“Dignity: It is inherent in our being to be valued—one should never take that from another.”

About 

TAMMY MARZIGLIANO is a partner at Outten & Golden LLP in New York, where she represents employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including matters involving compensation (and bonus) disputes, contractual violations, and whistleblower and individual discrimination claims.  Ms. Marzigliano is the Co-Chair of both Outten & Golden’s Financial Services Practice Group and its Whistleblower and Retaliation Practice Group.  She is also a member of Outten & Golden’s Executive and Professionals Practice GroupMedical Practice Group and former Co-Chair of its Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Practice Group.  She has also been recognized by Best Lawyers 2018-2022, and Super Lawyers New York Metro edition for 2013-2021.

Ms. Marzigliano is an experienced litigator and has represented clients in arbitration matters before FINRA and the American Arbitration Association (AAA), as well as in federal and state courts concerning employment and general commercial litigation disputes.  Most recently, Ms. Marzigliano was a member of the trial team, together with Larry Moy and Wayne Outten, in a complex, international arbitration where the Panel issued an award exceeding $70 million. Ms. Marzigliano received her B.A. from Hofstra University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Quinnipiac University Law School, where she served as the Public Relations Editor of the Quinnipiac Health Law Journal.

Podcasts

Press

  • The Connector: Outten & Golden LLP partner Tammy Marzigliano is featured in this issue (p. 28).

(*Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.)

Bar Admission and Professional Activity

  • Ms. Marzigliano is admitted to practice law only in New York and Connecticut.
  • Ms. Marzigliano is active in several bar associations. She served as the Chair on the Employment Rights Executive Board of the Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee of the American Association for Justice (AAJ). She is also a member of the Employment and Labor Relations Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and its New York affiliate, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Video & Podcasts

March 28, 2023

Tammy Marzigliano, partner at Outten and Golden LLP, an employment law firm in New York, talks with the Employment Law Channel about how the recession has made an impact on law firms, specifically employment law firms.

Play Video
March 27, 2017

Attorney Tammy Marzigliano, a partner at Outten & Golden LLP, discusses Dodd-Frank Section 922 (Whistleblower Protection) on Bloomberg BNA Insights.

Play Video
April 14, 2016

Tammy Marzigliano, partner at Outten & Golden LLP, represents employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including employment contracts, arbitration matters, whistleblower claims, and individual discrimination cases.

Play Video
September 18, 2018

Tammy Marzigliano: The Most Important Lawyer You Didn’t Know You Needed

mic_icon
October 27, 2017

Learn how to be more effective and powerful in your next interview as
Tammy Marzigliano, a partner at Outten & Golden LLP in New York, discusses the legal aspects of relaunching with Carol Fishman Cohen. Hear how to determine the difference between what’s considered illegal conduct and what is just “bad business,” how to use the right terminology to trigger legal protection, and discover the secret behind redirecting uncomfortable interview questions.

mic_icon

Speaking Engagements

Ms. Marzigliano is a frequent panelist on employment law matters and regularly collaborates with non-profit women’s advocacy organizations on the educational programs about sexual harassment and other employment rights issues in the workplace. She has worked as an advocate, educator, and lecturer with organizations such as Dress for Success, Step Up, the National Organization for Women, the National Association for Professional Women, the Children’s Aid Society, the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SOBRO), the Association of Legal Administrators, the City Bar Community Outreach Project, and the National Conference on the Primary Prevention of Men Against Violence Against Women on issues relating to women’s rights in the workplace.

Ms. Marzigliano has also extensively lectured on the retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act and has been a guest on the Employment Law Channel and Lawline TV.

2019

  • Panelist: “Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims,” Practising Law Institute, Understanding Employment Law 2019, New York, NY

2017

  • Speaker: “Understanding the Complexities of On-Ramping and Off-Ramping in Financial Services,” Council of Urban Professionals and the Robert Toigo Foundation Alumni Association, New York, NY

2016

  • Speaker: “Representing the Executive Whistleblower,” NELA, 2016 Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA

2015

  • Speaker: “Leveraging Your Value: Negotiationg Compensation and Severance Packages,” WIN Summit, New York, NY

2012

  • Panelist: “How the Recession had Impacted the Area of Employment Law,” Employment Law Channel, Webcast
  • Speaker: “BNA Insight Video Presentation,” Bloomberg BNA, Webcast

2011

  • Panelist: “NO TITLE,” National Employment Lawyers Association, New York Affiliate, Conference, New York, NY
  • Presenter: “You Say Hello… and I Say Goodbye,” Right Management, Presentation

2010

  • Speaker: “Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace,” New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), New York, NY
  • Speaker: “Teen Harassment Presentation,” New York City Bar Association, New York, NY

2009

  • Panelist: “Take a side Talk-back series,” Golden Theatre, Oleanna (Play), New York, NY
  • Speaker: “Primary Prevention of Men’s Violence Against Women,” Men Can Stop Rape, Inc., Washington, DC
  • Speaker: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Sexual Harassment,” Dress For Sucess, New York, NY

Blogs & Publications

U.S. Department of Justice to Test a New Whistleblower Reward Program

Fraud Against the Government Often Harms Our Most Vulnerable. Here’s How Whistleblowers Can Use the False Claims Act to Stop It.

New Jersey Whistleblower FAQ

How Do Medical Whistleblowers Stop Fraud?

