Vivien Shelanski has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of employment cases, including many with complex interpersonal dynamics and difficult factual, legal, and business issues. She uses a pragmatic and flexible approach, keeps up-to-date on employment law, and diligently pursues a case to closure. Ms. Shelanski has also served as the court-appointed settlement monitor of federal class action discrimination suits.
Representative Matters
- Civil rights claims by ousted member of volunteer fire department alleging dismissal was based on comments critical of healthcare for 9/11 workers
- Claims by employers of violations of non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality clauses against former high-level employees and the companies that subsequently hired them
- Executive compensation, bonus, pension, and benefits disputes arising from corporate mergers, acquisitions, and reductions in force
- Hundreds of individual claims of discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and sexual harassment, under federal, state, and local laws, including ADA, FMLA, FSLA/wage-hour, and ERISA, involving employees in private and public companies, the professions, academia, government, and religious institutions
- Multiple discrimination and retaliation claims litigated and mediated as a group against a corporation
- National origin discrimination claims brought by employees of a municipality following the events of September 11, 2001
- Whistleblower claims involving prominent corporations
- Wrongful termination and defamation claims by high-ranking employees of financial institutions
- Federal and state law wage and hour claims
