What we say about the firm's legal practice in United States
Litigation
Within Mass tort and class action: plaintiff representation – labor and employment, Outten & Golden LLP is a first tier firm,
‘Really in its prime’, New York headquartered Outten & Golden LLP is routinely praised for its work and has recovered over $100m in back wages, injunctive relief as well as other beneficial remedies on behalf of workers. It is acting as co-counsel alongside Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP in a gender discrimination class action against Goldman Sachs filed in September 2010. Plaintiffs in the case allege that Goldman Sachs engaged in a systemic practice of gender discrimination against female employers up to managing director level. The case is currently pending before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The firm has also recently filed discrimination cases against other high-profile employers such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Smith Barney. It is also involved in a series of overtime and wage-and-hour class actions. Chair of the class action practice group Adam Klein is highly recommended, and focuses his practice on employment discrimination and wage-and-hour claims.