Outten & Golden LLP

What Outten & Golden LLP does

Outten & Golden LLP is a privately held, employee-side employment and labor law firm founded in 1996 and headquartered at 685 Third Avenue, New York, with additional offices in Washington, D.C. and Oakland, California. The firm exclusively represents employees, executives, and whistleblowers in individual, collective, and class action matters spanning discrimination (race, gender, age, disability, pregnancy, LGBTQ+), sexual and workplace harassment, pay equity, retaliation, wrongful termination, unpaid wages/overtime, non-competes, whistleblower programs (SEC, CFTC, IRS, DOJ, False Claims Act), and an emerging Digital Discrimination practice targeting AI-driven hiring and algorithmic workplace tools.

The firm operates a professional services, fee-based revenue model with case-by-case engagements sourced through a direct intake team (877-468-8836), website contact forms, attorney referrals, and bar association channels, supported by an extensive content marketing engine including a Whistleblower Blog, articles, and the Trust@Work workplace ethics survey. It does not sell any software, platform, or technology product, and has no disclosed AI/ML infrastructure of its own; its competitive positioning rests on roughly 140 attorneys and professionals with three decades of dedicated employment-law experience, a track record of $1.3 billion recovered for employees across 500+ class actions, and recurring court and analyst recognition (Chambers USA 2024, The New York Times 2024, multiple federal court opinions).

Name

Outten & Golden LLP

Legal name

Outten & Golden LLP

Website

https://outtengolden.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Outten & Golden LLP is a privately held U.S. employment and labor law firm founded in 1996, representing employees, executives, and whistleblowers in discrimination, pay equity, retaliation, and class action matters from offices in New York, Washington D.C., and Oakland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff-Side Employment Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law representation
• Whistleblower legal services
• Pay equity litigation
• Employment class actions
• Employee civil rights

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Employment Law Representation: Outten & Golden generates revenue by providing legal representation to employees in matters including class actions, discrimination cases, whistleblower claims, pay equity disputes, and other employment-related litigation. The firm serves individual employees and groups of employees through individual, collective, and class action litigation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Outten & Golden LLP is a plaintiff-side employment and labor law firm that represents individual employees, executives, and groups of employees in workplace disputes. The firm delivers legal counseling, negotiation, and litigation services across discrimination, harassment, retaliation, pay equity, wrongful termination, unpaid wages, executive contract, non-compete, and whistleblower matters, including class actions. Services are delivered by approximately 140 attorneys and professionals out of offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and Oakland, California, with a track record of more than $1.3 billion in employee recoveries.

Product overview

Outten & Golden LLP is a law firm that provides employment law legal services, not a technology product company. Their offerings consist of legal representation services including whistleblower representation, class action litigation, individual employment litigation, and various employment law practice areas. The firm does not offer software products, platforms, or technology offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.3 billion recovered for employees
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Towards JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOutten & Golden partnered with nonprofit organization Towards Justice to file a class action lawsuit against Eightfold AI Inc., alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act violations. This collaboration combines legal expertise with advocacy organization support for AI hiring discrimination cases.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Leeds Brown Law: New York-based employee-side employment law firm representing workers in discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower matters, with comparable plaintiff-side orientation.
• Wigdor LLP: Elite New York-based plaintiff-side employment law firm with a similar high-profile class action and discrimination practice against major employers, considered a direct competitor of comparable size and reputation.
• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: National plaintiff-side class action firm with an active employment law practice; competes with Outten & Golden in large-scale class litigation against major corporate defendants.
• Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP: National plaintiff-side law firm with a leading employment discrimination and class action practice; has litigated major financial-sector discrimination matters comparable to Outten & Golden's Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley work.
• Phillips & Associates: New York-based employee-side employment law firm representing individuals in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage matters — directly overlapping Outten & Golden's core plaintiff-side practice.
• Joseph & Kirschenbaum LLP: New York-based employee-side employment law firm representing workers in wage, discrimination, and retaliation cases; directly comparable to Outten & Golden's practice mix.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Plaintiff-side firm with established employment class action practice; has litigated major wage and discrimination matters comparable in scope and adversary profile to Outten & Golden's cases.
• Phillips & Cohen LLP: Specialized whistleblower law firm representing clients in SEC, CFTC, IRS, and False Claims Act matters; directly comparable to Outten & Golden's multi-agency whistleblower & retaliation practice.
• Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC: New York-based plaintiff-side employment law firm focused on workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, overlapping with Outten & Golden's individual and class representations.
• The Lore Law Firm, PLLC: New York-based plaintiff-side employment litigation firm representing individuals in discrimination and wrongful termination matters, comparable in market positioning to Outten & Golden.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/outten-golden-llp-341045386007681
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/outten-golden-llp
• Xx.com/outtengolden

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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