Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, employment law - management, 2012-2020
Chambers USA, labor and employment law (Pennsylvania), 2009-2020
Benchmark Litigation, "Labor & Employment Star," Labor and Employment, 2019
Distinguished Advocate, Support Center for Child Advocates, 2017
Winner, 2013 International Law Office/Lexology Client Choice Award, for labor and employment in Pennsylvania, in recognition of law firm partners worldwide who provide excellent client care and quality of service
Recipient, Ballard Spahr's 2012 Alan J. Davis Award, for her pro bono work as leader of the Daniel Dougherty Capital Defense team
Recent Publications
Co-author, "DOL Opinion Letter Expands Exemption for Journalists and Media Personnel," Ballard Spahr alert, January 21, 2021
Co-author, "DOL Publishes Final Rule on Independent Contractor Classification," Ballard Spahr alert, January 11, 2021
Co-author, "Payroll Protection Program: Practical Advice for Completing Your Loan Necessity Questionnaire," Ballard Spahr alert, December 16, 2020
Co-author, "Passage of California's Prop 22 Provides Relief for Ridesharing Companies; Could Ripple to Other State and Federal Law," Ballard Spahr alert, November 9, 2020
Co-author, "PA’s Long-Awaited Overtime Rule Change Takes Effect," Ballard Spahr alert, October 12, 2020
Co-author, "Philadelphia Workers Now Entitled to Public Health Emergency Leave," Ballard Spahr alert, September 25, 2020
Co-author, "DOL Publishes Proposed ‘Independent Contractor’ Rule," Ballard Spahr alert, September 23, 2020
Co-author, "Federal Judge Blocks Portions of DOL’s Joint Employer Rule," Ballard Spahr alert, September 10, 2020
Co-author, "Treasury Issues Guidance Implementing Memorandum on Social Security Tax Deferral," Ballard Spahr alert, August 31, 2020
Co-author, "NLRB General Counsel Releases Slew of Advice Supporting Employers on Pandemic-Related Actions," Ballard Spahr alert, August 17, 2020
Co-author, "Trump Signs Memoranda and Executive Order: Enhanced Unemployment Benefits, Deferred Payroll Taxes, Student Loan Relief, and Halted Residential Evictions . . . Maybe," Ballard Spahr alert, August 13, 2020
Co-author, "DOL Hits Pause on Collecting Liquidated Damages" Ballard Spahr alert, June 26, 2020
Co-author, "NY Court of Appeals Grapples With Classifying Gig Workers and the Modern Economy," Ballard Spahr alert, May 18, 2020
Co-author, "Payroll Protection Program May Provide Relief to Eligible Small Businesses – If You Can Navigate the Workforce Issues," Ballard Spahr alert, April 13, 2020
Co-author, "CARES Act Provides Enhanced Unemployment Compensation Benefits," Ballard Spahr alert, March 27, 2020
Co-author, "Piecing Together the Gig Economy Puzzle," Bloomberg Law, February 2020
Co-author, "Interesting Times in Glass Houses: Internal Investigations for the Media Employer," Media Law Resource Center, Committee Report, December 2019
Co-author, "Union Dues Deductions Not Required After Contract Expiration," Ballard Spahr alert, December 18, 2019
Co-author, "NLRB Scales Back ‘Ambush Election’ Rule," Ballard Spahr alert, December 18, 2019
Co-author, "NLRB Continues Shift Toward Employer-Friendly Workplace Standards," Ballard Spahr alert, September 12, 2019
Co-author, "Full Speed Ahead for DOL on Wage-and-Hour Guidance and Rule Changes," Ballard Spahr alert, April 16, 2019
Co-author, "DOL Releases New Proposed Overtime Threshold: Time to Review FLSA Classifications," Ballard Spahr alert, March 8, 2019
Co-author, "INSIGHT: The Labor Flexibility and Legal Flux of the Gig Economy," Bloomberg Daily Labor Report, October 12, 2018
Co-author, "Contingent Workers and Independent Contractors: Legal Risks in the Health Care Industry," ASHHRA/IRI 49th Labor Activity in Health Care Report, September 2018
Co-author, "NLRB Decision Serves as Reminder of Weingarten Requirements," Ballard Spahr alert, July 19, 2018
Co-author, "Labor Classification in the Home Health Care Industry: A Sign of What's to Come?," Ballard Spahr alert, July 16, 2018
Co-author, "PA DOL Proposes Significant Changes to Overtime Exemptions," Ballard Spahr alert, June 29, 2018
