Overview

Global financial institutions and large multinational corporations looking for a client-driven, highly experienced, and highly responsive employment lawyer to be their client partner turn to Victoria Sloan Lin.

Victoria is focused on conducting internal investigations, defending employers against lawsuits and administrative charges, and providing business-ready employment advice quickly and efficiently to support in-house legal, human resources, and employee relations departments. Clients benefit from Victoria’s foresight and consistency, bolstered by her regular and concise collaboration to ensure they have ready access to the knowledge required to answer inquiries from their own clients and employees.

Victoria provides advice on all aspects of employment law (including reductions in force and separations) and helps her clients ensure compliance with new and existing laws, rules, and regulations. When clients receive employee complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying, other inappropriate behavior, failure to accommodate, or unequal pay, Victoria conducts an appropriate internal investigation to provide a thorough understanding of the concern and support any necessary corrective action. As vice-chair of the firm’s Workplace Investigations practice group, she stays well-informed of developments and trends throughout the legal industry.

When litigation is unavoidable, Victoria takes the lead in vigorously defending employers in federal and state court or before arbitration tribunals, including FINRA and AAA. She regularly handles claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate disabilities, whistleblowing, breach of contract, compensation, and other employment-related issues. She also mediates employment claims that cannot be resolved without intervention and defends administrative actions, including charges filed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York State Division of Human Rights, and New York City Commission on Human Rights.

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Experience

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  • Investigated over 100 internal workplace complaints with an emphasis on balancing expeditious conclusion with thorough analysis of the facts, to enable prompt resolution of the concern.
  • Conducted cross-border investigations with awareness of business and privilege considerations.
  • Handled a sexual assault internal investigation and, by working with the client to conduct all interviews on the same day, limited disruption to the business.
  • Led a team of attorneys defending a global institution in dozens of employment-related FINRA arbitrations arising out of complex business and compensation matters.
  • Represented a global advertising and public relations company in a lengthy New York City Commission on Human Rights investigation. Victoria negotiated appropriate interviews with the investigator and provided the out-of-state client legal team with summaries of the law and options to make informed decisions and reach a favorable pre-determination resolution.
  • Addressed EEOC charges in several jurisdictions and provided consistent handling across multiple -state offices.
  • Defended a large hospital system in a whistleblower action under the New York Labor Law in New York state court against a persistent pro se plaintiff. Victoria maintained a clear strategy in the face of nearly 40 motions, to demonstrate a strong defense to the judge and reach a favorable settlement.

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Credentials

Education

  • St. John’s University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005)
    • St. John’s Law Review, Articles and Notes Editor
  • Boston College (B.S., 2000)
    • Carroll School of Management

Bar Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

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