Bio
Gillian joined the Women’s Rights Project in 2015 and specializes in equal employment opportunity. She previously was a Senior Trial Attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s New York District Office and a Senior Staff Attorney with Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), where she specialized in litigating employment discrimination cases on behalf of women in male-dominated jobs like construction and law enforcement. She also has worked in private practice, including at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C. in New York.Â
After law school, Gillian clerked for the Hon. John T. Nixon of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. She is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a contributing editor of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law. She is the author of (St. Martin’s Press, 2016). Â
Featured work

Oct 17, 2017
As the Weinstein Scandal Sinks in, Where Do We Go From Here?

Mar 22, 2017
LGBT and Women Workers Deserve a Labor Secretary Who Is Committed to Their Well-Being

Feb 18, 2017
Women Directors Might Just Get the Hollywood Ending They Have Been Hoping For

Apr 15, 2016
How the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings Changed How America Talks ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Sexual Harassment

Apr 1, 2016
After the Ticker Tape Parade, a Grim Reality for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team

Mar 9, 2016
This Women’s History Month, Celebrate Title VII for Banning Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

Dec 9, 2015
When a Chief Justice Declared That Women Make Better Secretaries