Samantha Gandara

Samantha Gandara is a paralegal who supports the seasoned New York City employment discrimination lawyers of Phillips & Associates. If you were harmed on the job due to a protected trait like sex or race, or if you were harmed by gender motivated violence, call us to see whether you have a viable claim for damages. We offer free consultations and represent clients on a contingency fee basis, meaning we don’t recover our fees unless we recover a settlement or damages on your behalf.

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Ms. Gandara is a paralegal who provides strong support to the trial attorneys at our firm. She is certified to use numerous systems including Relativity, Prolaw, and the New York State Court Electronic Filing System (NYSCEF). Prior to obtaining her undergraduate degree she built the strong organizational and administrative skills that paralegals need while working as an intern at Sotheby’s International Real Estate in Saddle River, New Jersey. She designed marketing materials, organized and managed client lists and client communications.

In 2022, Ms. Gandara obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with a neuroscience minor from University of Maryland, College Park. For the degree, she took social psychology, statistics in psychology, criminology, psychology of interpersonal relationships, human trafficking, neuroscience, oral communication, research methods, and study of deviance. She received the University of Maryland OSME Academic Excellence award for 2021- 2022. She was on the Dean’s list for Spring and Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2022.

During college, she was the external marketing director for Alpha Xi Delta at University of Maryland, College Park. She identified, developed, and managed the chapter’s marking efforts for the chapter and the chapter’s philanthropy, Autism Speaks. She created and distributed apparel, merchandise, and newsletters to align the chapter’s brand, and she collaborated with the communications team to identify opportunities to publicize the chapter on campus.

Ms. Gandara served as a corporate communications and public affairs intern for the American Psychiatric Association in Washington D.C. She prepared complete weekly Environmental Scan Reports including analysis of trending & relevant topics across online news and social media platforms. She composed effective press releases and other kinds of digital messaging for news and events. She created digital infographics and collaborated with the CCPA team to manage content.

Before supporting the trustworthy lawyers of Phillips & Associates, Ms. Gandara worked as a paralegal and legal assistant at another New York City law firm. In that capacity, she prepared a range of legal documents and managed data, including deposition and discovery exchange calendars and plaintiff data for more than 1500 lawsuits. She brings that experience to her work as a paralegal at our firm.

Employment Discrimination and Harassment

The New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law prohibit workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on protected traits. The city law has a more expansive list of traits. Generally, if you work for a smaller company, you receive more protection under the state and city laws than you do under federal law. You are protected against sexual harassment even if you are the only employee of your employer.

Whether a sexual assault took place in the workplace or not, if you are a survivor of sexual assault based on your gender, you may be able to pursue damages under the New York City Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law. A recent amendment to the law opened the statute of limitations for a two-year window so that survivors can sue for abuse that happened at any earlier point in time.

Call Us If You’ve Experienced Employment Discrimination or Gender Motivated Violence

Ms. Gandara prides herself on providing strong paralegal support to the New York City trial attorneys of Phillips and Associates. We represent people who’ve been harmed in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Please complete our online form or call us at (212) 248-7431 for a free consultation.