Lisa R. Lipman represents and counsels individual employees in a broad array of employment-related matters, at all stages of the employment relationship. She negotiates employment agreements and severance agreements, counsels employees who seek to resolve and maintain their current employment. She litigates in state and federal courts, and also represents employees in administrative proceedings, mediations and arbitrations. A former Adjunct Instructor at the ILR School of Cornell University, where she taught courses on EEO law, Ms. Lipman has also presented at various bar association meetings. She is a co-author of The Rights of Employees and Union Members (1994), and a contributing author to Employee Rights: Pleading and Practice (1987). She is a founding member of NELA/NY, and rejoined its Board in 2016.
Legal Experience
1992–present Solo Practitioner
Plaintiff-side employment law practice that includes representation of plaintiffs in a broad range of employment issues, including discrimination, wage and hour violations, employment contracts, severance benefits, and other workplace issues.
1991–1992 Associate, Kudman & Trachten, primary focus on employment law
1986–1991 Associate, Lankenau Kovner & Bickford, primary focus on employment law for Wayne N. Outten
Teaching, Training and Editing Experience
Ongoing Trainer (various businesses and nonprofit organizations), sexual harassment and other EEO issues
2000–2010 Instructor, Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Title VII, Advanced EEO, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (one and two day courses)
1994–present Managing Editor, Civic Research Institute
Juvenile Justice Report (1994 – 2004); Correctional Law Reporter (2002 – present);
Sexual Assault Report (2008 – present); Domestic Violence Report (2008 – present)
Selected Speeches
Punitive Damages: Getting Them and Keeping Them, NELA Night, Panel Chair and Panelist (November 2014)
Pay Equity and Comparable Worth, NELA Night, Panelist (May 2011)
Dealing With the Difficult Client: Truth, Money and Entitlement or Clients ‘R Us, NELA/NY Fall Conference (November 7, 2003)
Publications
W. Outten, R. Rabin, and L. Lipman, The Rights of Employees and Union Members, Southern Illinois University Press (2d ed. 1994)
Contributing Author, Wrongful Discharge § 6.01[1]-[7], in J. Goodman, ed., Employee Rights: Pleading and Practice, Matthew Bender (1987)
Memberships and Board Affiliations
NELA/NY Board: founding member, past Vice President, Board Member (2016)
Workers Defense League, Board Member
Member: NELA, NELA/NY, NYSBA, NYCBA
Admitted: N.Y. and Conn. Bars
