Dana Busgang is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Civil Rights & Employment practice.
Dana first joined the firm as a law fellow where they worked across practices and were involved in litigating individual and class actions in federal courts.
While in law school, Dana was an articles editor for American University Law Review.
Publications:
- Dana Busgang, Comment, Sovereign Exception No More: The Impact of Israel’s Potential Annexation of the Jordan River Valley on Israel’s Obligations Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 70 AM. U. L. REV. 211 (2020).
Before law school, Dana was a pro bono coordinator at a highly regarded international defense law firm and at the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland.
- District of Columbia
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2022
- Goucher College, B.A., cum laude, 2014
Law Fellow, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC (2022 – 2023)
Current Cases
Elite Wall Systems Wage Theft Litigation
Calderon, et al. v. Elite Wall Systems LLC, et al. (D. Md.): Cohen Milstein represents construction workers in a class action case brought against Elite Wall Systems and multiple general contractors that retained Elite, in a wage theft action involving numerous construction projects across Maryland and Washington, D.C. The workers claim that Elite engaged in an unlawful wage theft scheme by misclassifying them as independent contractors, failing to pay overtime wages, and failing to pay workers prevailing wages.
Ndugga v. Bloomberg, L.P.
Ndugga v. Bloomberg, L.P. (S.D.N.Y.): Cohen Milstein represents a putative class of women who work or worked as reporters, producers, and editors at Bloomberg Media, and who allege that they were subjected to gender-based pay and promotion discrimination at the company.
Ralph Talarico v. Public Partnerships, LLC
Ralph Talarico v. Public Partnerships, LLC (E.D. Pa.): Cohen Milstein is leading a certified Rule 23 class action, consisting of over 15,000 past and present “direct care” homecare workers who brought Pennsylvania state law claims, and an opt-in class of more than 4,900 past and present homecare workers who have brought FLSA claims, for denied overtime wages against Public Partnerships, LLC (PPL). Homecare workers play a critical role in the care of individuals with disabilities. The case involves novel joint employer issues.
Past Cases
Bird, et al. v. Garland
Bird, et al. v. Garland (D.D.C.): Cohen Milstein represents a certified class action of 34 current and former female FBI agents, who claim they suffered systemic gender discrimination and subsequent termination from the FBI’s Basic Training program for new agents. The women bring their claims of disparate treatment and disparate impact under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On February 5, 2025, the court orally granted final approval of a $22.6 million settlement, including important injunctive relief against the FBI.
Amicus Briefs
Hare v. David S. Brown Enterprises, LTD.
Hare v. David S. Brown Enterprises, LTD. (Sup. Md.): On March 7, 2025, Cohen Milstein and the Public Justice Center submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of Maryland in support of petitioner Katrina Hare in Hare v. David S. Brown Enterprises, LTD. The case revolves around Katrina Hare, an elderly and disabled African American woman who was denied housing by a landlord because she did not meet its minimum income requirement of $47,700 a year, even though her Housing Choice Voucher would have covered all but $126 of the rent. The Circuit Court of Baltimore County ruled in favor of the landlord and claimed the denial was not discriminatory.