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BRENDA
FEIGEN:
Tel: (310) 552-0808
bfeigen@feigenlaw.com
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW
Ms. Feigen has been involved
with sex discrimination, sexual harassment, race, ethnic origin, age, disability
and sexual orientation discrimination cases for over three decades. Having
graduated from Harvard Law School, she was both a plaintiff and attorney
in a successful four-pronged class action lawsuit against the Harvard Club
of New York City that had, prior to the suit's being filed, refused to admit
women as full members, only allowing them to go through a side door to the
second floor tea rooms.
In the early '70s, Ms. Feigen directed the Women's Rights Project of the
ACLU with now Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and handled every sort of gender
discrimination lawsuit. She oversaw litigation across the country and wrote
U.S. Supreme Court briefs for the most important of them. She sued not only
on behalf of women but also men who were crippled by sex-role stereotypes
that more often than not, for example, prevented them from being full parents
to their children. One successful class action case was against the New
York City Board of Education that had never before allowed fathers parental
leaves of absence. Women who have been denied equal opportunity for advancement,
promotions and even equal pay routinely have asked for and received her
help.
Several large class actions were successfully handled by Ms. Feigen in three
federal district courts in Southern states. These cases addressed the issues
of poor, non-white women being sterilized without their knowledge and informed
consent.
In recent years and as the law changed to accommodate such suits, Ms. Feigen
has also gone after employers who discriminate against employees because
of their age, disability or sexual orientation. Whether the process is begun
in a state agency, with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the
U.S. Justice Department is a discussion that Ms. Feigen has with her clients
at the very beginning of their relationship. Often the answer is easy, depending
on the kind of matter and the state in which the complaint arises.
Ms. Feigen usually charges a consultation fee so that she can fully understand
and explain the scope of her client's problems. She also takes many cases
on a contingency basis.
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