Practice Areas - Management Labor Law
- Employment Discrimination Law
- Wrongful Termination Law
| - Employee Benefits Law
- Litigation
- E-Discovery
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| University | Lafayette College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977 |
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| Law School | Seton Hall University, J.D., cum laude, 1980; New York University, LL.M., with honors, 1989 |
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| Admitted | 1980, New Jersey; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania |
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| Memberships | New Jersey State (Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations. |
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| Biography | Articles Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 1979-1980. Law Secretary to Honorable Robert L. Clifford, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1980-1981. Author: chapter, "Special Considerations in Cases Involving Labor and Employment Law," New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure published by New Jersey Law Journal Books, 2008 edition; "Revisiting The Arbitration of Employment Disputes" published in New Jersey Lawyer, 2008, Speaker: "Labor and Employment Update," session at the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) Meeting and Convention, 2008; "Avoiding the Big Burn: Preventing and Defending Against Retaliation and 'Whistle-Blower' Claims" USLAW Spring Client Conference, 2008; "Current Developments and Trends in Employment Law in New Jersey," 2002. Moderator, "Legal Ethics and Electrons: E-Mail, Electronic Records and E-Discovery" National Association of College and University Attorneys ("NACUA") Workshop, 2007. Ranked by Chambers USA 2009, 2010 as a leader in the Labor and Employment Law practice area. Named in Best Lawyers in America from 2006-2009, in New York Area's Best Lawyers from 2007-2009, and selected as a New Jersey Super Lawyer.
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| Reported Cases | Eckstein v. Farleigh Dickinson University, 2008 WL 918501 (N.J. App. Div., Apr. 7, 2008) (affirming grant of summary judgment for University, dismissing alleged discrimination and contract-related claims arising from tenure denial); Ward v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 06-1270, 226 Fed. Appx. 131 (3d Cir., Mar. 14, 2007) (affirming summary judgment dismissing ADA and FMLA claims by chemist whose employment was terminated for refusing employer's directive to submit to fitness-for-duty evaluation based on observations of workplace behavior and performance); Brandt v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Civ. No. 06-5424 (WJM), 2007 WL 1175751 (D.N.J., Apr. 19, 2007) (dismissing breach-of-contract and other common-law claims relating to discharge of bargaining-unit employee for violations of drug-testing provisions of applicable CBA, as preempted by federal labor law); Titus v. Kelly Services, Inc., No. A-5303-04T5__N.J. Super.__, 2007 WL 1223895 (App. Div., Apr. 27, 2007) (affirming judgment on "no cause" jury verdict on claims of gender discrimination in promotion, and affirming summary judgment dismissing constructive discharge claim prior to trial). |
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| ISLN | 909110404 |
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