Jane Lang

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Jane Lang is an American lawyer, arts philanthropist, and advocate for arts education. She has been characterized as a neighborhood activist, the primary force responsible for revitalizing a run-down area of Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of entrepreneur and philanthropist Eugene Lang, and the older sister of actor Stephen Lang. She also co-founded the law firm Sprenger + Lang. In her legal career, Lang has specialized in employment litigation and housing law. In several notable cases, Lang settled class-action lawsuits against employers for sexual harassment, race discrimination, and other similar broad-reaching cases. At Sprenger + Lang she has represented plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases, including race discrimination class actions that were settled against the Pillsbury Co. and Northwest Airlines, with consent decrees in 1990 and 1991. She was lead counsel with Paul Sprenger in In re Pepco Employment Litigation and numerous other cases litigated during the first...

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