Denise M. Keyser

Litigation, Labor and Employment, Health Care

Denise M. Keyser is a partner in the Litigation Department and a member of the Labor and Employment Group and Health Care Group. For over 20 years, she has represented national and locally based businesses in all types of labor and employment matters, including collective bargaining, arbitrations, OSHA, ERISA, wage and hour, employment-at-will, wrongful discharge, discrimination, management training, and affirmative action.

Ms. Keyser's experience includes serving as chief spokesperson and lead negotiator in collective bargaining negotiations for employers in a wide variety of industries, including education, chemical manufacturing, food production, distribution, and public safety. She has handled numerous labor arbitrations on disciplinary and contract issues. She has experience before the National Labor Relations Board and has litigated cases involving issues such as discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, wage and hour issues, breach of contract, and ERISA in both state and federal courts. Finally, Ms. Keyser has worked closely with clients in drafting policies and handbooks, resolving compliance issues, and in day-to-day employment counseling.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association, Member, Executive Committee, and Coordinator, Disability Discrimination Subcommittee, Labor and Employment Law Section; also, past Co-chair, Disability Discrimination Subcommittee, and past Chair, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section

New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Section Quarterly, past member, Editorial Board

Recognition & Accomplishments

College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, labor and employment law, 2003-2011

The Best Lawyers in America, labor and employment law, 2006-2012

AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Publications

Contributing author, "New Jersey Workplace Law," the ICLE/New Jersey State Bar Association compendium of New Jersey employment law

Speaking Engagements

Frequent speaker on developments in labor and employment law before bar, business, and community groups, including the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the Council on Education in Management

2012 Labor & Employment Law Forum, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, in cooperation with the NJSBA Labor & Employment Law Section, New Brunswick, N.J., March 6, 2012

"Healthcare Focused Legislative Update," Philadelphia & Suburban Healthcare Human Resources Association, May 16, 2008

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1983)

State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A.1980, with high honors)

New Jersey

Pennsylvania