Mercedes Colwin

One Battery Park Plaza
28th Floor
New York, NY 10004

Mercedes Colwin, a highly successful trial attorney, is the founding partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s New York City Office. Colwin handles a wide variety of litigation, including employment law, commercial litigation, class actions, products liability, professional liability, wage and hour class actions, defamation and related First Amendment claims, civil rights violations and criminal law.

Colwin has defended thousands of cases throughout the country to a favorable result and won over ninety percent of her numerous trials and arbitrations. She regularly litigates business disputes and defends corporations and executives of Fortune 500 companies accused of wrongdoing, including claims of sexual misconduct.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor	Year	Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers	2026	Employment Law & Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers	2025	Employment Law & Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Corporate Employment Lawyers	2024	Employment Law & Litigation
40 Up and Comers in Employment Law for 2014	2014	Employment Law & Litigation

Prior to private practice, Colwin served as an Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division of Human Rights. During these nine years of service, while a partner at a major regional New York law firm, she presided over three thousand cases brought under federal and state discrimination laws.

Colwin has received several significant honors. Forbes Business American Airlines named Colwin one of the six most influential women in America. The list includes dignitaries such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Notre Dame Law School presented Colwin with the prestigious Graciela Olivarez Award for outstanding achievement as a leading Hispanic lawyer of the highest ethical and moral standards. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor received the same award. MultiCultural Law magazine also profiled Colwin in a Leadership Interview titled, Reaching Back to Diversify the Legal Professional. Lawdragon selected Colwin as one of the leading corporate employment lawyers in the country. This distinction celebrates her illustrious and exceptional contributions to the legal profession.

Widely regarded as a top national legal analyst, Colwin regularly appears on television to discuss critical legal issues affecting the nation.