Tanya Blocker

Assistant General Counsel and Director, Labor and Employment Group
National Grid

After receiving her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, Tanya Blocker began her legal career working at the law firm Kaye Scholer LLP, where her practice centered around complex commercial litigation matters, including white-collar criminal defense and employment law. Subsequently, Blocker served as Senior Counsel for the Labor & Employment Law Division of the New York City Law Department, Office of Corporation Counsel, and a few AM 100 National Law Firms; where she litigated management-side employment, labor matters, class, and collective actions.

Blocker’s drive and dynamic personality have also facilitated her success in her leadership roles, including as the former President of the Association of Black Women Attorneys and the former Co-Chair of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section. With global leadership in her sights, Blocker has spent a significant portion of time in Accra, Ghana engaging in diversity and governance work and has presented on international employment law in Lagos, Nigeria. Blocker has been recognized for her exemplary leadership prowess, including by the Network Journal and Profiles in Diversity as 2019’s 40 Under Forty Achievement recipient and Women Worth Watching honoree. Most recently Blocker was listed as a 2020 Top 100 Attorney, by Top 100 Magazine.

Blocker currently serves as an Executive Council for the Network of Bar Leaders and is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Committee.

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