Wayne Outten
Advocates for Workplace Fairness
WAYNE N. OUTTEN is Chair and Founding Partner of Outten & Golden LLP. He was the Managing Partner from the founding of the firm in 1998 until the end of 2018. His practice focuses exclusively on representing individuals in all areas of employment law. He co-chairs the firm’s Executives and Professionals and Whistleblower Retaliation Practice Groups.
Mr. Outten’s practice focuses on representing high-level employees and professionals in all aspects of their employment, including negotiation of employment, compensation, and severance agreements. He is the author of the “Representing the Executive” chapter in Executive Compensation (BNA Books). His practice includes representing employees in multinational employment contexts, including expatriate and seconded employees.
Mr. Outten’s notable cases include: a recovery of more than $12 million in a gender discrimination/retaliation case against Morgan Stanley in federal court; an $18.9 million arbitration award in a breach of contract case against Deutsche Bank (with partner Larry Moy); and a $71.5 million arbitration award under a profit participation plan against another international bank – perhaps the largest arbitration award in an employment case (with partners Larry Moy and Tammy Marzigliano).
Mr. Outten was a Co-Founder in 1993 of Workplace Fairness, a charitable/educational organization, and is its current President. He is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Lawyers International Network for Employees and Executives (LINEE).
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- International Law
- Human Rights, Imports & Exports
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- New York
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English
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- U.S. District Court Judge Gus J. Solomon, District of Oregon
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- New York University School of Law
- J.D. (2004) | Law
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- Honors: Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Fellow
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- Drexel University
- B.S. (1970)
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- Super Lawyer 2006-2018
- Super Lawyers
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2005-2018
- Lawdragon
- Best Lawyer, 1987 - Present
- Best Lawyers in America
- Lawdragon Legend (one of 50 in the U.S.)
- Lawdragon
- Employment Disputes Committee of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
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- American Constitution Society
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- Lawyers International Network for Employees and Executives (LINEE)
- Co-Founder and Co-Chair
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- Workplace Fairness
- Co-Founder & President
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- National Employment Lawyers Association [NELA]
- Founding Member
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- Activities: Board [1985 - 1996]
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- New York State Bar # 1631134
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- Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
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- Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
- Chairperson
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- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Founding Governor
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- Article Co-Authored by Wendi Lazar Reveals Why Women Lawyers in BigLaw Earn Less Than Male Colleagues and Ways to Close the Pay Gap
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- ADR in Employment Law
- Bloomberg BNA Books
- Representing the Executive
- BNA Books
- New Laws Expand Whistleblower Protections
- Employment Law Strategist
Employment lawyer Wayne Outten discusses his firm's broad employment law practice
Wayne Outten discusses his firm's broad employment law practice
The Importance of Employment Agreements - with Outten & Golden founding partner Wayne Outten
The Importance of Employment Agreements
Employment lawyer Wayne Outten
Wayne Outten speaks about the firm he founded
