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Rene S. Roupinian is a Partner at a prestigious law firm in New York, specializing in Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act cases. With over fifteen years of experience, she has successfully represented thousands of employees in various industries, including telecommunications, transportation, and manufacturing. Her landmark Supreme Court victory in 2017 solidified her reputation as a top bankruptcy lawyer in the country.

Rene S. Roupinian is a Partner at the firm and Co-Chair of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Practice Group, as well as a member of the Class Action Practice Group. With a focus on litigating WARN Act cases for over fifteen years, Ms. Roupinian has represented numerous employees who were terminated without proper notice, in violation of federal and state laws. The firm\s WARN practice is known nationwide, covering a wide range of industries such as telecommunications, transportation, and retail.

A significant portion of Ms. Roupinian\s cases are class actions, often filed in bankruptcy court as adversary proceedings. In a groundbreaking decision in 2017, the firm\s WARN Act Practice Group secured a victory for 1,800 terminated truck drivers in the United States Supreme Court case Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. This decision was recognized as one of the top ten most important in bankruptcy law, leading to Law360 naming the WARN Practice Group as the Bankruptcy Group of the Year.

Ms. Roupinian is a respected figure in the legal community, having lectured on the WARN Act and the prosecution of WARN claims as class actions in bankruptcy court. Her expertise has been acknowledged in various publications, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Forbes. She received her BA from the University of Michigan and her JD from Michigan State University College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Executive Board.

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