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 and helps her clients ensure compliance with new and existing laws, rules, and regulations. When clients receive employee workplace complaints of inappropriate behavior, Victoria conducts a comprehensive internal investigation to provide a thorough understanding of the concern and support any necessary action. As co-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 courts or before arbitration tribunals, including FINRA, JAMS, and AAA. She regularly handles claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate disabilities, 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 (EEOC), 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 150 internal workplace complaints related to sexual harassment, sexual assault, hostile work environment, discrimination, retaliation, bullying, other inappropriate behavior, failure to accommodate, and unequal pay, with an emphasis on limiting business disruption while achieving a thorough analysis of the facts and prompt resolution.
  • Led a team of attorneys defending a global institution in dozens of employment-related FINRA arbitrations arising out of complex business and compensation matters, including deferred compensation, bonuses, promissory notes, and defamation claims.
  • Performed employment-related due diligence of acquisition targets on behalf of financial services and manufacturing companies.
  • Handled arbitrations at FINRA, JAMS, and AAA, including statutory discrimination, breach of contract, and compensation-related claims.
  • Defended employers in matters brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and New York City discrimination laws in federal and state courts.
  • Defended employers against EEOC and local administrative charges.
  • Conducted cross-border investigations with awareness of business and privilege considerations.
  • Moved to compel arbitration, including a gender discrimination claim filed pursuant to the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, presenting a question of first impression in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
  • Advised employers on offer letters, as well as arbitration, confidentiality, separation, reduction-in-force, and other employment agreements.
  • 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’s legal team with summaries of the law and options to make informed decisions and reach a favorable pre-determination resolution.
  • 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.
  • Provided workplace investigations training to human resources personnel, and presented CLE seminars on investigations and arbitration best practices.

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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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