Sexual Abuse and Harassment
Coming forward about sexual abuse or harassment takes extraordinary courage. You deserve an attorney who will listen without judgment, protect your confidentiality, and fight for you with everything she has. At Baldwin Law, every consultation is completely confidential. You are under no obligation by reaching out. We will listen to your story, explain your legal options clearly and honestly, and help you decide the path forward that is right for you.
Sexual Abuse Claims
At Baldwin Law, we represent survivors of sexual abuse and assault against individuals, employers, businesses, and institutions such as schools, universities, religious organizations, medical facilities, sports programs, and other environments where individuals in positions of authority have access to and power over those in their care. When institutions fail to prevent abuse, ignore complaints, or actively conceal misconduct, they share responsibility for the harm caused.
Lisa represents survivors in civil claims against institutions who allowed abuse to occur or continue. These cases require a tenacious and experienced litigator, someone willing to take on powerful organizations and hold them accountable for their failures.
During her tenure at her prior firm, Lisa Baldwin worked alongside talented colleagues representing survivors of sexual abuse and assault in a range of civil matters, from individual claims against perpetrators to institutional liability cases against organizations that failed to prevent or respond to abuse. She represented 45 women in a landmark New York Adult Survivors Act case against serial abuser James Toback and the Harvard Club of New York City, conducting extensive discovery, depositions, motions practice, and oral argument, obtaining a default liability judgment against Toback and a mediated resolution with the Harvard Club. After Lisa's departure from her prior firm, the trial team subsequently obtained a $1.68 billion jury damages verdict against Toback.
Lisa has also represented a sexual assault survivor through a Title IX proceeding, resolved claims on behalf of sexual assault victims against educational institutions pre-suit, and represented other survivors in litigation and mediations.
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment in the workplace, whether quid pro quo harassment by a supervisor or a hostile work environment created by coworkers, is unlawful under both federal and New York law. New York's protections are among the broadest in the country. The standard for what constitutes harassment under New York law is lower than the federal standard and employers face significant liability for failing to prevent or address harassment in their workplaces.
If you have experienced sexual harassment at work, such as unwanted advances, inappropriate touching, sexual comments, quid pro quo demands, or a hostile work environment, you have the right to hold your employer accountable.