Douglas Wigdor

Founding Partner @Wigdor Llp

New York, NY, US

Mr. Wigdor’s practice focuses on litigation and counseling of individuals and companies in connection with a wide array of employment issues, criminal matters and international issues. He has represented numerous clients who have been victimized by unlawful workplace misconduct, including discrimination or harassment based on race, gender, pregnancy, age, religion, disability and/or sexual orientation.Mr. Wigdor is known for taking on some of the most powerful people in the business and political worlds. Some of his notable representations include six alleged victims of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, the hotel maid in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case, the rape victim in the Delhi Uber case that led to numerous executive resignations, NBA All-Star Charles Oakley in a defamation lawsuit against James Dolan and Madison Square Garden, former Recording Academy President and CEO Deborah Dugan in a gender discrimination and retaliation case in connection with the Grammy Awards, the former chief of staff to ousted WeWork CEO Adam Neumann in a pregnancy discrimination case, multiple clients in the seminal “shop and frisk” cases, five award-winning female journalists at NY1 in an age and gender discrimination lawsuit against Charter Communications, and over 20 employees at Fox News in their claims of sexual harassment, gender and race discrimination, retaliation against the network. Mr. Wigdor’s successful handling of numerous high-profile cases has resulted in frequent media appearances including Nightline, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Neil Cavuto as well as regular spots on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NY1, the BBC and NBC News. He is regularly quoted as a legal expert in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, New York Law Journal, USA Today, New York Post, and New York Daily News.

Washington University in St. Louis

A.B., Political Science and Government

University of Oxford

MA - Masters, MLitt

Catholic University School of Law in Washington, D.C.

JD - Juris Doctor, Law