferred Compensation and Separation Pay
2007
New York Law Journal
§409A: Rules On Deferred Compensation, Severance Pay
2006
New York Law Journal
IRC §409A: New Rules on Deferred Compensation and Severence
2006
Outten & Golden
Counseling Multinational Employees: Their Rights And Remedies Under US Law
2005
Outten & Golden LLP
Representing Employees In The Brave New World Of 409A: New Rules On Deferred Compensation And Severence
2001
ILT Monthly
H-1Bs - Out of Work and Out of Status? Still Unresolved
1998
Women's Bar News
WBASNY International Women's Rights Committee Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary in Montreal
1997
Sexual Harassment In Employment Law
Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Wendi S. Lazar and Deborah I. Volberg
Languages
English