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DARNLEY D. STEWARTis Counsel at Outten & Golden LLP, in the New York office, after retiring as a partner in July 2018. She represents employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including executive and professional contracts and compensation, whistleblowing, discrimination based on disability, race, gender and pregnancy, and discrimination class actions...
DARNLEY D. STEWARTis Counsel at Outten & Golden LLP, in the New York office, after retiring as a partner in July 2018. She represents employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including executive and professional contracts and compensation, whistleblowing, discrimination based on disability, race, gender and pregnancy, and discrimination class actions.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Stewart was a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (1999 - 2007) and a named partner at Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart LLP (2008 - 2015). She was the first female President of the Executive Board of the New York affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA/NY”) and served in that capacity between 2008 and 2014. She is also the Vice-President of the Board of Workplace Fairness and serves on the Advisory Board of New York University’s Center for Labor and Employment Law.
Ms. Stewart has had substantial success in the courtroom prosecuting class and individual discrimination claims. Most recently, she served as co-lead trial counsel in a case entitledStrauch et al v. Computer Sciences Corporation(“CSC”), a class action filed on behalf of 1000 technology support workers. On December 21, 2017, after two weeks of trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, finding that CSC had wrongly and willfully denied the employees overtime pay. In 2011, she obtained a plaintiff’s verdict at trial in two different cases. In the first,Castro v. City of New York, et al,Ms. Stewart was lead trial counsel in an individual retaliation case brought against the City of New York, which resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict of $400,000, including punitive damages of $50,000 against each of the two named defendants. InMcMillan v. Millennium Broadway Hotel, an individual race discrimination case, Ms. Stewart obtained a plaintiff’s verdict of $1.125 million, including a punitive damages award of $1 million.To see theNew York Times articleon that result pleaseclick here.
Ms. Stewart has also prosecuted class action impact cases against several large companies, including Ford Motor Company, Gerber, Coastal Corporation, First Union Bank, National Car Rental, General Motors, Nissan, Toyota, and Bank of America. In connection with her work onColeman, et al. v. General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Ms. Stewart was named as a finalist for "Trial Lawyer of the Year" in 2004 by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. She has also been named as one of the leading 500 plaintiffs' lawyers in the country and one of America's top 1000 litigators byLawdragonmagazine. In addition, Ms. Stewart was selected for inclusion in several lists including: New York Super Lawyers for 2006 - 2017, one of the New York Area's Best Lawyers for 2011 - 2018, and a Best Lawyer in America for 2009-2019. Ms. Stewart was named Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the year" in 2013 and 2018 for Employment Law - Individuals.
Ms. Stewart received her B.A. from Princeton University in 1984 and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1990. After law school, Ms. Stewart clerked for the Hon. R. Ammi Cutter and the Hon. Mel L. Greenberg on the Massachusetts Court of Appeals.
About Darnley D. Stewart
Practice Areas
- Labor and Employment Law - Plaintiff
- Executive and Professional Contracts
- Compensation
- Whistleblowing
- Discrimination
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Counsel
Languages
- English (Primary)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1993
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- National Employment Lawyers Association (“NELA”) and its New York affiliate (“NELA/NY”) (Member)
- Workplace Fairness (Vice-President)
- Judicial Nominating Committee of NELA National (New York/Second Circuit Representative)
- NELA/NY, 2008 - 2014 (Former President)
- Social Media Committee for NELA/NY (Member)
- Attorneys Fees Committee for NELA/NY (Member)
- Advisory Board of NYU’s Center for Labor and Employment Law (Member)
Education
- Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
J.D. - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, 1984
B.A.
Classes and Seminars
- Panelist: "Litigating Sexual Harassment Cases", NELA/NY, Spring 2018 Conference, - 2018
- Speaker: "Fact or Fiction – Implicit Bias In the Workplace and Courtroom; Psychological Tests, Screening and Jury Selection", PLI Program, Psychological Issues in the Workplace, - 2017
- Speaker: "Sex and Race Discrimination Updates", NYU Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges, - 2015
- Speaker: "Representing LGBT Clients after Obergefell", New York State Bar Association, - 2015
- Speaker: "Gender Pay Bias Challenges Under Title VII, EPA, and President Obama’s Executive Orders", NYU School of Law, NYU 67th Annual Conference on Labor, - 2014
- Speaker: "Sex and Race Discrimination Updates", New York University School of Law, NYU Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges, - 2014
- Speaker: "Review of the U.S. Supreme Court Term, Including Decisions on Arbitration and Class Action Waivers", College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, - 2013
- Speaker: "Discrimination Class Actions: United We Stand, Divided We Fall", Practising Law Institute, - 2013
- Moderator: "Advanced Deposition Issues", NELA/NY, Spring Conference, - 2013
- Speaker: "Moving Forward: Getting What You Want", Northeastern University, Women In the Law 2012 Conference, - 2012
- Moderator: "Workplace Technologies & Implications for Financial Services Industry", ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, National Symposium on Technology In Labor and Employment Law, - 2012
- Speaker: "Wal-Mart v. Dukes and the Future of Aggregate Claims", Yale University, 18th Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference, - 2012
- Speaker: "Discrimination Class Actions: Wal-Mart v. Dukes One Year Later", Practising Law Institute, - 2012
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Darnley D. Stewart
Included on the 2024 New York Metro list
Past Lists
- 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2007 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2006 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America , 2009 - 2022
- “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law-Individuals, - 2018
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, 2018 - 2020
- New York Area’s Best Lawyers, 2011 - 2018
- New York Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2020
- “Lawyer of the Year” for Employment Law-Individuals, - 2013
- Legal 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers, - 2006
- America’s Top 1000 Lawyers, - 2006
- Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, - 2004
Office Information
Address
685 Third Avenue25th Floor New York, NY 10017
Phone
Fax
- (646) 509-2060
Office Hours
8:30 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Publication
Articles
- Title VII Class Actions After Allison v. Citgo Petroleum, Inc., ABA Annual Meeting 1999 Journal, 1999
- Cracking Cracker Barrel…The 1998 Amendments to the Shareholder Proposal Rule, Institutional Investor, Vol. I, 1999
- Giving (Auto) Credit Where It Is Due: Credit Discrimination Class Actions, ATLA Newsletter, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2006
- Playing Niesig: Judge Lowe’s Decision Disqualifying Counsel In Muriel Siebert & Co. v. Intuit, Inc., NELA/NY Employee Advocate, 2006
- Workplace Data: Law and Litigation, Bloomberg BNA, 2013
- A Hard-Won Victory: Seventh Circuit Finds Civil Rights Act Protects LGBTQ Workers, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2017
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