Education: Stanford University (’03) and Georgetown University Law Center (’08)
Bar Admission: New York, California, Central District Court of California, Northern District Court of California, Eastern District Court of New York, Northern District Court of New York, and Southern District Court of New York.
Additional Credentials: Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH)
Naveen Kabir is a seasoned attorney, workplace investigator, facilitator, and meditator with over 15 years of experience resolving workplace disputes. She assists the Firm’s clients as a Senior Investigator with the firm’s New York office and heads up EPT Legal’s California investigation, training, and workplace resolution practice. She is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH) and has conducted hundreds of witness interviews in matters involving allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblowing, compliance, wage-and-hour issues, and other allegations misconduct. As a trial attorney, Naveen litigated employment law issues before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in New York, California and Virginia, and has taken cases from inception to trial.
Naveen has expertise with allegations arising under: The New York State and City Human Rights Laws, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and New York State Labor Law. Naveen has extensive experience across many industries, with a focus on resolving issues for clients in the Financial Services, Insurance Technology, Entertainment, Hospitality and Healthcare industries. Naveen also performs culture assessments, salary/pay equity audits, and conducts trainings on EEO Diversity and Inclusion topics. Prior to joining EPT Legal, Naveen practiced management-side employment law at prestigious national law firms, and did plaintiffs work at the ACLU and as a Staff Attorney Fellow of Legal Momentum in New York, where she represented plaintiffs in gender discrimination claims in federal court and before the EEOC. She is a certified mediator, having trained at the New York Peace Institute and the Center for Understanding in Conflict. Naveen is a fluent Bengali speaker with experience conducting witness interviews in Bengali.
Honors
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Fellows Program (2016)
- New York Metro Rising Star, Super Lawyers® (2014-2020)
Professional & Civic Associations
- American Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
- South Asian Bar Association of New York
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
For a list of training programs Naveen has attended to comply with Title IX Regulations 34 CFR Section 106.45(b)(10): http://www.eptlegal.com/title-ix-credentials/