Meredith A. Firetog

Meredith A. Firetog is a Partner at Wigdor. She has been recognized in the legal community as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Previously she was a Partner at Sanford Heisler Sharp where she focused on gender discrimination and harassment and wage and hour cases, representing both individuals and classes. Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp, Meredith completed a clerkship for the Honorable Gregory H. Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prior to her clerkship, Meredith was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she gained substantial experience in complex commercial litigation.

Notable Recent Cases

• Chanaaz Mangroe, a singer and songwriter from the Netherlands, in her lawsuit against “The-Dream” for sex trafficking and sexual assault when she was just 21 years old
• Singer Casandra Ventura, in her sex trafficking and sexual assault lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs
• Kellye Croft, a licensed massage therapist, in her sex trafficking and sexual assault lawsuit against James Dolan, Harvey Weinstein, and a myriad of corporate entities funded by Dolan, including some connected to music manager Irving Azoff
• Actress Julia Ormond, in her sexual assault lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein which includes his employers Miramax & Disney, as well as talent agents CAA
• Represents a veterinarian after she was illegally terminated for being a whistleblower who exposed misconduct at a Long Island animal hospital

Notable Outcomes

• A representative collective of thousands of technology salespeople at Oracle bringing violations of the California Labor Code pursuant to the Private Attorneys Generals Act (PAGA)
• Yale university students against the university and college fraternities for violations of Title IX and the Fair Housing Act
• A female partner who was denied meaningful work following pregnancy leave
• An in-house attorney retaliated against for making complaints about company wrongdoing
• A male executive who was denied paternity leave and terminated after protesting
• An executive assistant who was denied overtime pay and terminated for discussing wages
• An undergraduate student who was sexually assaulted by a university dean
• A sales executive who was paid less than male employees performing the same work
• A female lawyer who was discriminatorily denied partnership and terminated for complaining of gender discrimination
• A university administrator who was discriminated against because of her race
• A university administrator who was underpaid compared to her male predecessor
  

Education:

• J.D., Stanford Law School
  • Stanford Law Review Senior Symposium member
  • Co-President of the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation
  • Co-President and on the board of Women of Stanford Law
• M. St., Oxford University, distinction
• B.A., Swarthmore College, high honors, Phi Beta Kappa
  • Served on the College Judiciary Committee

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Awards

• 2024 National Law Journal Rising Stars of the Plaintiff's Bar
• 2021-2023 New York Metro Super Lawyer Rising Star