Top Ten Things to Know Before Becoming a Whistleblower

California Supreme Court Issues Ruling Strengthening Whistleblower Laws

Supreme Court Rules Unanimously in Favor of Whistleblowers in Key False Claims Act Case

Wall Street Layoffs May Spark a Boom in Whistleblower Complaints

After a two-year hiring blitz in response to a significant increase in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and SPACs, Wall Street is reversing course. Over the last several months, many of the nation’s leading financial institutions have returned to their practice of annual layoffs or announced their plans to do so.

New York’s Passage of Expanded Whistleblower Protection Law Marks the End of a Career-Long Effort for Wayne Outten

On January 26, 2022, new legislation expanding workplace anti-retaliation protections took effect in New York, extending rights to both public and private sector workers who report employers’ illegal or dangerous business activities. This new version of the statute is the culmination of more than 40 years of tireless work by Outten & Golden Co-Founder Wayne Outten to expand whistleblower rights.

Construction Industry Whistleblowers: Protections for People Building the Future of American Infrastructure

Federal and state governments will spend tens of billions of dollars on major construction projects over the next decade, as part of a nationwide initiative to repair aging and ailing public infrastructure. Construction industry workers are on the front lines of these projects, and may have workplace safety concerns, or may have spotted instances of fraud, waste, or abuse. State and federal laws protect whistleblowers in the construction industry who raise these concerns, and some laws provide rewards for workers who report fraud on these major public projects.

Working Together To Achieve Accuracy On Regulatory Form U-5

Working Together to Achieve Accuracy on Regulatory Form U-5, by Tammy Marzigliano and Carmel Mushin, New York Law Journal, March 25, 2013.

Advising A Whistleblower After Dodd-Frank: What Every Employer Needs To Know

Tammy Marzigliano, Law Journal Newsletters, Employment Law Strategist, ALM, Volume 19, Number 10, April 2012. This article examines the retaliation protections provided by Dodd-Frank and how employment lawyers might deal with their impact. 

On July 21, 2010, Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the most significant financial reform effort since the Great Depression. 17 CFR § 240.21F-1, et seq. Part of that legislation directed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish a whistleblower program that pays monetary rewards to eligible whistleblowers, and prohibits workplace retaliation by employers against whistleblowers. This article examines the retaliation protections provided by Dodd-Frank and how employment lawyers might deal with their impact.

 

How to Get Your Bonus After You’ve Been Laid Off

Tammy Marzigliano & Piper Hoffman, Forbes Leadership Guest Post, December 2011

The Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Lawyer to Review Your Severance Agreement

Tammy Marzigliano & Piper Hoffman, Forbes, December 2011

Advocacy & Counsel For The SEC Whistleblower: A Primer For Employment Lawyers

Tammy Marzigliano and Jordan A. Thomas. Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report. Reproduced with permission from Daily Labor Report, 196 DLR I-1 , 10/11/2011. Copyright 2011 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033)

When Your Personal Life Affects Your Professional Life

Tammy Marzigliano and Carmel Mushin. Employment Rights Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 2, Winter 2010

Almost daily we hear stories about people who were not hired for a job because of something they posted online or someone that lost a job for the same reason. I caution employees regularly to be mindful of what they post online because everyone can see it. I advise them to refrain from posting that “awesome picture” of them playing beer pong or that picture of them at the Mets game when they were allegedly “out sick.” People forget that the internet is not their “private” playground. It is a mechanism in which your world (should you allow it) becomes an open book.

So, what about blogging? People argue it is harmless. It is just my thoughts about a situation. But is it?

 

The Dodd-Frank Act’s Whistleblower Provisions: The Act’s Best Hope For Exposing Financial Wrongdoing

In this BNA Insights article, Outten & Golden attorneys Tammy Marzigliano and Cara E. Greene take a close look at these provisions and the effects of preceding laws, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to examine what their future impact might be. Bloomberg BNA, Workplace Law Report, 10/22/2010.

Happy Valentine’s Day…Now Please Sign On The Dotted Line

Tammy Marzigliano and Delyanne Barros, Outten & Golden LLP, 2009

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, what better way to discuss love than in contractual terms? Workplace romances are increasingly common and employers are aware of this. In a 2008 survey by Vault.com, 58% admitted to having an office romance and another 12% would be willing to engage in one if given the opportunity. Not surprising in light of the reality that most of us have so little time left over after work and sleep that our place of employment is our main chance for finding a mate.

In the last few years, companies have responded to this reality by instituting what has been popularly dubbed as “love contracts.” These contracts may contain several different provisions, but most commonly it seeks to establish that the two employees are in a consensual dating relationship and that they will not allow the relationship to interfere with their work productivity. One sample love contract provided that by signing the love contract, the employees “notify the company that [they] wish to enter into a voluntary and mutual consensual social relationship” which they “are both free to end . . . at any time. Should the relationship end, [they] agree that [they] will not allow the breakup to negatively impact the performance of [their] duties.”

The contract can also refer to the company’s sexual harassment policy and “that entering into the social relationship has not been made a condition or term of employment.” Most important to employers, the contract may

Articles

Nondisclosure Agreements Get Trickier Under New SEC Scrutiny

The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2023

Awards & Recognition

  • 2018-2024: Best Lawyers
  • 2023: Lawdragon 500 Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyer
  • 2019-2022: Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
  • 2018-2022: Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
  • 2019-2021: Legal 500 United States Recommended Labor and Employment Lawyer
  • 2013-2023: Super Lawyers – Super Lawyer
  • 2013-2017, 2019: New York Metro Super Lawyers Women

Share

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn