Best Lawyers in New Jersey, United States for Labor and Employment Law - Management
Patrick T. Collins is Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. He practices labor, employment, and personnel law on behalf of employers and management personnel. He has a wide range of experience in all areas of litigation in both federal and state courts, defending discrimination and sexual harassment claims, wrongful discharge and whistleblower suits, disability accommodations, family and marital leave issues, and the multitude of other civil rights and anti-discrimi...
Ms. Amalfe is listed among the region’s leading employment lawyers by Best Lawyers® , Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business , and New Jersey Super Lawyers . As Chair of the firm’s Employment & Labor Law Department, Ms. Amalfe manages almost 100 lawyers across 15 offices, overseeing legal, administrative, and business development functions for one of the firm’s most active business units, with clients among the world’s best-known com...
Brett M. Anders is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He exclusively represents management in workplace law, including counseling and litigation. Brett routinely advises clients regarding day-to-day employment issues, such as employee discipline and discharge, disability management issues, reductions-in-force and restrictive covenants. He also regularly conducts training programs for employers on a variety of employment-related topics, such as perfor...
Jemi is an experienced trial attorney and legal counselor who focuses her practice on employment law, complex commercial and business litigation, and higher education law, in state and federal courts. She represents private and public sector clients, including employers, colleges and universities, and business entities engaged in a broad range of industries. She is a leader of the firm's employment practice. Her experience encompasses employment-related disputes including claims of alleged di...
John K. Bennett is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His entire practice is devoted to representing employers in all areas of labor and employment-related matters. John regularly handles employment-related litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including substantial experience in jury trials. He also handles enforcing employment agreements to arbitrate claims, and arbitrations under those agreements, as well as arbitrati...
Galit Kierkut is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Galit practices law in Florham Park, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Galit Kierkut since 2013. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Galit Kierkut is held by other lawyers.
Michael J. Slocum focuses his practice on labor and employment law, including the defense of discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge and whistleblower claims. Michael has represented employers in a broad array of industries, including health care and life sciences, pharmaceutical, private security, and retail, and has experience defending against both individual employee claims and class actions. Michael has written and spoken numerous times on a multitude of issues facing employers i...
Tedd J. Kochman is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management and Labor Law - Management. Tedd J. practices law in Newark, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Tedd J. Kochman since 2015. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Tedd J. Kochman is held by other lawyers.
Susan L. Nardone is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Susan L. practices law in Newark, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Susan L. Nardone since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Susan L. Nardone is held by other lawyers.
Tricia B. O’Reilly is an accomplished litigator and trial attorney with more than twenty years of experience in the fields of commercial litigation, employment law, and internal investigations. As a commercial litigator, Tricia has assisted clients across a broad range of industries in matters involving commercial contract disputes, shareholder oppression, unfair competition, fraudulent business practices claims, intellectual property, and antitrust litigation, and in defending complex,...
Mark has a diverse litigation and counseling practice representing both private and public sector employers. For more than 20 years he has been defending employers in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour, and other employment-related cases before state and federal courts, administrative agencies and arbitration tribunals. Mark also provides counseling and compliance advice to employers with respect to the full spectrum of employment ...
Kevin O’Connor is a Partner at Peckar & Abramson PC , where he serves as Chair of the Business Litigation practice and Co-Vice Chair of the Labor & Employment practice. Based in River Edge, New Jersey, Kevin represents management-side clients in Commercial Litigation , Employment Law – Management, and Labor Law – Management matters across a wide range of industries. He is a United States Air Force veteran, having served for six years in the Strategic Air Command, and...
Kathie Caminiti is a partner in the firm's New Jersey and New York offices, and co-chair of the Pay Equity practice group. She has extensive experience handling employment litigation matters, ranging from individual plaintiff discrimination claims to wage and hour class and collective actions. Kathie has successfully defended cases alleging civil rights violations, race, sex, age and handicap discrimination, sexual harassment, whistle-blowing, wrongful discharge and retaliation. Kathie has a ...
Robert J. Cino is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His practice focuses on litigation for management exclusively. Robert handles all aspects of employment law litigation including claims of harassment and discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy, age, race, religion, national origin and disability, as well as wrongful discharge, FMLA, CEPA, and retaliation claims. On behalf of clients, Robert has successfully obtained injunctive relief for ...
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