Anastasia Kerdock
Counsel
New York
Anastasia is an experienced and pragmatic adviser. She is dedicated to helping her clients find practical solutions to complex employment issues, with a particular focus on high-stakes workplace investigations and systemic employment discrimination claims.
Anastasia advises and defends clients with respect to a wide range of employment matters including:
- Allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
- Pattern or practice, class, and collective actions
- Diversity and inclusion initiatives and pay equity
Anastasia also counsels clients on a variety of legal issues and best practices related to the employee life cycle, including:
- Recruitment
- Hiring
- Performance management
- Separation of employment
- Negotiation of employment and severance agreements
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- Conducted a civil rights audit and targeted diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) best practices reviews for Fortune 500 companies, including employers in the technology, retail and transportation industries.
- Successfully conciliated and resolved an EEOC Commissioner’s charge alleging nationwide race discrimination against a multinational hospitality chain.
- Successfully negotiated a consent decree resolving an EEOC pattern or practice litigation alleging age discrimination against a multistate transportation company.
- Successfully resolved, on an individual basis, and pre-suit, threatened multi-plaintiff gender discrimination class action involving six plaintiffs asserting systemic pay and promotion discrimination against a multistate advertising company.