Bio
Gillian joined the Women’s Rights Project in 2015 and specializes in equal employment opportunity. She previously was a Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s New York District Office and a Senior Staff Attorney with Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), where she specialized in litigating employment discrimination cases on behalf of women in male-dominated jobs like construction and law enforcement. She also has worked in private practice, including at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C. in New York.Â
After law school, Gillian clerked for the Hon. John T. Nixon of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. She is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a contributing editor of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law. She is the author of (St. Martin’s Press, 2016). Â
Featured work
Mar 22, 2017
LGBT and Women Workers Deserve a Labor Secretary Who Is Committed to Their Well-Being
Feb 18, 2017
Women Directors Might Just Get the Hollywood Ending They Have Been Hoping For
Apr 15, 2016
How the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings Changed How America Talks About Sexual Harassment
Apr 1, 2016
After the Ticker Tape Parade, a Grim Reality for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
Mar 9, 2016
This Women’s History Month, Celebrate Title VII for Banning Sex Discrimination in the Workplace
Dec 9, 2015
When a Chief Justice Declared That Women Make Better Secretaries