Gabrielle Levin

Gabrielle Levin is a partner in the New York office of Mayer Brown’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and Co-Leader of Mayer Brown’s US Employment Litigation and Counseling Group. She brings nearly two decades of experience representing corporate clients in high stakes employment and complex commercial litigation. Gabrielle defends employers in Sarbanes Oxley and other whistleblower matters, discrimination and retaliation claims, executive compensation disputes, restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation, and wage and hour class actions. She has first chaired federal jury trials, led the defense of employers in arbitrations, and represented public companies in class actions nationwide.

A trusted advisor and litigator, Gabrielle is known for guiding employers through the intersection of counseling and litigation defense. She has compiled a strong record of successful outcomes, including winning motions to dismiss, defeating class certification, securing summary judgment in multi plaintiff and class actions, and prevailing in jury trials and appellate proceedings. Her cases span a wide range of workplace issues, and she has a reputation for successfully resolving her clients’ most sensitive employment disputes.

Gabrielle is recognized as a leading employment lawyer by publications such as Lawdragon, Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500, and Law360.

In addition to her practice, Gabrielle is active in community service. She serves on the board of directors of The HOPE Program, a nonprofit dedicated to helping New Yorkers overcome poverty through skills training, employment, and career advancement.

• Won motion to dismiss reverse gender discrimination claims brought against one of the world’s largest financial institutions.
• Won motion to dismiss sexual harassment and negligent supervision claims brought against prominent financial institution.
• Won unanimous jury verdict in age discrimination case brought by senior sales executive of medical device company.
• Defended a global consulting firm in a putative class action alleging that the company discriminated in favor of certain racial groups in hiring, promotions, and terminations.
• Obtained dismissal of disability discrimination claim brought against private equity firm.
• Led trial team at district court level and overturned whistleblower retaliation verdict on appeal for UBS (Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities (S.D.N.Y. and 2d Cir.)).
• Won unanimous jury verdict for HSBC in retaliation case brought by senior executive under Title VII, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law (Picarella v. HSBC (S.D.N.Y.)).
• Won summary judgment for UBS in whistleblower retaliation suit brought by former financial advisor, which was affirmed on appeal (Price v. UBS Financial Services (D.N.J. and 3d Cir.)).
• Won summary judgment for former CEO of publicly-traded company in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation case (Zornoza v. Terraform Global (S.D.N.Y.)).
• Defeated compensation claim brought by former executive of large financial institution after a 5-day arbitration (FINRA).
• Obtained victory for large financial institution after 10-day arbitration proceeding with former employee who asserted claims for breach of contract, Dodd-Frank whistleblowing, and defamation (JAMS).
• Won motion to dismiss drug testing class action, in first of its kind decision interpreting New York City’s marijuana testing statute (Thomas v. Amazon (E.D.N.Y.)).
• Won motion to dismiss racial discrimination class action (Smalls v. Amazon (S.D.N.Y.)).
• Defeated attempts by large public company to obtain preliminary injunction prohibiting former employees from working for competitor based on alleged theft of trade secrets and alleged violations of restrictive covenants.
• On behalf of audit committee of publicly-traded company, conducted internal investigation of employee complaints of gender discrimination and hostile work environment.

• 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers, Lawdragon
• Labor & Employment Star and Under 40 Hot List, Benchmark Litigation
• Next Generation lawyer, The Legal 500 US
• Rising Star in Labor & Employment, Law360

• University of Pennsylvania, BA
• University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, JD
  

  University of Pennsylvania Law Review

• Connecticut
• New York