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Attorney
By
Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
Name:
Wayne N. Outten
wno@outtengolden.com
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Employment Law-representing employees
When?
In Practice Area:
Since 1980
In the Legal Profession:
Since 1974
Where?
Employer:
Outten & Golden LLP
http://www.outtengolden.com
City/State:
New York, NY
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Law School:
New York University
Undergraduate School/Degree:
Drexel University (1970) B.S.-Business
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Helping individuals solve their employment-related problems is rewarding. Employees generally have relatively less resources than their employers.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Broad knowledge of federal, state & local employment statutes and common law. Understanding of human psychology, organizational politics, and interpersonal dynamics.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
To represent employees, one must be committed to helping people, including a commitment to justice, equality, and fairness in the workplace.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Became involved in civil liberties issues in law school (including a fellowship), leading to becoming an advocate for the rights and liberties of the ordinary worker.
Influences and Mentors:
Norman Dorsen, N.Y.U. Law School professor and civil liberties lawyer; Arthur Dobvin, Leader in Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
Job Rights & Survival Strategies (published by NERI)
Rights of Employees & Union Members (ACLU with S. ILL. Univ. Press).
Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s):
Networking, plus creation of own area of practice & expertise within firm.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
Mr. Outten was a founding member of the Executive Board of the National Employment Lawyers Association and was on that Board for more than eleven years; he is the founder and president of the New York affiliate of that organization. He is a Governor of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Among his other bar association affiliations, he is on the Council of the Section on Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association and was a co-chair of that Section's Committee on Employment Rights and Responsibilities and of the Regional Programs CLE Subcommittee. He is co-chair of the ADR Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section. He has been an active member of the Labor & Employment Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is president and co-founder of the National Employee Rights Institute and is a member of the Employment Disputes Committee of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Recent Professional Publications:
Mr. Outten has lectured and written extensively on employment law, especially on negotiation and mediation of employment disputes, employment and severance agreements, and multinational employment issues. He is co-chair of the Georgetown University Law Center’s annual Employment Law & Litigation Update. His writings include The Rights of Employees and Union Members (S. Ill. Univ. Press, 2d edition 1994) and the "Privacy in the Employment Relationship" chapter in Privacy Law and Practice (Matthew Bender 1987).
Recent Professional Presentations:
3/10/00 NYC, PLI, Wayne Outten - "Alternative Dispute Resolution"
3/17/00 La Jolla, CA, ABA, Labor & Employment Law Section, Committee on Employee Rights & Responsibilities Mid-Winter Meeting, Wayne Outten - "Litigating Cases Involving Current Employees"
3/28/00 ALI-ABA, National Satellite TV Broadcast, Wayne Outten - "Hot Issues in Employment Law & Litigation"
3/31/00 Washington, DC, Georgetown University Law Center, Employment Law & Litigation Update, Wayne Outten - co-chair, plus panel on "Problem-Solving & Dispute Resolution in the Workplace"
5/19/00 NYC, NYU 53rd Annual Conference on Labor, ADR in the Employment Area, Wayne Outten - Commentator on "Mediation of Employment Claims"
7/22/00 Dublin, Ireland, International Labor & Employment Law Conference, Wayne Outten - "Handling Employment Disputes: Perspective of an Employee Rights Attorney"
Memorable Career Moment:
Helping found and build the National Employment Lawyers Association and its New York affiliate.
Intriguing Interests:
Helping build institutions that will do good & thrive.
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