Co-author, "Supreme Court Axes Mandatory Agency Fees for Public Sector Employees," Ballard Spahr alert, June 27, 2018
Co-author, "Third Circuit Rejects Challenge to School District's Bathroom Policy for Transgender Students," Ballard Spahr alert, June 21, 2018
Co-author, "Fate of Public Union Agency Fees In Hands of High Court," Law360, March 6, 2018
Co-author, "The Definition of a Whistleblower Under the Dodd-Frank Act is Shrinking," Ballard Spahr alert, March 1, 2018
Co-author, "Pennsylvania Plans New Overtime Rules," Ballard Spahr alert, January 19, 2018
Co-author, "Title VII Protects Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination, 7th Circuit Holds," Ballard Spahr alert, April 6, 2017
Co-author, "New Legal Challenges to Public Union Agency Fees," Ballard Spahr alert, January 19, 2017
Co-author, "Student Athletes Are Not Employees Under FLSA, Circuit Court Affirms," Ballard Spahr alert, December 7, 2016
Co-author, "U.S. District Court Enters Injunction Preventing Enforcement of New FLSA Rules," Ballard Spahr alert, November 23, 2016
Co-author, "DOL Issues Final Rule on Federal Contractors Requiring Paid Sick Leave," Ballard Spahr alert, September 30, 2016
Co-author, "NLRB Instructs Regional Offices To Report Complaints Issued against Federal Contractors," Ballard Spahr alert, July 12, 2016
Co-author, "Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction on DOL Persuader Rule," Ballard Spahr alert, June 30, 2016
Co-author, "Philadelphia Limits Employer Use of Credit Information," Ballard Spahr alert, June 21, 2016
Co-author, "The FLSA’s New Overtime Rule Is Here," Ballard Spahr alert, May 18, 2016
Co-author, "Top 5 Provisions for Your Staffing Contracts," Ballard Spahr alert, April 6, 2016
Co-author, "EEOC Proposes to Require Employers to Submit Pay Data," Ballard Spahr alert, February 1, 2016
Co-author, "Pennsylvania Supreme Court Delivers Clear Message to Employers Regarding Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements," Ballard Spahr alert, November 23, 2015
Q&A: Don’t Quarantine Yourself From Employment Law During an Ebola Outbreak," Bloomberg BNA, December 2014
Co-author, "Employee Benefits and the Unionized Workforce," chapter in ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide, 2011-2018 editions
Recent Speaking Engagements
"Scaling a Workforce and Company Culture: Being a Boss," BASE presentation, December 18, 2020
"Vaccines in the Workplace: To Mandate or Not to Mandate," Ballard Spahr podcast, December 4, 2020
"Operation Healthy Office: Return to Work and COVID-19," SLSA Annual Meeting, November 17, 2020
"Future of Work Webinar Series: Managing Employee Relations in Challenging Times," Pennsylvania State University, November 17, 2020
"Future of Work Webinar Series: Best Practices in Employment Law for the COVID-19 Workplace," Pennsylvania State University, October 23, 2020
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," National Employment Law Institute, November 12, 2020
"Life in Pandemic Times: How COVID-19 Has (and Has Not) Changed HR’s Role in the Business Organization," 2020 Ballard Spahr SEPA SHRM HR Legal Summit, September 11, 2020
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," National Employment Law Institute, August 27, 2020
"I Won't Come to Work! Legal and Practical Guidance for Employers Facing Accommodation Requests During COVID-19," Ballard Spahr CLE, August 13, 2020
"Top PPP Loan Forgiveness Challenges," Ballard Spahr webinar, August 5, 2020
"Operation Healthy Office: Return to Work and COVID-19," Pennsylvania Land Title Institute webinar, July 23, 2020
"Return to Work and COVID-19," NCHER presentation, June 30, 2020
"COVID-19 in the Workplace Series: Returned-to-Work: Newest Issues," National Employment Law Institute, June 25, 2020
"Nonprofit Considerations Regarding PPP Loan Forgiveness, Recent Flexibility Act Guidance and Employment Credits," Ballard Spahr webinar, June 17, 2020
"COVID-19 and the Education Industry – Pressing Issues Facing Every Institution," Ballard Spahr webinar, June 3, 2020
"Operation Healthy Office: Return to Work and COVID-19," ALTA webinar, May 20, 2020
