Brooks, Molly A.

MOLLY A. BROOKS is an associate at Outten & Golden LLP. She represents employees in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law, including wage and hour class actions and individual discrimination cases.

Before joining Outten & Golden LLP, Ms. Brooks litigated state and federal court actions on behalf of labor unions and union-affiliated health and retirement plans as an associate at Cohen, Weiss and Simon, LLP in New York.

Ms. Brooks received her B.A. in 1998 from Grinnell College and her J.D. in 2004 from Northeastern University School of Law, where she was the co-founder of the law school's chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association. During law school, Ms. Brooks worked on labor and employment matters at the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Segal Roitman, LLP, and Greater Boston Legal Services.

Ms. Brooks is admitted to practice in New York, Massachusetts, the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Brooks is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, its New York affiliate, and the American Bar Association.

Before law school, Ms. Brooks was an organizer for a grassroots welfare rights advocacy organization and a fundraiser for a national feminist newspaper.