Keisha-Ann G. Gray is a distinguished trial lawyer who has secured significant victories in both federal and state courts. As a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department, co-head of the Policies, Handbooks & Training Practice Group, and former co-head of the Employment Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group, she focuses her practice on civil law with an emphasis on litigating highly-sensitive employment discrimination claims and conducting sensitive high-profile investigations. Because of the nature of Keisha-Ann’s practice, many of her successful matters have resulted in non-public resolutions and remain confidential.
Counseling is another cornerstone of her practice. As a seasoned trial counsel and litigator, Keisha-Ann draws from her experiences in the courtroom before juries to help inform her clients, including many Fortune 500 companies, on issues pertinent to employment law and complaint prevention.
Keisha-Ann frequently speaks and writes on trial practice and employment discrimination defense matters. She is the resident Legal Clinic Columnist for Human Resources Executive Online Magazine and a contributor to the SHRM Blog. Keisha-Ann has been recognized by The Network Journal, The New York Law Journal’s Rising Stars and YWCA of New York’s Academy of Women Leaders. She is also very passionate about mentoring junior lawyers and supporting organizations such as Practicing Attorneys for Law Students “Pals” (Member of Board of Directors) and the American Friends of Jamaica.
Prior to joining Proskauer in 2007, Keisha-Ann was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York and a former federal law clerk, having served two years in the Chambers of the Honorable Jaime Pieras Jr., Senior Judge in the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Education
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New York University School of Law, J.D., 1998
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University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1995
cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico - Hon. Jaime Pieras, Jr.
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico
- U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
- U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
Memberships
Federal Bar Council
Hispanic National Bar Association
Metropolitan Black Bar Association
National Employment Law Council
New York City Bar
New York State Bar Association
Practicing Attorneys for Law Students “Pals” (Member of Board of Directors)
The American Friends of Jamaica
Awards & Recognition
The National Law Journal, Employment Law Trailblazer 2019
Benchmark Labor & Employment Stars 2019
Crain's New York Business, Leading Women Lawyers in New York City 2018
The Legal 500 United States: Labor & Employment: Disputes Defense: Collective Actions 2016-2019
The Legal 500 United States: Labor and Employment: Workplace and Employment Counseling 2014-2019
New York Super Lawyers 2014-2018
The Legal 500 United States: Labor and Employment: Labor & Employment Litigation 2017
New York Law Journal's "Rising Stars" 2013
The Network Journal, “40 Under Forty” Achievement Award 2009
“Top 50 Women,” New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2019
Government Service
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 2003-2007