"Resuming Workplace Operations: The Long March Back from Pandemic Isolation, Part II," Ballard Spahr webinar, May 19, 2020
"Resuming Workplace Operations: The Long March Back from Pandemic Isolation, Part I," Ballard Spahr webinar, May 11, 2020
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Issues," National Employment Law Institute, May 14, 2020
"Overview of Legal Issues Managing Employees through COVID-19," CFO Leadership Council webinar, May 7, 2020
"Contingent Workers and COVID-19: A Crossroads," Ballard Spahr webinar, May 6, 2020
"Employment and Employee Benefits - COVID-19 and Beyond," ICMAD, April 30, 2020
"Furloughs, Layoffs, and Related Employment and Benefits Issues," Ballard Spahr webinar, March 26, 2020
"COVID-19: The 10 Most Critical Questions Being Asked by Employers," Ballard Spahr webinar, March 19, 2020
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Issues," National Employment Law Institute, March 9, 2020
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," National Employment Law Institute, December 12, 2019
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," National Employment Law Institute, November 14, 2019
"The Gig Economy: Ushering in a New Era of Worker Classification Challenges," 2019 Ballard Spahr SEPA SHRM HR Legal Summit, September 27, 2019
"Recent Developments in the Growing Gig Economy," Ballard Spahr webinar, June 28, 2019
Wage and Hour Update, PBI, June 25, 2019
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Issues," National Employment Law Institute, May 23, 2019
"Hot Topics in Labor, Employment & Benefits: Education Year in Review," Ballard Spahr CLE, April 30, 2019
"Wage and Hour Update," PBI Employment Law Institute, April 25, 2019
"Trusting the Process: The Difference Between Public and Private Sector Employment Law," PBI Employment Law Institute, April 25, 2019
"Roundtable Discussion on Ethics (Conflicts in Bargaining)," 2019 Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Joint Conference, April 10, 2019
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Issues," National Employment Law Institute, March 12, 2019
"Janus, Employee Privacy and Background Checks," Ballard Spahr event, March 6, 2019
"Labor, Employment and Benefits Year in Review 2018," Ballard Spahr CLE, February 27, 2019
"Transgender: at War and in Love," Ballard Spahr event, November 13, 2018
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," 2018 Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, November 8, 2018
"Paying it Right the First Time: Tiptoeing Your Way Through the Wage and Hour Minefield," 2018 Ballard Spahr SEPA SHRM HR Legal Summit, September 14, 2018
"Should I Open the Box? The Ethical and Practical Concerns of File Sharing," Ballard Spahr CLE, September 12, 2018
"Critical Wage and Hour Issues," 38th Annual Public Sector EEO & Employment Law Update, National Employment Law Institute, August 23, 2018
"Critical Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," 42nd Annual Employment Law Update, National Employment Law Institute, July 26, 2018
"Workplace Arbitration Contracts after Supreme Court Epic Systems Decision," PBI, June 25, 2018
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Update," 23rd Annual Mid-Year Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, May 18, 2018
"Wage and Hour: What’s New?" PBI Employment Law Institute, April 27, 2018
"Wage and Hour and Misclassification Issues," 37th Annual Employment Law Briefing, National Employment Law Institute, March 13, 2018
"Labor and Employment Law Year in Review," Ballard Spahr CLE, February 27, 2018
"Dealing with the Problem Employee," PBI, February 15, 2018
"Complex Wage & Hour Issues," Annual Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, November 17, 2017
"Risks and Best Practices: Joint Employment, Temporary Employment and Independent Contractors," Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, September 18, 2017
"Happy Birthday, ADEA: Age Discrimination After 50 Years," 2017 Ballard Spahr SEPA SHRM HR Legal Summit, September 14, 2017
"Complex Wage & Hour Issues," Washington, D.C. Mid-Year Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, July 27, 2017
