Katherine Blostein
KATHERINE BLOSTEIN is a Of Counsel at Outten & Golden LLP in New York and a member of its Executives & Professionals Practice Group. She represents employees in public and private companies in negotiation of employment, severance, non-competition, expatriate, and international assignment agreements. She also represents teams of employees, founders and partners in employment related situations during a sale, merger and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Ms. Blostein represents employees in various industries, including financial services (on the buy and sell side), entertainment, advertising, media, technology, fashion, and consumer goods and services. She also represents attorneys, accounting professionals, doctors and other medical practitioners in employment related matters. Ms. Blostein is also a member of the Firm’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) Workplace Rights Practice Group.
Ms. Blostein is a member of ABA’s Section of Labor & Employment Law, where she is an active member of the Employment Rights & Responsibilities and International Labor and Employment Law Committees. She is also a member of NELA/NY and NYSBA. Ms. Blostein and Ms. Wendi S. Lazar co-authored a chapter titled "Executive Employment Agreements" published in the Executive & Director Compensation Reference Guide (BNA) and an article, “Executive Pay: Skydiving with a New Parachute,” published by BNA. Ms. Blostein is Associate Editor (2015 Cumulative Supplement), assisted in the research and writing of a major treatise on international restrictive covenants, titled “Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law: An International Survey" published by BNA. She was also a contributor to “Negotiating and Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements” published in International Labor & Employment Law, 3rd Edition, Vol. 1B by BNA.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Employment Contracts
- Separation Agreements
- Restrictive Covenants
- Employment Discrimination
- Executive Compensation
- New York
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- English
- Russian
- New York Law School
- J.D.
- Honors: Executive Board of the Law Review, John Marshall Harlan Scholar, 2007
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- 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- Rising Star 2014-2018
- Super Lawyers
- John Marshall Harlan Scholar
- New York Law School
- American Bar Association # 011260-5
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- New York State Bar Association Department of Pro Bono Affairs
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- National Employment Law Association
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- National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Affiliate
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- Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association
- Contracts & Executive Compensation Subcommittee of Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee (ERR)
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- Reforming Labor and Employment Laws to Improve the Economy: Comparing American and French Approaches
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law: An International Survey, Volume I, with 2015 Cumulative Supplement
- Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
- Jennifer Lawrence Says Hollywood Gender Pay Gap Shouldn't be a Part of the Real-Life American Hustle
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- NYSBA event recap: Outten & Golden Partner Wendi Lazar presents workshop on "sweat equity" in start-ups
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- International Lawyers as Clients
- O&G Employment Law Blog
- Website
- Outten & Golden LLP
