Krissy Katzenstein

Practice Areas

Krissy Katzenstein is a partner in the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Baker McKenzie’s New York office. Krissy represents employers in a wide range of employment disputes, with a focus on class and collective actions involving systemic discrimination as well as federal and state agency investigations of systemic discrimination and harassment claims. Krissy was named a “Rising Star” in Employment Law by Law360 in 2019.

Krissy has experience handling a variety of class and single plaintiff matters involving discrimination and harassment claims, equal pay claims, whistleblower claims, wrongful termination claims and pregnancy- and leave-related claims. She also partners with clients to conduct internal investigations of sensitive matters that pose significant legal and reputational risk. Krissy’s practice regularly includes conducting extensive data analytics to assess allegations of systemic biases in pay, promotional opportunities and performance ratings.

Krissy also works with clients to develop diversity programs and identify strategies and initiatives to increase diverse representation and foster an inclusive work environment. In addition, she regularly counsels clients on class action avoidance strategies, including conducting pay equity and other self-critical statistical analyses.

Publications

Publications

• Contributor, The Employer Report

Presentations

• Panel Member, "Lifecycle of a Pay Equity Audit," Equal Pay Summit, Chicago, IL, October 2019

• Presenter, "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Hiring Pitfalls in the 21st Century Workplace and Risk Mitigation Strategies," Wharton Research Advisory Group Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2018

• Panel Member, "How to Use Diversity Data and Numbers to Change the Workplace," Corporate Counsel Women of Color Conference, New York, NY, October 2018

Languages Spoken

English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA

Education