Marolhin D. Mendez is an Associate in the Long Island, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focuses on preparing affirmative action plans for federal contractors and defending federal contractors in audits by the United States Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Ms. Mendez worked as an Agency Attorney in the EEO & Diversity Department of a large North American transit system. Ms. Mendez also served as a Deputy Attorney General in the Employment Counseling and Labor section of the State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, where she represented state agencies, departments, and universities in labor and employment matters. She has represented clients in state and federal courts, as well as before administrative agencies including the Office of Administrative Law, the Division on Civil Rights, the Public Employment Relations Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

While in law school, Ms. Mendez was the Managing Articles Editor of the Rutgers Race and the Law Review and President of the Rutgers Labor & Employment Law Society. She also interned for the Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh (retired) of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.