Atty. Wendy Stryker
Wendy Stryker is Co-Chair of the Employment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit. She represents marketing services agencies, media and entertainment companies, tech startups, and other sophisticated corporations and individual executives in New York State and Federal courts and before administrative agencies and self-regulatory organizations.
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Wendy Stryker is a employment attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC. Educated at New York University (J.D., 1996). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Management (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Awards: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Lawyers of Color: Law Firm Diversity Professionals 2023 (2026). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Wendy Stryker is Co-Chair of the Employment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit
- She represents marketing services agencies, media and entertainment companies, tech startups, and other sophisticated corporations and individual executives in New York State and Federal courts and before administrative agencies and self-regulatory organizations
- She is recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the 2025 edition for her expertise in Employment Law
- Ms. Stryker also effectively plays the role of outside general counsel
- She advises on a wide variety of employment issues as they arise, including discrimination and harassment, employee classification, wage and hour, employee discipline, employee use of social media, background checks, interview questions, and requests for disability accommodations
- She regularly helps clients manage litigation risk through expert guidance and the design and implementation of compliance and training programs
- A frequent public speaker, Ms. Stryker has presented at the New York City Bar Association Employment Law Institute, the New York State Bar Association Women on the Move Conference, the Producers Guild of America East, the International Association of Young Lawyers’ HNW Same Sex Family’s Going Global Conference, the South-by-Southwest Conference, and Social Media Week in New York
- The Society for Human Resource Management frequently quotes Ms. Stryker on employment law topics, and she has been interviewed on employment law matters by Forbes, Variety and SiriusXM
- She is editor of the MLRC Employment Survey: New York Libel Law
- Ms. Stryker is President of the Board of Directors of the New York Civil Liberties Union and is a member of the New York City Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee and the Media Law Resource Center Employment Law Committee
- She has successfully represented two New York City tenant advocacy groups on a pro bono basis, helping them to defeat on First Amendment grounds a landlord’s attempt to ban their community service efforts
- Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Stryker was a law clerk to the Honorable Michael H. Dolinger, United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York
- She is admitted to practice in New York
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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