"Independent Contractor Misclassifications," Washington, D.C., Mid-Year Employment Law Conference - National Employment Law Institute, May 25, 2017
"Wage and Hour Law for Non-Profits," PBI Annual Nonprofit Institute, May 18, 2017
"Independent Contractor Misclassifications," Chicago Mid-Year Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, May 11, 2017
"Choice of Multiple Forms," Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Joint Conference, April 29, 2017
"Privacy and Information Security for the Employment Law Practitioner," PBI Employment Law Institute, April 27, 2017
"Independent Contractor Misclassifications," Naples Mid-Year Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, March 6, 2017
"Higher Education and the Changing Administration," Ballard Spahr webinar, February 23, 2017
"Labor and Employment Law 2017 Year in Review," Ballard Spahr CLE, February 2, 2017
Labor Law Symposium 2016: Ethics, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, November 30, 2016
"Law School for the CFO - Labor Law Implementation and Strategy," CFO Leadership Council, November 17, 2016
"New Overtime Rules a Reality: What All Employers Must Do to Prepare," Ballard Spahr webinar, October 24, 2016
"Legislative and Regulatory Update," HR Executive Alliance, October 19, 2016
"Pension Reform Lessons from Around the Country," Smith's High Yield Municipal Bond Conference, September 29, 2016
"Pension Reform Lessons From Around the Country," PhAMAS Public Pension seminar, July 13, 2016
"New Overtime Rules a Reality: What Title and Escrow Companies Must Do to Prepare," American Land Title Association webinar, July 13, 2016
Panelist, "Ethical Issues in Wage and Hour Litigation and Compliance," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 28, 2016
Panelist, "Wage Compliance for Non-Exempt Employees," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 28, 2016
"Classifying Employees and Independent Contractors under Federal and State Law," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 28, 2016
"HR and Operations’ Role in Managing Information Security Risks," American Financial Services Association Independents Conference, May 20, 2016
"Independent Contractor Misclassification," National Employment Law Institute: 21st Annual Mid-Year Employment Law Conference, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2016
"Back to Basics: Managing Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health in the Workplace," Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities, PELRAS Annual Training Conference, March 17, 2016
"Information Security and Human Resources," Ballard Spahr webinar, March 16, 2016
"Joint Employment: What it Means and How to Ensure Compliance," Ballard Spahr webinar, March 9, 2016
"Labor Laws in Hospitals and Health Systems: Taking Your Legal Temperature," Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute, February 8, 2015
"Labor and Employment Year in Review," Ballard Spahr seminar, January 20, 2016
"Six Months into the Ambush Election Rules: What Do we Know ? " Ballard Spahr webinar, October 21, 2015
"Unfair Labor Practices for the Non-Union Workplace," PBI Seminar, October 7, 2015
"How to Correctly Classify Employees and Independent Contractors," Ballard Spahr webinar, September 17, 2015
"Legal and Regulatory Issues in Managing Behavioral Health," Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, September 17, 2015
"Accommodation and Attendance - Top ADA & FMLA Developments," 2015 HR Legal Summit: Labor and Employment Law Compliance for Today's HR Professional, Ballard Spahr and SEPA SHRM conference, Langhorne, Pa., September 11, 2015
"Employment Separation Agreements and EPLI Coverage," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 29, 2015
"Labor and Employment Law Year in Review," Ballard Spahr webinar, February 11, 2015
"2014 Changes from the NLRB: What Every Employer Needs To Know," Ballard Spahr webinar, January 30, 2015
Community Activities
ACHIEVEability, Board Member
Support Center for Child Advocates, Board Member
Temple Sholom, Member-at-large, Executive Committee
Upper Darby Police Pension Board, Member