Practice areas: Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation, Civil Rights; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2017
Education: Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
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Reyna Lubin is a zealous advocate for equality. She is the partner and director of the employment discrimination department at Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, a firm located in New York City. Over her career, she has successfully litigated a wide range of workplace discrimination matters including, racial and disability discrimination, and sexual harassment and sexual abuse. She continuously advocates for the rights of hundreds of individuals throughout the nation’s state and federal courts. Ms. Lubin's recent success involves securing numerous substantial six-figure settlements for clients who have been subjected to unlawful discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination at the hands of their employers. Last fall, she won a federal jury trial in a case that helped expand the availability of financial compensation to plaintiffs that have been discriminated against on the basis of their disability.
Ms. Lubin is admitted to practice in New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Sixth Circuits.
Ms. Lubin earned her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 2013 where she was a Division I athlete on the Women’s Soccer Team. She earned her Juris Doctorate in 2016 from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Practice areas
Employment & Labor: Employee, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Civil Rights, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Discrimination, Employment Law - Employee, Labor Law, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Sexual Harassment, Wage & Hour Laws, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- 60% Employment & Labor: Employee
- 20% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Civil Rights
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2017, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.eandblaw.com/attorneys/reyna-lubin/
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court, Wester District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- Wade v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev., No. 2:18-cv-01927-RFB-EJY (D. Nev. Oct. 6, 2023)-Won a jury verdict for $50,600 on behalf of a deaf plaintiff in a disability-discrimination case. This case helps to expand the availability of financial compensation for plaintiffs who are discriminated against on the basis of race, sex, or disability., 2023
- Kennedy v. Nat’l Career Fairs, No. 1:18-CV-4655-RWS, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 256452, at *1 (N.D. Ga. July 22, 2020)- won a bench trial on behalf of a deaf individual who was wrongfully discriminated against by a national career fair. Plaintiff Alexis Kennedy is a deaf individual who communicates primarily through American Sign Language. She wanted to attend one of the job fairs put on by Defendant National Career Fairs. She contacted NCF and requested that the company provide an interpreter at the fair so she could communicate with potential employers. NCF told her it would not. , 2020
- Tomei v. Parkwest Med. Ctr., 24 F.4th 508 (6th Cir. 2022) – Secured a victory for discrimination plaintiffs in the Sixth Circuit despite a then-majority view held by district courts. Ultimately, under the Affordable Care Act, plaintiffs have a four-year window to have their day in court, and the appellate decisions also confirm a broad construction of the statute, especially for those seeking reasonable accommodations., 2022
- Sw. Fair Hous. Council v. WG Scottsdale LLC, No. CV-19-00180-TUC-RM, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140702 (D. Ariz. Aug. 8, 2022)- Won a jury verdict for $100,000 in punitive damages on behalf of a fair housing organization against an assisted living facility for wrongfully discriminating against disabled individuals., 2022
- Brandenburg v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of N. Am., No. 20-CV-3809 (JMF), 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30574 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 23, 2023)- defeated a motion for summary judgment on an issue that is heavily contented in the lower courts: whether, and under what circumstances, a clergy member can bring a claim for hostile work environment discrimination or retaliation against a religious employer, 2023
- Sw. Fair Hous. Council v. WG Chandler Villas SH LLC, No. CV-19-00178-TUC-RM, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 142208 (D. Ariz. Feb. 23, 2023)-Won a bench trial on behalf of a fair housing organization against an assisted living facility for wrongfully discriminating against disabled individuals., 2023
- Louisiana State University, 2013
- Panelist for the Brooklyn Bar Association discussing litigating disability discrimination in the workplace, Panelist, Continuing Legal Education- Brooklyn Bar Association, 2023
- Panelist for the National Fair Housing Conference, Panelist, National Fair Housing Conference, 2022
- Continuing Legal Education Panelist for the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), Panelist, Continuing Legal Education - Practicing Law Institute, 2022
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025
