PERSON: Nancy Erika Smith

Smith Mullin

Partner

Mith is recognized nationally for her ferocity as a civil rights attorney. She’s perhaps best known for representing Gretchen Carlson when she settled her sexual harassment suit against Fox News and Roger Ailes for $20 million, but she has plenty more under her belt and surely more to come.

Smith co-founded Smith Mullin in Montclair with her husband Neil Mullin, and after 30-plus years of fighting and winning employment law cases, she’s sought after by TV stations and newspapers for commentary on discrimination and harassment as much as she’s sought after by employees for representation in them.

Smith has argued and won several cases before the New Jersey Supreme Court, and among her most important victories across courts were cases involving New Jersey Transit, the Essex County Sheriff’s office, WWOR-TV, Prudential Insurance Co., Rutgers University and IBM Corp.

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