Professional Activities
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
The IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey, Trustee (term: 2010-2015)
Academy of New Jersey Management Attorneys (ANJMA), founding member and Treasurer; Chair of CLE Committee (2010-present)
American Bar Association
Recognition & Accomplishments
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow (2006-present)
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, labor and employment law, 2003-2012
The Best Lawyers in America, labor law, employment law, 2006-2013
Named Best Lawyers' 2013 Philadelphia Labor Law - Management "Lawyer of the Year"
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Acknowledged by New York Magazine, New Jersey Monthly, and South Jersey Magazine as a leader in the field of labor and employment law
Recent Publications
"President Obama's Controversial Recess Appointments: Heading to Supreme Court?" Bloomberg BNA Labor & Employment Law Resource Center, April 13, 2012
"At Long Last: EEOC Clarifies 'Reasonable Factors Other Than Age' Defense," NJSBA 2012 Summer Quarterly article
"President Obama's Controversial Recess Appointments: Heading to Supreme Court?" Bloomberg BNA Daily Report for Executives, February 15, 2012
"OSHA Resurgent: The Agency Addresses Workplace Violence, Distracted Driving, Whistleblowing and Sarbanes Oxley," NJSBA 2011 Winter Quarterly article
Chapter author, ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide (4th Edition): Federal Employment Laws and Benefits, a Primer for ERISA Lawyers (to be published Fall 2012)
Recent 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
American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law
"Occupy NLRB: Social Protest and Labor Law," Sixth Annual CLE Conference, Atlanta, November 1, 2012
Academy of New Jersey Management Attorneys
"Litigating the Employment Case: Advanced Issues," Florham Park, N.J., October 27, 2012
New Jersey Institute For Continuing Legal Education and New Jersey Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
Panelist, "Social Media in Litigation/Trial," 2013 Labor & Employment Law Forum, New Brunswick, March 12, 2013
"Hot Tips in Labor and Employment Law, Hot Tips On Social Media Issues," New Brunswick, June 1, 2012
"The NLRB Addresses Social Media Issues," NJSBA 18th Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, May 18, 2012
"Hot Topics and Tactics In Employment Litigation: Attorneys Fee Awards," 2012 Labor & Employment Law Forum, New Brunswick, March 6, 2012
"Hot Topics and Tactics in Employment Law Trials," Labor and Employment Law Forum, Edison, March 15, 2011
"NJLAD Round Up: Significant Recent Disability Cases, Disability Law Update: Hot Topics Under the LAD and ADA," New Brunswick, March 31, 2009
National Employment Law Institute (NELI)
"Terminations and Severance Agreements," 32nd Annual Employment Law Briefing, Orlando, March 6, 2013
"Managing the Medical Process," 2011 Family and Medical Leave Act Workshop, Newark, N.J., June 7, 2011
"Development in Labor Law," 2010 Employment Law Conference, Washington, D.C., December 9, 2010
ALI-ABA
"Sex Discrimination & Harassment in the Workplace, Employment and Labor Relations Law for the Corporate Counsel and the General Practitioner, Philadelphia, June 14, 2012
Ballard Spahr Labor & Employment Group
Panelist, "The Impact of the D.C. Circuit Court NLRB Ruling on the CFPB," Ballard Spahr webinar, February 4, 2013
"New Media, New Liability: Navigating Social Media Use in the Workplace," Workplace Law Today: Labor and Employment Law Update, Philadelphia, May 9, 2012
"Interfacing With Government Agencies, What To Do When They Come Knocking," 2012 Salt Lake SHRM Employment Law Seminar, Salt Lake City, April 10, 2012
"Wage and Hour Compliance: Learn From Others' Mistakes," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Mount Laurel, N.J., October 5, 2011
"Wage and Hour Payouts: Learn From Others' Mistakes," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia, September 21, 2011
"By a Thousand Cuts: The Agenda of the Obama NLRB," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Mount Laurel, N.J., April 27, 2011
"By a Thousand Cuts: The Agenda of the Obama NLRB," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia, March 30, 2011
"I Won't Be in Today: The Interlay of Employee Rights Under the ADA and FMLA," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Voorhees, N.J., November 17, 2010
"Workplace Investigations: Strategies and Ethical Considerations," Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Voorhees, N.J., April 24, 2009
DuPont Women's Lawyers Conference
"Charting Your Path: Branding Yourself" Panel, Eleventh Annual Conference on Women & the Practice of Law for DuPont, Wilmington, Del., March 24, 2011
Human Resources Association of Southern New Jersey
"Legislative Update – Keeping Up With the Obama Administration!" Cumberland County College, Vineland, N.J., June 18, 2009
Southern Shore Human Resource Management Association of New Jersey
"Implications of Medical Marijuana in the Workplace," Somers Point, N.J., October 13, 2010
"Disability Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodation Issues: Exploring the ADA through the Mock Deposition of an HR Manager," Somers Point, N.J., April 21, 2010
"Legislative Update – Keeping Up with the Obama Administration," Somers Point, N.J., October 21, 2009
Tri-State Human Resources Management Association
"Legal Update: New Media, New Liability: Navigating Social Media Use in the Workplace," 11th Annual Tri-State Human Resources Management Association's 2012 HR Toolkit for Non-Profit Organizations, Mount Laurel, N.J., July 19, 2012
"Whistleblowing in the Workplace," 10th Annual Tri-State Human Resources Management Association's 2011 HR Toolkit for Non-Profit Organizations, Mount Laurel, N.J., July 14, 2011
"Disability Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodation Issues: Exploring the ADA and the NJLAD through the Mock Deposition of an HR Manager," 8th Annual Tri-State Human Resources Management Association's 2009 HR Toolkit for Non-Profit Organizations, Blackwood, N.J., July 8, 2009