About Giselle
Giselle Schuetz built her academic foundation at Harvard University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts. She went on to attend The City University of New York School of Law and received her J.D. there. Those years shaped the early contours of her legal interests and prepared her for work in public-interest settings and private practice alike.
Early in her legal training she worked at the Peter Cicchino Youth Project at the Urban Justice Center as an intern in 2008. That placement exposed her to advocacy on behalf of young people and to the procedural realities of client intake, advocacy in administrative settings, and community-based legal work. The experience left an imprint on how she approaches clients and cases.
In 2011 she served as a Volunteer Law Graduate in the Employment Law Unit of the Legal Aid Society. There she assisted on employment-related matters, handled research, and supported advocates representing low-income clients. The same year she joined Friedman & Houlding LLP as an associate. That move marked her transition into a firm environment where she could apply litigation skills and courtroom practice alongside counseling clients.
Schuetz is licensed to practice in New York. Her time in both public-interest organizations and private practice has given her a practical perspective on how employment issues play out at multiple stages—pre-litigation intake, negotiation, administrative filings, and, when necessary, trial work. Colleagues describe her as methodical in case preparation and attentive to the factual details that shape legal strategies.
Her work has touched on workplace disputes and employment-related claims, drawn from her Legal Aid experience and her tenure at the firm. She has handled client interviews, drafted pleadings, conducted legal research, and participated in settlement discussions. Over the years she has balanced advocacy for individual clients with the demands of litigation practice at a law firm.
Schuetz remains based at Friedman & Houlding LLP. She practices in New York and focuses on employment law and related civil matters.
