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Scott Rabe

Associate

New York
Direct: (212) 218-5263
Fax: (917) 344-1317
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Mr. Rabe is an associate in the Labor and Employment Department in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Employment Litigation, Wage & Hour and Complex Discrimination practice groups. 

Mr. Rabe’s primary focus is defending employers in a wide range of employment discrimination, harassment and wage and hour matters brought under various federal and state statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42. U.S.C. Section 1981, the New York Labor Law, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.   He has experience working on both single plaintiff and class action litigation.  Mr. Rabe has successfully litigated cases in federal and state courts and agencies in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Alabama, Nevada, and Delaware.

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Mr. Rabe was an associate at a large New York firm where he worked on a variety of complex commercial litigations and regulatory inquiries involving employment discrimination, defamation, securities, contract, fraudulent conveyance, and tort laws.

Mr. Rabe is a member of the New York Diversity Action Team and actively participates in pro bono matters.

Mr. Rabe is an associate in the Labor and Employment Department in the New York office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He is a member of the firm’s Employment Litigation, Wage & Hour and Complex Discrimination practice groups. 

Mr. Rabe’s primary focus is defending employers in a wide range of employment discrimination, harassment and wage and hour matters brought under various federal and state statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42. U.S.C. Section 1981, the New York Labor Law, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.   He has experience working on both single plaintiff and class action litigation.  Mr. Rabe has successfully litigated cases in federal and state courts and agencies in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Alabama, Nevada, and Delaware.

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Mr. Rabe was an associate at a large New York firm where he worked on a variety of complex commercial litigations and regulatory inquiries involving employment discrimination, defamation, securities, contract, fraudulent conveyance, and tort laws.

Mr. Rabe is a member of the New York Diversity Action Team and actively participates in pro bono matters.

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law (2005)
    magna cum laude
    Order of the Coif
    Editor, The New York University Annual Survey of American Law
  • B.A., University of California, Berkeley (2000)

Admissions

  • New York

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York 
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Affiliations

  • LGBT Bar Association

Representative Engagements

Complex Litigation Matters

  • Martin v. ReliaStar Life Insurance Co., No. 09-01568 (D. Minn.) (nationwide class action alleging race discrimination)
  • Amar v. Canon USA, Inc., No. 08-cv-4329 (E.D.N.Y.) (nationwide class action alleging race discrimination; motion to dismiss granted with prejudice as to all claims against parent company)
  • MacPherson v. Firth Rixson Ltd., No. 12-cv-6162 (W.D.N.Y.) (FLSA and NYLL wage and hour class and collective action)
  • Beadle v. Firth Rixson Limited, No 6:2012cv06433 (W.D.N.Y.) (FLSA and NYLL wage and hour class and collective action)
  • Jones v. Nat’l Council of Young Men’s Christian Assoc., No. 09-CV-6437 (N.D. Ill.) (nationwide class action alleging race discrimination in pay)
  • In the Matter of the Investigation by Eric Schneiderman of Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Attorney General investigation of pattern and practice of gender discrimination)
  • Plumber’s Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund v. Swiss Reinsurance Co., No 08 Civ. 1958 (JGK), 2010 WL 3860397 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 4, 2010) (nationwide securities class action; motion to dismiss granted with prejudice)

Other Representative Matters

  • Jaafari v. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., No 11-4205 (2d Cir.) (race, sex, disability discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation)
  • Xu v. Marshalls Distribution Ctr., No. 11-7797 (E.D. Pa.) (race discrimination and retaliation)
  • Martin v. TJX Incentive Sales, Inc., No. 2012-cv-00272 (N.D.N.Y.) (sex discrimination)
  • Torres v. TJX Companies, Inc., No. 3:12-CV-05526 (D.N.J.) (sex discrimination)
  • Bird v. HomeGoods Inc., Docket No. HNT-L-111-11 (N.J. Super.) (sex discrimination and retaliation)
  • Johnson v. The Prudential Ins. Co. of Am. (D. Minn.) (disability discrimination and whistleblower claim)
  • Schulman v. Advent Software (Department of Labor whistleblower complaint)
  • Cucinotta v. Deloitte & Touche LLP (D. Nev.) (defamation matter; motion for summary granted)

Pro Bono Matters

  • Loggins v. Thomas, No. 09-13267 (11th Cir.) (appeal of capital sentence)
  • In the Matter of Abdoulaye Bassande (asylum application granted)