Employment Law - Individuals Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jon W. Green
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
JON W. GREEN is a partner in the Florham Park, N.J. law firm of Green Savits, LLC. He currently concentrates in the practice of employment law and civil rights litigation on behalf of employees. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits. He has been designated as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court since 1998. Each and every year since 2005, Mr. Green has been selected by his peers since 2005 as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in Plaintiff’s Employment Litigation. He has been for over the past decade a Master in New Jersey’s Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court that concentrates solely on teaching new lawyers in the fundamentals of practicing employment law. Mr. Green was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in November 2014. He currently is a member of the Amicus Committee of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association. He was elected as a Best Lawyer of the Year effective August 15, 2017.
Overview
- Yeshiva University, J.D., graduated 1985
- New York, 1980
- New Jersey, 1985
- American Bar Association - EEO Committee
- National Employment Lawyers Association - Member
- Sidney Reitman Inn of Court - Master
- New York, 1980
- New Jersey, 1985
- American Bar Association - EEO Committee
- National Employment Lawyers Association - Member
- Sidney Reitman Inn of Court - Master
- Yeshiva University, J.D., graduated 1985
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Employment Law - Individuals, Newark (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
News & Media
Q&A
Our firm represents employees in non-union legal actions. Our case load runs the gamut from discrimination, retaliation, reasonable accommodation and breach of contract cases. In the past few years, we are doing more of the following: 1) Sarbanes Oxley/Dodd Frank whistleblower cases and 2) collective action wage and hour cases.
The common denominator question is what are my rights and what is a reasonable severance offer? Also, can i get a reasonable accommodation for my specific situation. Finally, can the employer do this.
Sarbanes Oxley case that settled, environmental whistleblower case that a judge ruled there is sufficient evident to go to trial and preparing for a tril involving sex harassment in the police force including retaliation and violation of constitutional rights under the First Amendment.
The law is constantly evolving; also, judges and juries don't view the same set of facts and law the same way. Also, trying our hardest to fulfill our client's goals where the employer will not cooperate.
My first employment case was actually a defense of a sex harassment claim that went to trial and settled during trial. At the time that I litigated that case some three decades ago, I was at a cross-roads as to what I wanted to do with my legal career. I found employment law both intellectually challenging and the different fact scenarios fascinating. Employment law permits me to challenge myself intellectually, to write briefs which I love doing and to help people who when they come to me are at their most vulnerable. There is nothing more satisfying than helping someone in need by helping them build a financial bridge to the next stage in their career and life. What is even more gratifying is when clients have told me that i have helped them regain their self confidence; I am not sure how I have done so but am very glad that I can be of help. In sum, I feel that I am making a positive difference in people's lives and that is the most important motivation of all.
Avid golfer (currently 8 handicap), baseball and tennis fan, reader of history concentrating in American history, mysteries and spy fiction, travel throughout our country and abroad, jazz and classical music, movies, comedy and theater. My fantasy is to write a ground breaking history of an important subject area in our country's history but that may have to be deferred to my next life.
Critical to successfully representing employees is to have a sense of humor and don't sweat the small stuff.
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