Gary Ireland

I am the founder and principal attorney at Law Offices of Gary Ireland PLLC in New York City.  I work with companies in expanding their businesses, averting liabilities and in supporting executives in employment transition, helping them to maximize pay and working conditions when entering a company and severance and other benefits when exiting an organization. I represent executives in discrimination cases, both with agencies and in court.I support executive clients with employment law matters, such as:Onboarding and Executive compensationWrongful terminationWage and hour lawsDiscriminationSexual harassmentWorkers’ compensationWhistleblower litigationI offer legal counsel to leaders going through employment transitions, serving a wide range of clients, including in finance, banking, tech, media, medical, pharmaceuticals, universities, and in many other areas. I believe that supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion is both the "right thing to do," while also bolstering diverse thought, innovation and profits.Working with my family, as well as, many elected leaders and supporters, we successfully advocated to extend membership to girls and young women in the Boy Scouts of America resulting in over 200,000 girls in scouting - increasing the influence of what is considered the most important leadership training for our youth.I graduated from Columbia University and from NYLS. I currently serve on the board of the National Employment Lawyers Association-NY.Helping others has always helped me.  I serve on the board of the Congresswoman Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, where I also teach a program I developed - "Relentless Advocacy"; I am a moderator for AnCan, a cancer support organization that has helped my family; and, as serve as an arts ambassador for The Arts Oasis.I have been recognized for my legal work by the National Organization for Women; the NAACP; the Congresswoman Bella Abzug Leadership Institute; and the Luce Foundation.Gary was approached by a team and is currently working to produce a film on how he and his family, particularly his daughter Sydney, successfully advocated to open membership to girls in the Boy Scouts, now called the more gender neutral Scouting America.  Here is a link to an article about the film from the London Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12907335/sydney-ireland-fought-nine-years-boy-scouts-movie.html