The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers

For the fourth consecutive year, Lawdragon is proud to publish our guide to the 500 lawyers who’ve devoted their careers to helping workers protect their rights.

There are, of course, tens of thousands of lawyers representing union members, employees, executives and others who keep our economy moving ahead. Which makes the 500 lawyers featured here all the more special. Covid brought us to our knees and challenged employers big and small in unprecedented ways. How to stay in business? How to keep workers safe? How to ensure a harassment free environment?

And, workers have quit in droves, seeking a reordering of the employment relationship. It’s been ages since the balance of power shifted to workers in the way it did since the pandemic reordered our universe.

We’re especially excited by the inclusiveness of this guide, and want to share with you that more than half of the 500 are women – 252 of them, to be precise. Our guide is also 24 percent inclusive, another important goal. If we want inclusive workplaces, shouldn’t the lawyers fighting to make them so also be inclusive? We say yes.

The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers guide was created through nominations and independent journalistic research vetted by peers and adversaries. Lawyers denoted by an asterisk are those who have previously been inducted into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame.