Connie Montoya brings nearly two decades of class action experience to her trial and litigation practice in employment law and consumer protection defense. Connie has litigated in the federal, state and administrative courts of New York and New Jersey in countless class action lawsuits involving claims brought under various federal and state employment and consumer laws. In the field of labor and employment, Connie counsels her clients on a variety of employment issues, focusing on discrimination and harassment matters, including claims relating to discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, age, pregnancy and disability. She routinely deals with claims involving state and local employment laws, and compliance with the same. As for consumer class action litigation, Connie frequently defends leading financial services organizations against claims arising from various federal regulatory statutes. Before joining Hinshaw, Connie was an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Special Federal Litigation Division of the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, where she defended the City and its municipal employees in federal civil rights actions.