“Many employees have legitimate concerns about illegal workplace practices that are ignored or dismissed. Our goal is to advocate for our clients and, importantly, make sure that they feel heard.”

About 

NINA R. FRANK is Counsel at Outten & Golden LLP in New York, where she represents individual employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law. Ms. Frank is a member of the Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Practice Group and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) Workplace Rights Practice Group. Before joining Outten & Golden, Ms. Frank clerked for the Honorable Michael H. Dolinger of the Southern District of New York and the Honorable Stuart L. Peim of the Superior Court of Union County, New Jersey. Ms. Frank received her B.A. from Vassar College cum laude in 2005, and her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2011, where she was a Public Service Scholar and a Berg Foundation Fellow. During law school, Ms. Frank participated in the Innocence Project Clinic, interned at the civil rights practice of Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, and served as Senior Notes Editor of the Cardozo Law Review. Her Note, “Such Visible Fiction: The Expansion of Scott v. Harris to Prisoner Eighth Amendment Excessive Force Claims,” was published in Volume 32 of the Cardozo Law Review.

Prior to law school, Ms. Frank worked on cases involving disability discrimination, civil rights, and employee benefits at the law office of Koob & Magoolaghan. She also worked on prison condition class actions at the Prison Law Office and advocated for juvenile offenders at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice.

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

Bar Admission and Professional Activity

  • Ms. Frank is admitted to practice law only in New York and New Jersey.
  • Ms. Frank is admitted to the following federal courts: The United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York.
  • National Employment Lawyers Association/New York (NELA/NY)
  • National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
  • Federal Bar Council

Video & Podcasts

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Speaking Engagements

2023

 

2018

  • Presenter: “Harassment in the Workplace,” Yonkers Lawyers’ Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Yonkers, NY

 

Blogs & Publications

The Supreme Court Allows Same-Sex Marriage to Proceed

On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases that were pending before it. Procedurally speaking, this means that the seven appellate decisions striking down bans on same-sex marriage will stand.Practically speaking, the denial...

Asking For It: Finding New Ways to Blame Women for Their Own Inequality

Outten & Golden LLP associate Nina Frank discusses the ways women are blamed and marginalized at work for everything from the way they talk to the way they dress. Ms. Frank suggests that women are harassed, ignored, and underpaid not because of any action or...

Stray Remarks and the Donald Trump Effect: The Real Workplace Consequences of the Backlash against Political Correctness

In a recent blog post, on Hamilton & Griffin on Rights, Outten & Golden LLP associate Nina Frank touches on our current cultural backlash against anything seen as politically correct or hypersensitive to the feelings of women, racial and ethnic minorities, and...

Trump to Sexual Harassment Victim, “You’re Fired!”

Donald Trump makes us cringe, but like a stopped clock, he's right once in a while.  He says a woman who experiences workplace sexual harassment should find an other job, or even an other career. All too often, that is exactly what happens.   Allow us to explain.We...

Gretchen Carlson Seeks to Expose Roger Ailes’ Toxic Male Gaze, and Might Deal a Blow to forced Arbitration in the Process

We have learned a lot in the few short days since Gretchen Carlson, former for News anchor, filed her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against for CEO Roger Ailes. While the allegations underlying the lawsuit may not be particularly surprising to...

From Knee-Jerk Reactions to Thoughtful Discussion: Using Mindfulness to Address Privilege, by Nina Frank

In a recent blog post, on Hamilton & Griffin on Rights, Outten & Golden LLP associate Nina Frank discusses recent studies which have found that anti-bias training and sexual harassment awareness training can not only be ineffective, but can actually backfire,...

Beyond Ban the Box – Combating Black Underemployment and the Criminality Myth

Ban the Box legislation is an incredibly important tool in fighting black underemployment by removing employers' ability to use criminal history as a proxy for discrimination. However, it only attacks a symptom of the problem of race discrimination in hiring: criminal...

Interview: What Really Happens When Sexual Harassment Victims Lawyer Up

What happens when victims of sexual harassment reach out to a lawyer, and what are some of the roadblocks stopping victims from coming forward? Individual Practice Area Associate Nina Frank was interviewed at Levo and answered common questions about sexual harassment...

The Criminality Myth That Furthers Employment Inequality and Devalues Black Lives

Ban the Box legislation can be an important tool in remedying Black underemployment by removing employers' ability to use criminal history as a proxy for discrimination. However, it only attacks a symptom of the problem created by America's racist history, the...

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Awards & Recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Star 2021-2023

Cardozo’s 2023 Inspire! Award 2023

 

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