In 2026, Deborah Gordon will celebrate 50 years as a practicing attorney. For over 30 years, she has specialized in employment and civil rights law and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America as one of the best employment lawyers in the United States for almost 40 years.
Over her legendary career, Deborah has served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Division, and a Senior Trial Attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before founding her own firm in 1987.
The Deborah L. Gordon firm has handled racial profiling and discrimination cases, Title IX investigations, whistleblower and retaliation cases, and many other cases that have been highlighted in local and national news.