Rachel Geman
Partner
New York
Practice Areas Include: Consumer
Protection, Employment, International & Human Rights
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in New
York, 1998; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1999; Eastern
District of Michigan, 2005; District of Colorado, 2007.
Education
Columbia University School
of Law (J.D. 1997); Stone Scholar; Equal Justice America Fellow; Human
Rights Fellow; Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems;
Harvard University (A.B. cum laude 1993).
Prior Employment
Adjunct Professor, New York
Law School; Special Advisor, United States Mission to the United Nations,
2000; Law Clerk to Judge Constance Baker Motley, U.S. District Court,
Southern District of New York, 1997-98.
Honors & Awards
Distinguished Honor Award,
United States Department of State (October 2001).
Publications & Presentations (selected)
"Rights Without Remedies," 2008
American Constitutional Society National Convention, Revitalizing Our
Democracy: Progress and Possibilities, Panelist; "Ethical Issues
in Representing Workers in Wage & Hour Actions," Co-Author and
Co-Panelist, Representing Workers in Individual & Collective Actions
under the FLSA (October 19-20, 2007); "The New York Employee Advocate," Co-Editor,
2005-present (Volumes 12 and forward); "Evidence and Jury Instructions
in FLSA Actions," Georgetown Law Center/ALI-ABA (2007) (Author and
Panelist); "Crucial Events in the 'Life' of a FLSA Collective Action:
Filing Considerations and Two-Step 'Similarly-Situated' Analysis," National
Employment Lawyers Association, Annual Convention (2006) (Author & Panelist); "Time
is Money, Except When It's Not: Compensable Time and the FLSA," National
Employment Lawyers Association, Impact Litigation Conference (2005) (Author & Panelist); "Electronic
Discovery," Federal Judicial Center & Institute of Judicial Administration,
Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges (2005) (Panelist); "Image-Based
Discrimination and the BFOQ Defense," EEO Today: The Newsletter
of the EEO Committee of the ABA's Section of Labor and Employment Law (Vol.
9, Issue 1, Fall 2004), (Author); "Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime
Exemptions: Proposed Regulatory Changes," New York State Bar Association
Labor and Employment Newsletter (Spring 2004) (Author); “Current
Topics in Fair Labor Standards Act Litigation,” Conference, Association
of the Bar of the City of New York, 2003 (Chair & Panelist); “Workforce
Without Borders,” ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law EEOC
2003 Midwinter Meeting (Moderator).
Member
Board Member, National Employment
Lawyers' Association/ New York; New York City Bar Association; American
Bar Association; Section of Labor and Employment Law; EEO Committee, (Vice
Chair).
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