Ossai Miazad
OSSAI MIAZAD is Partner and Co-Chair of the Discrimination and Retaliation Practice Group and is also active in the firm's Class & Collective Action Practice Group at Outten & Golden LLP in New York. She represents employees in class action and impact litigation aimed at eliminating systemic discrimination. She has experience litigating before federal and state courts and arbitration panels. Ms. Miazad currently serves as plaintiffs' counsel in numerous major class action lawsuits involving challenges to the use of credit and criminal history records for employment decisions, challenges to U.S. citizen and legal permanent resident requirements in contracting on behalf of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries and claims on behalf of women facing discrimination in pay and promotion. Her work on the landmark criminal background check case against the U.S. Census Bureau was recognized with the Public Justice 2017 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. Ms. Miazad has been selected to Super Lawyers 2013 – 2017. She was also designated as a "Next generation lawyer" by The Legal 500 United States 2017's guide to up-and-coming lawyers nationwide.
Ms. Miazad regularly lectures and publishes on employment issues. She is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of "The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act," published by the American Bar Association’s ("ABA") Section of Labor and Employment Law, and serves as co-chair of the ABA’s Subcommittee on the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRA"). Ms. Miazad served on the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Civil Rights and as a board member of the New York affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association ("NELA").
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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- New York
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- English
- American University Washington College of Law
- J.D.
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- 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- Super Lawyer 2013-2018
- Super Laywers
- "Next Generation" Lawyer
- Legal 500
- New York Metro Super Lawyer Top Women
- Super Lawyers
- Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
- Co-chair, Subcommittee on USERRA, Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee
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- Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
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- National Employment Law Association
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- National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Affiliate
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- New York City Bar Association
- Member, Committee on Civil Rights
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- New York State Bar # 4341624
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- NYC City Council Gives All New Yorkers a Fair Chance at Employment
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee
- NYPD Settles Pension Class Action in Favor of Active Military Service Employees
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
- Website
- Outten & Golden LLP
Growing Use of Criminal Background Checks in Employment, w/ Ossai Miazad, Outten and Golden, NY
