Recognition & Accomplishments
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers – Fellow, 2016
Chambers USA, labor and employment litigation (Pennsylvania), 2007-2019
The Best Lawyers in America, labor law - management, employment law - management, and labor and employment litigation, 2012-2020; "Lawyer of the Year," Labor Law - Management (Philadelphia), 2012
Benchmark Litigation, "Labor & Employment Star," Labor and Employment, 2019
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Recipient, Ballard Spahr's 2012 Alan J. Davis Award, for his pro bono work as leader of the Daniel Dougherty Capital Defense team
Recipient, The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly's "Lawyers on the Fast Track" award, given to select young Pennsylvania lawyers whose achievements have distinguished them among their peers
Honoree for work in support of the mission of People's Emergency Center (PEC), provider of emergency shelter, transitional housing, and social services to homeless women and their children, 1997
Publications
Co-author, "Update on Mental Health Issues in the Workplace," Law.com, February 2020
Co-author, "DOL Seeks to Improve Employers’ FMLA Forms" Ballard Spahr alert, August 28, 2019
Chapter author, "The Complex World of ERISA Preemption," ERISA: A Comprehensive Guide, Third Edition
Co-author, "Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: Keep Your Secrets Safe and Your Employees Honest," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 10th Annual Employment Law Institute (Vol. II)
Speaking Engagements
Co-Speaker, "Restrictive Covenant and Trade Secret Litigation – Lessons from the Front Lines," a Ballard Spahr CLE program, February 26, 2020
"Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: Keeping Your Secrets Safe and Your Employees Honest," Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute, April 24, 2019
"The Impact of an Aging Workforce and How Employers Can Prepare," Ballard Spahr CLE, January 10, 2019
Co-Speaker, "Leaves of Absence: Navigating the FMLA, ADA, and State/Local Laws," 2018 Ballard Spahr SEPA SHRM HR Legal Summit, September 14, 2018
"2015 NLRB Update" 8th Annual HR and Employment Law Conference, Midatlantic Employers' Association, King of Prussia, PA, November 13, 2015
"Retaliation/Whistleblowers," 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
"Basics of Wage and Hour Law – Litigating Wage and Hour Cases," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, July 22, 2014
"Advanced Topics in Wage and Hour Litigation," Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute, April 17, 2013
"Litigating Wage and Hour Cases – Tips from the Front Lines," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, July 24, 2012
"Employment and Employee Benefits Law for Nonprofits," Ballard Spahr CLE program, Philadelphia, February 8, 2012
"Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs: What's in Store for 2012?" Ballard Spahr webinar, November 17, 2011
"Whistleblowing in the Workplace," Ballard Spahr seminar, Philadelphia, May 4, 2011
"I Won't Be in Today: The Interplay of Employee Rights under the ADA and FMLA," Ballard Spahr seminar, Philadelphia, November 3, 2010
"Misclassification of Employees: Independent Contractors, Tax Implications, Wage and Hour, ERISA, Benefits Implications," Ballard Spahr seminar/webinar, Philadelphia, October 23, 2009
"Hiring, Firing, and Everything in Between," Ballard Spahr seminar, Philadelphia, March 13, 2009
"Employee Discharge and Documentation," Lorman Education Services, Wilmington, Delaware, October 7, 2008
"Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: Keep Your Secrets Safe and Your Employees Honest," Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 10th Annual Employment Law Institute, Philadelphia, April 14, 2004
"The Student As Employee," Annual Meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, Minneapolis, June 2003
Board Service
People's Emergency Center, former President
Arden Theatre Company, former President