DELYANNE D. BARROS is an associate at Outten & Golden LLP.  She represents employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including sexual harassment, individual discrimination cases, and wage and hour class actions.  Ms. Barros regularly lectures to non-profit organizations regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.  She has published legal articles addressing teen sexual harassment, workplace romance, and love contracts.  Ms. Barros is Co-Chair of the firm's Sexual Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Practice Group and Chair of the O&G's Public Interest Award, which yearly honors a non-profit organization with a $10,000 grant for its work advocating for workers’ rights.

Ms. Barros received her B.S., magna cum laude, in psychology from Barry University in 2005 and her J.D., cum laude, from Pace University School of Law in 2008, where she was a member of the moot court team that placed second for Best Brief in the National Moot Court competition and served as the public relations liaison for the Public Interest Law Scholarship Organization. During law school, Ms. Barros worked on employment matters at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and as a judicial intern for the Honorable Lisa Margaret Smith, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Barros is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish.

Ms. Barros is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Bar/Professional Activity

• 2011-2012 recipient of the NYSBA Diversity Fellowship
• 2012 Co-Editor of the NYSBA Labor & Employment Law Journal
• Co-Chair, National Employment Lawyers Association, New York Affiliate (NELA/NY) New Lawyers Committee
• American Bar Association (ABA) Labor and Employment Law Section
• At Will Employment Committee of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Section
• Puerto Rican Bar Association
• National Hispanic Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association
• The Hispanic Federation
• Council of Urban Professionals

Speaking Engagements

2012

• Lecturer: "Ethics and Information Gatering in the 21st Century," at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting.

• Lecturer: "Know Your Rights: Teen Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," Step Up Women’s Network in New York City.

• Webinar Co-Panelist: “Workplace Privacy: The Supreme Court Rules on Text Messages in Quon” for American Law Institute-American Bar Association.
• Lecturer: “Textual Harassment, New Media & the Workplace” at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.
• Lecturer: “Virtual Big Brother & Employee Privacy” at the New York County Lawyers Association.
• Co-Panelist: “Lunch with Experience at Pace Law School” for the American Bar Association.

• Lecturer: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Harassment Workshop” at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.
• Co-Panelist: “Career Panel on Constitutional Law and Civil Rights” for the American Constitution Society at Pace Law School.

Publications

• Is Your Client Eligible for Unemployment Benefits? Ten Key Issues to Consider While Advising New York Employees
  Delyanne Barros, NYSBA Labor & Employment Law Journal, 2012.
• Employment At-Will. A State-By-State Survey
  Delyanne Barros, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., New York and Vermont Chapter, American Bar Association - Labor & Employment Section, 2011.
• Workplace Romance and Love Contracts
  Delyanne Barros & Kathleen Peratis,  The New York Employee Advocate, October 2010.
• Teenagers at Greater Risk of Being Harassed in the Workplace
  Delyanne Barros, American Bar Association FLASH, October 2009.