Deborah S.K. Jagoda
she/her
Senior Attorney
Deborah represents corporate clients with respect to all aspects of labor and employment law. She also has represented management interests as in-house counsel.
Deborah Jagoda’s practice includes labor and employment counseling, litigation, and negotiations. She represents clients in court, administrative proceedings, arbitration, and at the bargaining table, and advises and trains clients on the full gamut of issues that arise in the relationship between employers and employees. Her work includes dispute resolution and advice regarding allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, issues as to reasonable accommodation, facility closings and layoffs, leaves of absence, labor disputes, union elections and collective bargaining, workplace investigations, employer policies, employment contracts, changes in corporate control, confidential information, and bankruptcy.
From 1992 to 1994, Deborah served as associate general counsel, labor/personnel, at a nationally known corporation with more than 20,000 employees. Her responsibilities included representing the company with respect to both union and non-union employees in employment litigation, counseling line management and staff EEO representatives, and supervising outside counsel.
Deborah is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. She represents pro bono clients with respect to labor and employment matters and is an active member of several organizations in her local community.
Credentials
Education
Deborah received a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1984.
Admissions
- New York
Related Insights & News
Deborah has written numerous articles and is a speaker on a variety on labor and employment law topics. Her speaking engagements and publications include:
- “The Legal Perspective: Supporting Gender Fluid, Gender Questioning, and Transgender Children,” NYSAIS Diversity Practitioners Conference, Presenter, May 2016
- “Best Practices in Supporting Gender Fluid, Gender Questioning and Transgender Children in Independent Schools – The Legal Perspective.” New York State Association of Independent Schools’ Workshop on Gender, Co-presenter, Feb. 2016
- “What Every Employment Lawyer Needs to Know About the NLRA,” New York City Bar Center for CLE, Co-presenter, Oct. 2008
- “Labor Law for Employment Lawyers: Watch Out for the NLRB in the Non-Union Context,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Author, Sept. 1997.
- “Applying U.S. Discrimination Law to Overseas Business Operations,” Employment Law Strategist, Author, Jan. 1997
- “Compliance with U.S. Employment Discrimination Laws: The Treaty Rights of Foreign Businesses Operating in the United States,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Author, Jun. 1996.
- “Personal Liability of Officers, Managers and Supervisors in Employment Discrimination Litigation,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Author, Nov. 1995.
September 18, 2019
August 30, 2019
April 29, 2019