Kate MacMullin
Top rated Employment Litigation attorney in New York, New York
Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Practice areas: Employment Litigation, Class Action & Mass Torts; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2019
Education: Harvard Law School
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Kate MacMullin is a Senior Litigation Counsel in the New York office of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP. Focusing her practice exclusively on employment discrimination claims, she compassionately represents clients who have been the target of unjust treatment at their workplaces.
Clients reach out to Ms. MacMullin when their employers perpetrate acts of discrimination based on personal attributes such as sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, critical illnesses, disability, pregnancy status, age or nationality. She understands that an employment discrimination situation can be very sensitive and emotional for her clients and handles cases with extreme care and discretion.
Ms. MacMullin received her Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature, magna cum laude, from Brown University in 2015. She then received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2018. During her time at Harvard Law School, she served as a student attorney at Harvard’s Domestic Violence and Family Law Clinic and worked as an executive content editor for the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender.
An accomplished lawyer, Ms. MacMullin became authorized to practice law in all the state courts of New York in 2019. From 2018 to 2019, she served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada for the Honorable Judge Michael J. Moldaver. She also contributed as a co-author to the Wolters Kluwer’s Labor Law Journal.
Over her career, Ms. MacMullin has provided top-notch representation to employees throughout New York in individual and class action lawsuits. As a result, she has received many positive client reviews and endorsements from her peers and former clients.
Practice areas
Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Class Action/Mass Torts: PlaintiffFocus areas
Class Actions, Employment Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination
- 90% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2019, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.sanfordheisler.com/team/kate-macmullin/
Bar / Professional Activity
- New York, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Co-counsel for the plaintiff in Chase Robinson v. Robert DeNiro and Canal Productions. After eight days of trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, a jury found Canal Productions liable for discrimination and retaliation and awarded Ms. Robinson $1.26 million in damages. The jury also rejected Canal’s counterclaims of conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of the duty of loyalty. , 2023
Representative Clients
- Representing a former General Counsel for global fashion brand Armani in his lawsuit alleging discrimination based on national origin and disability, and retaliation, in violation of the New York City Human Rights Law., 2024
Educational Background
- B.A., Brown University, magna cum laude
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- States – The Final Frontier: How State Law and State Courts Can Provide Avenues for Justice and Resist the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Lochner Lite” Anti-Employee and Anti-Consumer Agenda, Wolter Kluwer’s Labor Law Journal, September 14, 2021. Co-Author
- Executive Content Editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Litigator of the Week: Runners-up and Shout Outs, Law.com https://www.law.com/litigationdaily/2023/11/17/litigator-of-the-week-runners-up-and-shout-outs-62/ , 2023
Honors
- 2023 Super Lawyers Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2023
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers, 2025
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers, 2024
- New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2021
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2022
- 2023 National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, 2023
- https://www.bestlawyers.com/ones-to-watch, Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Best Lawyers, 2024
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2026