About Wendi S
Wendi S Lazar has built a career at the intersection of labor law, gender issues and international practice. She earned her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1993 and practices in New York. Her path combines work inside bar associations and activity on boards with client representation and committee work.
Her involvement in professional organizations runs deep. She served as chair of the International Women’s Rights Committee of the Women’s Bar of the State of New York. She has been a commissioner on the Commission on Women in the Profession. She holds leadership roles in the New York State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section, where she co-chairs the Diversity Committee, and she participates on the Executive Committee of the NYSBA’s International Labor and Employment Committee.
Lazar’s network extends beyond state lines. She has served as co-chair of the International Labor and Employment Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. She is a member of the International Bar Association and has been active in the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, including work tied to its International Human Rights Committee. She chairs the Executives and Professionals Committee of the National Employment Lawyers Association, where she has shaped programming and outreach for practitioners who represent employees.
Academic and nonprofit affiliations are part of her professional portfolio as well. She serves in a membership role on the board of Work Life Law at UC Hastings College of the Law, an organization that studies law and workplace policy. Those engagements reflect an ongoing interest in the intersection of employment law, workplace policy and the real-world effects of those rules on workers and managers.
In practice she handles matters that arise under employment statutes, discrimination law and workplace policy. Her work has an international dimension, addressing cross-border labor concerns, multinational employer policies and the ways domestic employment protections interact with international norms. She has experience drafting and advising on compliance programs, workplace investigations and agreements that affect executives and professionals.
Colleagues describe Lazar as an operator who moves between advocacy before administrative bodies, committee work inside professional organizations and practical advice for clients. She continues to participate in bar leadership and committee projects while maintaining an active practice in New York. Her current practice focuses on labor and employment matters including workplace discrimination, employment agreements, and international employment issues.
