Gabrielle Vinci is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice representing employees and complainants in Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Retaliation, and Title IX litigation. Gabrielle also has experience representing clients in complex business litigation and in higher education disciplinary proceedings. Her clients range from nationally known restauranteurs and esteemed sports professionals, to students, teachers, and factory workers.

As leader of the firm’s discrimination and harassment practice, Gabrielle has successfully represented victims of employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation in civil litigation under Title VII and various state and federal laws against their employers. Gabrielle has gained recognition as an accomplished plaintiff’s employment attorney and helped to secure substantial and record-breaking trial verdicts on behalf of her employment discrimination clients. During her time at Nesenoff & Miltenberg, Gabrielle has secured in excess of $7,000,000 in settlements on behalf of her clients. As an experienced and accomplished attorney, Gabrielle handles all phases of litigation, from investigation through resolution, including motion practice, disciplinary processes and appeal, settlement negotiation, and trial.

Gabrielle also regularly advises victims of sexual assault on how to navigate the Title IX adjudicatory process at colleges and universities across the country, as she frequently works with clients out of state. When the university process has proven insufficient to achieve justice, Gabrielle has successfully represented victims in civil litigation under Title IX against their universities. She has obtained many favorable results, both at the university level and in litigation, throughout the country against some of the nation’s most recognizable universities.

Gabrielle has worked with numerous business clients on corporate and commercial matters. She regularly drafts and negotiates employment agreements, employment manuals and handbooks, and advises on severance agreements. She works with clients to negotiate and resolve contractual disputes and represents clients in Wage & Hour disputes on both the plaintiff and defense side of litigation.

Before joining Nesenoff & Miltenberg in 2016, Gabrielle was senior associate at a boutique employment law firm on Long Island, New York where she developed specialized knowledge in the area of employment litigation. Gabrielle is an active member of NELA/NY, an organization focused on the protection, empowerment and advancement of employees in the workforce.

Education

  • Hofstra University School of Law, J.D. 2014
  • Stony Brook University, B.A. 2010 cum laude

Admissions

  • States
  • New York
  • Courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
  • Member of New York City Bar Association
  • Member of New York State Bar Association
  • Member of National Employment Lawyers’ Association/New York Chapter (“NELA/NY”)

  • Employment Discrimination Litigation: Represented executive in race discrimination matter in California in obtaining a confidential substantial settlement against former employer.
  • Employment Discrimination/Retaliation Litigation: Represented client in defeating motion to dismiss resulting in precedent that a former employee could sue for retaliation after an employer failed to properly dispense settlement funds related to an earlier race discrimination claim.
  • Employment Discrimination Trial: Represented plaintiff as part of trial team in obtaining $1.3M verdict in disability discrimination case against the plaintiff’s former employer. Duarte v. St. Barnabas Hospital, SDNY Civil Action No.: 15 Civ 06824.
  • Title IX Litigation: Represented pseudonymous plaintiff in action against former university in successfully defeating motion to dismiss claims that university acted with deliberate indifference and subjected the plaintiff to a hostile work environment following her report of sexual assault. Jane Doe v. Ohio University, 2022 WL 899687 (S.D. Oh. Mar, 28, 2022)
  • Higher Education Disciplinary: Represented and advised female complainant in a Title IX investigation in obtaining a finding of responsibility and sanctions against a male student accused of stalking.
  • Employment Discrimination Litigation:Represented guidance counselor in gender discrimination action resulting in a significant six-figure settlement against the NYC Department of Education.
  • Higher Education Disciplinary: Represented and advised a female complainant in a Title IX investigation in obtaining a finding of responsibility and sanctions against a male student accused of sexual assault.
  • Higher Education Disciplinary: Represented college professor in a Equal Opportunity investigation in defeating false claims of retaliation brought by a former Ph.D. student

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