Not only do the people here care about making a meaningful impact, they’re actually doing it.
Why Tycko & Zavareei LLP?
Not only do the people here care about making a meaningful impact, they’re actually doing it.
Shana Khader is passionate about using the legal system creatively to challenge abuses of power and to seek justice on behalf of traditionally marginalized communities and poor people–even in hard cases. In the past several years, she has specialized in representing low-income immigrant workers in Texas. As Senior Managing Attorney at the Equal Justice Center and as Director of Legal Services at Workers Defense Project, Ms. Khader represented workers in challenging abusive employment practices through class and individual litigation, policy advocacy, and community organizing. She also has extensive experience working with survivors of sexual harassment and assault at work. She has obtained favorable decisions and verdicts on behalf of her clients in state and federal court.
Prior to moving to Texas, Ms. Khader served as a Kirkland & Ellis Public Service Fellow at the New York Legal Assistance Group, where she represented low-income New Yorkers who were victimized by unscrupulous debt collectors in courts throughout the city.
Ms. Khader graduated with academic honors from Columbia Law School. She served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Debra C. Freeman, Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of New York.
Ms. Khader served as a member of the Dallas Civil Service Board, has served as a board member of the DFW chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, and is an alumna of the Latino Center for Leadership Development Leadership Academy. She is fluent in Spanish.
Represented group of Hispanic workers at an egg and poultry farm in rural Texas in class claims of race and national origin discrimination. Plaintiffs alleged that Hispanic workers had been routinely subject to unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, including harassment and assault on the job. The case resulted in a favorable settlement.
Obtained a settlement on behalf of servers at a well-known chain restaurant in a collective action for unpaid minimum and overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standard Act. Plaintiffs alleged that management regularly deleted their working hours from the timekeeping system and made unlawful deductions from their tips.
Represented Spanish-speaking janitorial worker at large produce distribution facility who was severely sexually harassed and sexually assaulted by her supervisor. Defeated motion for summary judgment and obtained a settlement on her behalf.
Developed legal claims in class litigation on behalf of a class of low-income individuals who were victims of a debt buyer’s sewer service scheme in New York City.
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