Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management
Stephen E. "Steve" Trimboli
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2015 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Stephen E. Trimboli, Esq., is a labor, employment, regulatory compliance and reputation defense attorney for businesses, non-profits and public entities in New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C. He is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and the New York University School of Law. And he is a founding partner of Trimboli & Prusinowski, L.L.C., headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, and with offices in New York City and Philadephia, Pa.
Steve is admitted to practice in the States of New Jersey and New York, Washington D.C., in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.
In addition to all areas of labor and employment law on behalf of management, Steve’s practice includes commercial litigation, administrative law, occupational safety and health law, interest arbitration, police and fire disciplinary hearings, non-tax pension law disputes, appeals, wage and hour law, and EEO compliance. He has also provided employment defense litigation services for insurance carriers such as Chubb and Lexington Insurance.
Steve is a member of the New Jersey chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and the New York University School of Law. Mr. Trimboli is the author of the “Unfair Labor Practices” Chapter of New Jersey Labor and Employment Law, published by the New Jersey State Bar Association and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He has served as the Third Circuit contributor to the monthly Labor and Employment Law Newsletter of the Federal Bar Association, and has been published in The Federal Lawyer, the monthly publication of the Federal Bar Association.
He serves on the Board of Directors of Preferred Behavioral Health, and the Board of Directors of Oaks Integrated Care. He has been recognized by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey “for his unwavering dedication to the Substance Abuse Prevention Community of New Jersey.”
Overview
- New York University, J.D., graduated 1983
- New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1983
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar, 1988
- New York, New York State Bar Association, 2023
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1983
- Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1983
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993 and 2016
- United States Supreme Court, 1996
- New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1983
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar, 1988
- New York, New York State Bar Association, 2023
- New York University, J.D., graduated 1983
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1983
- Federal District Court of New Jersey, 1983
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1993 and 2016
- United States Supreme Court, 1996
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Labor Law - Union
- Government Contracts
- Arbitration
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Morris County Sheriff’s Office v. PBA Local 298, 418 N.J. Super. 64 (App. Div. 2011)
Mr. Trimboli was successful in this case which established, for the first time in New Jersey, that “featherbedding” provisions in public sector labor contracts are not enforceable.
- Matter of County of Morris, Morris County Sheriff’s Office, Docket No. A-1109-12T1 (November 15, 2013)
In this case, Mr. Trimboli persuaded the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, to reverse a Public Employment Relations Commission and vacate an interest arbitration award that had improperly granted corrections officers step increment payments for 2011 without applying the statutory criteria mandated by the interest arbitration statute. The case established the proposition that an interest arbitrator cannot rest merely by stating that the parties’ prior contract called for step increments. The interest arbitrator must apply all relevant statutory criteria to the proposed step increments, including specific factors pertaining to financial impact.
- Woods v. City of Trenton, Civil Action No 19-cv-10336
This is a lawsuit filed in April 2019 and now pending in federal court in the very early stages. It arises from the same events that led to the termination of these three individuals. They assert claims of unlawful overtime and compensatory time practices in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New Jersey Wage and Hour Laws, retaliation for complaints under the New Jersey Wage Laws, wrongful discharge, and a whistleblower claim under the Conscientious Employee Protection Law.
- Anderson v. Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, Case No. 11-cv-07620
This is an employment litigation involving allegation of sex discrimination and harassment, race discrimination and harassment, and retaliation in Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey. We obtained summary judgment dismissing all claims. The matter is currently on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
- Munn v. City of Trenton, MER-L-223-18
This officer was charged with insubordination. On appeal to Civil Service, the matter was settled by Munn agreeing to accept a 10-day suspension and agreeing to plead guilty to violation of Police Dept. Rule 4:4.4, Criticism of Official Acts. Munn also filed a civil litigation seeking to have the disciplinary action vacated based on a variety of meritless legal grounds. The civil litigation was dismissed on our motion. We were then instructed by the Law Department to pursue sanctions against Munn’s attorneys for frivolous litigation. Munn’s attorneys were sanctioned in the amount of $3,760.75. Munn’s attorneys have appealed these sanctions, and oral argument was heard on July 23, 2019 and we are expecting the appeal decision this week. The outcome of their appeal will not affect the disciplinary action imposed on Munn in any way.
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