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Marjorie Mesidor

Marjorie Mesidor

Marjorie Mesidor is a Partner at Wigdor LLP. Marjorie is recognized for her outstanding service to clients who have been subjected to sexual harassment or discrimination based on race, gender, disability, and other protected characteristics. Ms. Mesidor regularly prosecutes employment actions against Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations accused of discrimination including claims of sexual misconduct. She has had overwhelming success, achieving over $47,000,000 in awards and settlements for her clients. Marjorie rose to notoriety in 2013 when she procured a unanimous jury award in Johnson v. STRIVE, a landmark case decidedly settling the issue of whether those of the same race can discriminate against one another. In addition, her work against the disparate impact of “poor door” policies on rent stabilized tenants has earned her recognition by the Office of the Public Advocate. Her most recent verdict of $2.31 Million dollars was awarded Top 50 Verdict in New York, Labor and Employment for Sooroojballie v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in for a race and national origin based hostile work environment claim. Marjorie’s greatest impact is the hundreds of cases and disputes resolved privately and efficiently protecting her clients’ preference for discretion and anonymity.

She was previously a Managing Partner at Phillips & Associates’ Long Island office. With almost 20 years of experience and practicing on the appellate and trial level of state and federal courts, Ms. Mesidor understands the stress and fear that plaintiffs experience when their jobs are threatened by a coworker or employer’s inappropriate conduct. She handles complex employment law matters in these areas at all stages of the litigation process, serving as a forceful advocate at the negotiating table, and a formidable opponent in the courtroom.

Prior to joining Phillips & Associates, served as Chief Counsel to Project Hope, an organization that provides antiviolence and educational workshops and programs services to underserved youth in South Queens. In addition to her extensive experience handling discrimination and harassment cases, she possesses a strong background in wage and hour, not-for-profit, and corporate law matters. Early in her career, she clerked for the Honorable Torkwasé Y. Sekou in the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Ms. Mesidor has been a Guest Legal Correspondent appearing on ABC Nightline, FoxNews @Night, ET LIVE, WPIX Morning News, Dan Abrams Live on Newsnation, Cheddar News, WBLS “Cafe Mocha” and 103.9 Long Island News Radio On the Docket. She has been a continuing legal education panelist for the Practising Law Institute (PLI), the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) National Bar Association’s (NBA) Labor and Employment Section and NELA NY on various topics in law practice management, negotiations, trial advocacy, punitive damages and jury awards. She authored an op-ed article published in Lawyers’ Monthly, Downtown Magazine and the online publication, Motto, from the editors of Time.

  • Recent verdict of $2.31 Million dollars was awarded Top 50 Verdict in New York, Labor and Employment for Sooroojballie v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in for a race and national origin based hostile work environment claim. 
  • Regularly prosecutes employment actions against “Fortune 500″ companies and smaller organizations accused of discrimination including claims of sexual misconduct.
  • She has had overwhelming success, achieving over $47,000,000 in awards and settlements for her clients. 
  • In 2013 she procured a unanimous jury award in Johnson v. STRIVE, a landmark case decidedly settling the issue of whether those of the same race can discriminate against one another
  • Her work against the disparate impact of “poor door” policies on rent stabilized tenants has earned her recognition by the Office of the Public Advocate. 
  • Greatest impact is the hundreds of cases and disputes resolved privately and efficiently protecting her clients’ preference for discretion and anonymity.
  • Most Influential Woman in Employment Discrimination Law
  • Top 100 Verdicts in NY
  • Top 50 Employment Verdicts in United States
  • National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Attorneys Civil- Plaintiff, 
  • National Black Lawyers’ Top 100 Black Lawyers, 
  • National Women Trial Lawyers – Top 25
  • Avvo’s Client Choice Award, 2022
  • New York Rising Star and New York Super Lawyer for 12 years
  • Top Women Attorneys in New York City by CRAIN
  • Exceptional Service to the Law School Award
  • Exceptional Service to the Public and Community Award
  • Service to the Bar Award
  • Scholarship Recipient from the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association
  • Minority Fellow of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Dedicated to serving a global New York client base, Ms. Mesidor is fluent in Italian, French, and Haitian Creole. She maintains professional memberships with the National Bar Association, National Employment Lawyers Association in New York (formerly President), and the New York State Bar Association. Marjorie is an arbitrator on the American Arbitration of Association (AAA) employment and consumer law panels, a member of the NYU Center for Labor and Employment Advisory Board, the Board of Governors of Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, the Board of Directors of Girls Scouts of Suffolk County. She sits on the Ethics Board of the Town of Brookhaven and the Advisory Board of the Suffolk County Sherriff’s Office. Ms. Mesidor is a proud Life Member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; a community conscious action-oriented organization and is a member of Chief.

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

Member: National Bar Association, National Employment Lawyers Association in New York (formerly President), New York State Bar Association