douglaswigdor, Author at Douglas H. Wigdor

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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…

douglaswigdor2010

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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…

douglaswigdor2010

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Won $3.35 million jury verdict in a due process case on behalf of Nassau County employee

Mr. Wigdor successfully represented Georgina Morgenstern, 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…

douglaswigdor2009

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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…

douglaswigdor2008

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Represented victims of massive steam pipe explosion in lawsuit against Con Edison

Mr. Wigdor represented the family of Gregory McCullough, the twenty-one -year-old young man who was driving the tow truck at the center of the Con Edison steam pipe explosion in midtown Manhattan and was left critically injured with third degree burns over eighty percent of his body. Wigdor LLP also represented Judith Bailey, the passenger who sustained severe burns over…

douglaswigdor2007

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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…

douglaswigdor2006

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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…

douglaswigdor2006

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Won $7.5 million jury verdict in disability discrimination case against Wal-Mart

After an eight day trial in the Eastern District of New York, a federal jury returned a verdict of $7.5 million against Wal-Mart and an individual manager for discriminating against a disabled man with cerebral palsy. This jury verdict is one of the largest ever rendered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and has received worldwide media attention. The…

douglaswigdor2005

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Filed landmark discrimination case on behalf of American executives and employees at Marubeni Corporation

Wigdor LLP represented a group of executives and employees at a New York based Japanese Company, Marubeni, who alleged that they and other non-Asian and non-Japanese employees were subjected to rampant unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, gender, and/or national origin. The case received worldwide media attention.

douglaswigdor2005

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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,…

douglaswigdor2004