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Gillian Thomas

Senior Counsel

桃子视频Women's Rights Project

Bio

Gillian joined the Women鈥檚 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鈥檚 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.

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鈥檚 Press, 2016).


Featured work

Oct 8, 2025

Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military鈥攁nd He's Not Hiding It

Pete Hegseth Wants Women Out of the Military鈥攁nd He's Not Hiding It

Jan 13, 2025

How 鈥淪tay-or-Pay鈥 Contracts Are Used to Abuse Immigrant Workers

How 鈥淪tay-or-Pay鈥 Contracts Are Used to Abuse Immigrant Workers

Apr 19, 2024

Final 鈥楶regnant Workers Fairness Act鈥 Regulations Were Released鈥擜nd It鈥檚 Great News for Women

Final 鈥楶regnant Workers Fairness Act鈥 Regulations Were Released鈥擜nd It鈥檚 Great News for Women

Jul 20, 2023

The Decade-Long Fight for Pregnant Workers

The Decade-Long Fight for Pregnant Workers

Jun 27, 2023

The Historic New Law Protecting Fairness for Pregnant Workers

The Historic New Law Protecting Fairness for Pregnant Workers

Apr 12, 2023

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here

Jan 5, 2023

Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women

Dahlia Lithwick on the Law's Hidden Heroes: Women

Apr 10, 2019

Seven Years after #METOO, the BE HEARD Act Will Revolutionize Workplace Harassment Protections

Seven Years after #METOO, the BE HEARD Act Will Revolutionize Workplace Harassment Protections

Jan 14, 2019

McDonald鈥檚 Is Serving Up Sexual Harassment

McDonald鈥檚 Is Serving Up Sexual Harassment

Oct 31, 2018

Employees Who Have Babies Are Still Getting the Axe

Employees Who Have Babies Are Still Getting the Axe