Beth McManus is an experienced employment lawyer based in the firm’s New York and Philadelphia offices. She represents businesses and organizations nationwide—including global banks, consulting firms, major league sports teams, and health systems—who rely on her to lead complex employment litigation on sensitive topics involving race, gender, and age discrimination, as well as leave and accommodation matters. She has a wealth of experience litigating in both federal and state courts across the country and before administrative agencies. Ms. McManus also has conducted high-profile internal investigations, and counsels private and public employers on a wide range of employment issues, including workplace policies, terminations, and layoffs.
Representative Experience
Representative Matters
- Served as lead defense counsel for international investment bank in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation litigation
- Represented an international consulting firm against pregnancy and family leave discrimination claims in both federal and state court
- Defended multi-plaintiff race discrimination and harassment claims through plaintiffs’ depositions and complex e-discovery
Professional Highlights
Pro Bono Experience
Beth has provided pro bono services, including drafting briefs in support of compassionate release for incarcerated persons during the COVID-19 pandemic and to assist in the name change process for transgender individuals.
Judicial Clerkships
Hon. Renee Marie Bumb, U.S. District Judge, District of New Jersey
Professional Activities
Adjunct Professor, Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Philadelphia, 2015-2018
Lecturer-in-Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, 2011-2013
Recognition & Accomplishments
Women Lawyers of the Year, The Legal Intelligencer, 2012
Publications
Beth is a frequent contributor to the firm's HR Law Watch blog and authors the blog's New York Minute series.
Co-author, “Preventing Physical and Verbal Covid-19 Workplace Violence,” Bloomberg Law, September 23, 2020
Credentials
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004)
M.H. Goldstein Memorial Prize, achievement in labor law
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001)
Oxford University, Mansfield College, Oxford, England (1999-2000)
Admissions
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey