Outten & Golden LLP, one of the largest U.S. law firms exclusively dedicated to the representation of employees, is proud to announce the promotions of Pooja Shethji and Michael C. Danna to partner, effective January 1, 2025.
Pooja is a member of the firm’s Class & Collective Action Practice Group, where she represents clients in a wide range of discrimination and wage and hour matters. She is based in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
Notably, Pooja is a member of the legal team representing a proposed class of job applicants who allege discrimination by Walmart in connection with the company’s criminal history background checks. Pooja is also representing the plaintiffs in Liapes et al. v. Facebook, Inc., a closely watched online discrimination case that alleges Facebook steers ads for insurance products and services away from certain users on the basis of age and gender, and enables advertisers to do the same, in violation of California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act.
Michael is a member of the firm’s Class & Collective Action Practice Group practice group, where he represents employees in wage and hour, and race and gender discrimination claims. His clients include retail and restaurant workers and employees of the country’s largest financial institutions, tech companies, and universities. He is based in the firm’s New York office.
Michael is a key member of the legal team representing a proposed class of women at Amazon, who allege that the company pays women less than men for similar work. Michael also represents a proposed class of Edward Jones financial advisors who allege that the company pays them less than similar male and white advisors. Recently, Michael was a member of the legal teams that obtained a historic $215 million settlement for women at Goldman Sachs who alleged they were paid less than men, and secured $20 million for women employees of Google in New York who also alleged pay discrimination.