Douglas Holden Wigdor is a founding partner of the law firm Wigdor LLP, and works as a litigator in New York City, specializing in anti-discrimination law. Wigdor is best known for representing seven victims of alleged sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, the hotel maid in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case, over twenty employees at Fox News in sexual harassment and discrimination cases, and NFL coaches Brian Flores, Steve Wilks, and Ray Horton in a 2022 class action lawsuit against the National Football League alleging racist and discriminatory practices against Black coaches.
Wigdor received his B.A. degree from Washington University in St. Louis where he now endows a scholarship to the Arts & Science School and where a cycling studio has been named after him. He received his J.D. degree from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and is a member of the International Tennis Club of the United States. He received a master's degree at St Cross College, Oxford University and was named the 2007 and 2014 Alumnus of the Year.
The college has named the West Quad library and garden room after him and his wife Catherine, an alumna of Lincoln College, Oxford. At Oxford, he was on the university’s 1995 national championship basketball team. Wigdor has lectured on university campuses as a guest lecturer and speaker.
