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Filed lawsuit against Citigroup alleging “recessionary discrimination” in the wake of company-wide layoffs

Mr. Wigdor represented six current and/or former female employees who alleged that Citigroup has a pattern and practice of discriminating on the basis of gender and/or pregnancy in terms of pay, promotion and layoffs. In connection with this matter, Mr. Wigdor coined the phrase “Recessionary Discrimination” to describe a growing trend by companies of using mass lay-offs to cover-up the…
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Filed pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Goldman Sachs

Mr. Wigdor represented Charlotte Hanna, a former Vice President of Goldman Sachs, in pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Goldman Sachs. As alleged in the Complaint, the former executive was “mommy-tracked” after returning from her first pregnancy leave and then terminated while she was on maternity leave for her second child. The Complaint alleged that 75% of those “selected for termination” in…
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Filed sexual harassment & retaliation lawsuit against Hofstra University

Mr. Wigdor represented graduate student Lauren Summa in a retaliation lawsuit against Hofstra University.  As detailed in the Complaint, while employed as a student athletic manager on the football team, Ms. Summa complained about unrelenting acts of harassment at the hands of male student football players. Ms. Summa reported the conduct to team coaches and other school officials who took…
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Won $8 million (approx.) verdict on behalf of Kim Osorio, former Editor-in-Chief of The Source Magazine

Mr. Wigdor obtained a multi-million dollar verdict at trial on behalf of former Editor-in-Chief of The Source Magazine, Kim Osorio. After a two week trial, a jury in Manhattan Federal Court returned the multi-million dollar verdict on behalf of Ms. Osorio. The jury found that Ms. Osorio was retaliated against when she filed a complaint of discrimination and was defamed…
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Filed gender discrimination class action against Dresdner Bank

Mr. Wigdor represented individual women in an alleged gender discrimination class action complaint against Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, one of the largest banking corporations in Germany at the time. In the Complaint, six female employees alleged that Dresdner Kleinwort subjected them and other women in its New York office to a hostile and abusive work…
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Represented Keith Beauchamp in connection with the murder of Emmett Till

Mr. Wigdor represented filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who investigated the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955, one of the most horrific murders in the history of the civil rights movement. Mr. Wigdor helped Mr. Beauchamp convince the United States Depart of Justice to re-open the case in May 2004. The case was featured on Good Morning America,…