Outten & Golden LLP: Darnley D. Stewart Named Partner in Firm's New York Office

NEW YORK, April 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Darnley D. Stewart, who has been at the forefront of plaintiff employment litigation for more than 15 years and is a former president of NELA/New York, is now a partner in the New York office of Outten & Golden LLP.

Wayne N. Outten, managing partner of Outten & Golden, said, "Darnley is a highly skilled litigator who has further strengthened our practice representing employees and professionals. Her excellent work for clients reflects Outten & Golden's continuing drive to provide excellent service to clients."

With substantial experience and expertise in litigating a broad array of employment cases, Ms. Stewart also counsels employees and negotiates claims and disputes and employment and separation agreements. She is co-chair of the firm's Discrimination & Retaliation Practice Group and of its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) Workplace Rights Practice Group.

"Outten & Golden enjoys a strong national reputation for representing employees, executives and partners in individual, group, and class action matters," Ms. Stewart said. "I'm pleased to be part of a firm known for successes in protecting and promoting employee rights."

Ms. Stewart was a finalist for "Trial Lawyer of the Year" in 2004 by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. She also has been named as one of the leading 500 plaintiffs' lawyers in the country and one of America's top 1,000 litigators by Lawdragon magazine. Ms. Stewart has been selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers every year since 2006, among New York Area's Best Lawyers since 2011, and in Best Lawyers in America for 2014. Ms. Stewart was named Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in 2013 for Employment Law - Individuals.

Ms. Stewart graduated from Princeton University and received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. Prior to entering private practice, she served as Law Clerk to the Hon. R. Ammi Cutter and the Hon. Mel. L. Greenberg of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals.

She is admitted to practice in New York, before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Western District of Michigan, and before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Sixth Circuits.

Ms. Stewart lectures regularly on employment issues and has frequently commented in the media, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, National Public Radio and the NBC Today show, regarding employment discrimination cases.

Ms. Stewart is a member of the Executive Board of Workplace Fairness and is former President of the Executive Board of the NELA/New York. She also sits on the Advisory Boards of the Bronx Academy of Letters and NYU's Center for Labor and Employment Law.

About Outten & Golden LLP

With offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, Outten & Golden represents individuals, including employees, executives, partners, professionals and talent, in all industries, in all professions, and at all employment levels. As advocates for workplace fairness, the firm's attorneys in nine practice groups advise and represent clients in matters involving former, current, and potential future employers and partnerships. O&G also represents groups of employees, such as executive teams in transition and employees with claims based on discrimination and wage-and-hour violations. The firm's international practice reaches across borders to represent and protect multinational employees, executives, and professionals.

Contact: Wayne N. Outten, Outten & Golden LLP, 212.245.1000.

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