Practice Areas: Employment Litigation, Employment & Labor
Licensed in New York since: 2015
Education: Stanford Law School
Wigdor LLP
85 Fifth AvenueFL 5
New York, NY 10003 Phone: 212-257-6800 Email: Meredith A. Firetog Visit website
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Meredith Firetog is a Partner at Wigdor LLP.
With extensive experience fighting for the rights of her clients in all employment-related matters involving discrimination and harassment, Ms. Firetog is a fierce and tireless advocate for the rights and liberties of her clients. She keeps her clients informed through their entire case, listening to them and answering all their questions. She provides personalized solutions for each client’s unique case.
Graduating with High Honors, Ms. Firetog received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Swarthmore College. She has a Master’s degree in women’s studies with Distinction from the University of Oxford. She earned her Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School. While in law school, she participated in both the Community Law Clinic and the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic.
Additionally, Ms. Firetog served as senior symposium editor for the Stanford Law Review and was co-president of the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation. She also served on the Women of Stanford Law’s board. She was the recipient of the John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance in Gender, Law, and Public Policy.
Ms. Firetog gained invaluable experience while clerking at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is licensed to practice in New York and is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
First Admitted: 2015, New York
- New York, 2015
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyer Rising Star
- Co-President of the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation and on the board of Women of Stanford Law. She was awarded the John Hart Ely Prize for Outstanding Performance in Gender, Law, and Public Policy, and participated in both the Community Law Clinic and the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, Stanford Law School
- J.D., Stanford Law School
- B.A., Swarthmore College, high honors, Phi Beta Kappa
- M.S., University of Oxford, distinction
- Stanford Law School, member of the Stanford Law Review, serving as the Senior Symposium Editor for the 2014 symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2024