Raquel S. Lord

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Obtained summary judgment on behalf of health care network in disability discrimination
  retaliation case brought under the NJLAD.
  Obtained summary judgment on behalf of hospital where plaintiff brought claims for race discrimination under the NJLAD, as well as contract claims.
  Obtained summary judgment
  dismissal of race discrimination claims in the Southern District of New York on behalf of luxury retail client. The Second Circuit affirmed summary judgment,
  GT's client was awarded the costs of appeal. GT subsequently defeated the former employee's request for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  Obtained summary judgment on behalf of healthcare network in case where plaintiff brought claims under CEPA
  the NJLAD for retaliation
  age discrimination.
  Obtained summary judgment in case on behalf of specialty claims
  risk management services provider in which plaintiff alleged race discrimination
  retaliation.
  Represented international delivery/logistics company in purported class
  collective actions alleging violations of the FLSA
  New York Labor Law
  plaintiffs sought alleged unpaid wages, including overtime, as a result of, among other things, allegedly working off-the-clock
  employer's policy of deducting lunch
  meal breaks each day.
  Represented international retailer in lawsuit alleging age, pregnancy,
  disability discrimination
  retaliation in violation of New York State law
  New York City ordinances, as well as violation of the FMLA.
  Represented national childcare center franchise in multi-plaintiff litigation
  plaintiffs alleged discrimination
  retaliation in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
  Obtained summary disposition
  final award on behalf of international wireless carrier in arbitration
  plaintiff alleged a hostile work environment, retaliation, violation of the FMLA,
  wrongful termination.
  Defended international drug development, delivery
  supply company against claims by purported whistleblower alleging violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
  Consumer Protection Act.
  Defended furniture wholesaler against claims of age discrimination by an independent contractor under an infrequently-used provision of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination that prohibits discrimination in the conduct of business
  the making of contracts.
  Represented international investment bank in lawsuit alleging race
  gender discrimination
  retaliation under federal law
  New York City Human Rights Law.
  Defended health care organization in multi-plaintiff litigation
  plaintiffs alleged to have suffered a racially hostile work environment in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
  
• Additional Links
  http://www.gtlaw.com/People/Raquel-S-Lord