Ayelén R. Rodriguez

Ayelén R. Rodriguez is a Managing Associate in Dentons' Employment and Labor group, resident in the firm's New York office. Her practice focuses on Employment Law.

Ayelén advises multistate employers on a broad range of federal, state and local employment law matters. Her practice includes counselling clients on compliance with key statutes such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws. She partners with clients to proactively manage risk, navigate complex workplace issues and implement practical, business-oriented solutions.

She represents clients in federal and state courts, as well as before administrative agencies, in disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour claims and contractual matters. Her litigation practice spans all phases of the process, from drafting pleadings and managing complex discovery to preparing fact and expert witnesses for depositions and trial, and developing effective case and settlement strategies.

In addition to her litigation and counselling work, she regularly conducts and advises on internal workplace investigations involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and other employee misconduct. She approaches investigations with a thoughtful, impartial and detail-oriented methodology.

She also routinely drafts and reviews a wide array of employment-related documents, including employee handbooks, employment and separation agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, cease and desist letters, termination communications and workplace policies. She has experience preparing and delivering customised sexual harassment and workplace compliance training programmes.

She holds a JD from Fordham University School of Law (2020), an LLM, magna cum laude, from Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (2020) and a BA from Columbia College of Columbia University (2014). She was a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder in 2024 and received the National Latino/a Law Student Association Alumna of the Year Award in 2024. She serves on the National Latino/a Law Student Association Alumni Advisory Board (2023–2025).