Esther G Lander > Akin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Esther G Lander
Work Department
Partner; Labor
Position
Esther Lander’s practice focuses on complex employment disputes, high-stakes internal and government investigations, and client counseling regarding discrimination, harassment, reasonable accommodation, leave entitlements, workforce reductions, and employee misconduct; allegations of systemic discrimination, such as pattern or practice and class action claims; disparate impact discrimination involving hiring, promotion, and testing validation; diversity and inclusion initiatives and pay equity; and government enforcement activities.
Esther represents clients in lawsuits arising under EEO laws such as Title VII, the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and federal, state and local employment laws.
To learn more about Esther, please visit his full profile:
https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/esther-g-lander.html
Career
Before rejoining Akin in 2014, Esther served as the principal deputy chief of the Employment Litigation Section within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), where she first chaired and supervised Title VII pattern or practice investigations and enforcement actions against state and local government employers, and managed the DOJ’s enforcement program under the Uniformed Services Employment and Remployment Rights Act (USERRA).
Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, summa cum laude, 1997
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization