René S. Roupinian

Of Counsel
Email: rroupinian@outtengolden.com

RENÉ S. ROUPINIAN, of counsel at Outten & Golden, LLP and a member of its Class Action Practice Group, represents employees in federal class actions under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act.

René currently represents employees in WARN Act lawsuits against American Home Mortgage, HomeBanc and First Magnus, seeking to recover 60 days wages and benefits for each affected employee who was terminated without advance written notice as part of those mass layoffs. Between 2002 and 2007, she represented thousands of employees throughout the country in WARN Act lawsuits against companies in a wide range of industries including telecommunications, transportation and textile manufacturing. Many of these suits were filed and litigated as adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court.

She is an active member in several bar associations, including the New York City Bar, the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the Armenian-American Bar Association. She is also a member of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council where she volunteers her time monitoring election polls.

René received her BA in 1989 from the University of Michigan and her JD in 1994 from Michigan State University College of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court Executive Board. She joined Outten & Golden, LLP in August 2007 after representing employees in WARN Act cases at Lankenau & Miller, LLP in New York. Prior to that she was a partner in a Detroit law firm where she litigated ADA, FMLA, ADEA and race and gender discrimination cases on behalf of employees and class actions on behalf of homeowners, consumers and taxpayers. She has argued before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court. René is a member of the bars of New York and Michigan.