Valdi Licul is a Partner at Wigdor LLP and a highly skilled civil rights attorney with 25 years of experience representing plaintiffs in employment and anti-discrimination cases.
Throughout his career, Valdi has represented numerous high-earning clients in high-profile and contentious matters involving issues such as sexual harassment, discrimination based on sex, pregnancy, race, age, national origin, disability, religion, and sexual orientation. His expertise also encompasses whistleblower retaliation, executive compensation, breach of contract, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, defamation, wage and hour violations, and various other employment-related disputes.
His trial verdicts, arbitration awards, and confidential settlements amount to tens of millions of dollars.
Valdi serves clients in a diverse array of industries, including financial services, private equity, accounting, law, technology, healthcare, sports, media and entertainment, education, real estate, architecture, transportation, telecommunications, fashion, and more.
Recently, he has been advising clients in the financial services sector regarding New York’s 2022 whistleblower law, focusing on allegations of corporate misconduct such as defrauding shareholders, misrepresenting asset values, and front running.
Valdi is a sought-after speaker on employment law topics, an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, and serves on the Board of the Federal Bar Council, where he co-chairs the Employment Litigation Committee.
Before joining Wigdor, Valdi spent over 16 years at a prominent plaintiff-side labor and employment law firm, representing workers in employment-related disputes in both federal and state courts as well as in arbitration. He also worked in the Special Litigation and Appeals Unit of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service for the Appellate Division, Second Department, advocating for disabled individuals in civil rights cases.
Additionally, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lois Bloom, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
