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
Apr 19, 2024
Final ‘Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’ Regulations Were Released—And It’s Great News for Women
Jun 27, 2023
The Historic New Law Protecting Fairness for Pregnant Workers
Apr 12, 2023
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here
Jan 5, 2023
Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women
Apr 10, 2019
Seven Years after #METOO, the BE HEARD Act Will Revolutionize Workplace Harassment Protections
Jan 14, 2019
McDonald’s Is Serving Up Sexual Harassment
Oct 31, 2018
Employees Who Have Babies Are Still Getting the Axe
May 14, 2018
'No-Fault' Attendance Policies Penalize Pregnant Workers and Anyone Who Gets Sick
Oct 17, 2017
As the Weinstein Scandal Sinks in, Where Do We Go From Here?