Stanley A. Braverman, Esq., U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Stanley A. Braverman, Esq. is the Deputy District Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Philadelphia District Office. He is responsible, together with the District Director, for supervision and coordination of all Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) activities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and West Virginia. Stan also manages the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mediation Unit and the Federal Employment Hearings Unit for the States of Maryland and Virginia. Prior to becoming the Deputy District Director, Stan was an attorney, legal advisor and mediator who focused primarily on equal employment opportunity issues. As an attorney with the Defense Logistics Agency, he advised government officials on employment law, litigation, contract and workplace ethical issues. Stan regularly spoke before attorneys, managers, judges, students, union officials, contractors and employees on equal employment opportunity issues.
Website: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.
Phone: 1-800-669-4000.

Deborah Weinstein, Esq., THE WEINSTEIN FIRM
Deborah Weinstein, Founder and President of The Weinstein Firm has been a respected litigator, counselor, and thought leader in the area of employment law for close to two decades. Prior to founding The Weinstein Firm, Ms. Weinstein was a Member of the Labor and Employment Law Department of the law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC. She developed a national reputation for her forceful courtroom presentations, her sound preventative advice on workforce issues to business, law and consulting firms and entrepreneurs, and her ability to work with employers to prevent workplace disputes from escalating into litigation. Ms. Weinstein has represented businesses in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has provided expert witness reports in litigation in regard to employer practices -- including sexual harassment, workplace violence, and the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Website: THE WEINSTEIN FIRM, Philadelphia, PA.
Phone: 215-636-0616.
Email: dweinstein@weinsteinfirm.com

Anthony Haller, Esq., BLANK ROME LLP
Anthony B. Haller is a partner in the Philadelphia office of BLANK ROME LLP and has written and lectured extensively on labor and employment and trial advocacy and has been a featured speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Annual Employment Law CLE program. He is a member of the Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections of the American Bar Association and has served on the ABA Committee on International Law and the Labor Subcommittee of the International Young Lawyers Association. Mr. Haller's practice covers all aspects of labor and employment law and includes complex trial and appellate work. He is experienced in counseling employers on preventive employment law strategies, and defending clients in unemployment compensation cases and cases involving allegations of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge, among others. He has represented clients in jury trials involving claims of race, age, sex and disability discrimination, wrongful discharge, defamation and sexual harassment. His handling of this type of litigation includes multiple plaintiff, representative and class actions. He has represented a client in a high-profile AIDS discrimination case. His extensive experience also includes negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, arbitration, National Labor Relations Board representation and unfair labor practice proceedings.
Website: BLANK ROME LLP, with 11 offices including Allentown and Philadelphia.
Phone: 215-569-5690.
Email: Haller@BlankRome.com

George S. Kounoupis, Esq., HAHALIS & KOUNOUPIS
Now heading up the firm that bears his name and has served its clientele for almost forty years, George. Kounoupis is widely known for his tenacious and successful litigation of employment law cases on behalf of plaintiff-employees in state and federal courts. In the last twelve years alone, the firm has handled over 1,000 employment cases including sexual harassment; race discrimination; ethnic and national origin discrimination; age discrimination; disability (ADA -Americans with Disabilities Act); FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act); contractual disputes; and all matters regarding wrongful discharge. Within the last few years, the firm has worked closely with the EEOC and its investigators and has one of the highest "for cause" cases for all Philadelphia area law firms. A number of George's cases have received wide regional publicity and he and the firm have tried "innovative and cutting edge" employment cases up to the Third Circuit. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars, as well as a member of the Athens, Greece Bar. Mr. Kounoupis is one of only a handful of attorneys in the world who are admitted to practice law in both United States and Greece.
Website: HAHALIS & KOUNOUPIS located in Bethlehem and Philadelphia.
Phone: 610-865-2608.
Email: HKLaw@ptd.net

Kevin Lovitz, Esq., THE LOVITZ LAW FIRM
The trademark of Kevin Lovitz is his aggressive style of representing employment discrimination claimants. He has handled hundreds of employment-related disputes during his career, and has achieved swift and successful results in many claims. Mr. Lovitz concentrates his practice in the field of employment law, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge litigation. He represents both employees and employers in employment disputes and litigation, including claims under Federal and State discrimination laws, Federal Civil Rights laws, breach of contract claims and defamation.  Mr. Lovitz writes and frequently lectures on employment law issues. He is on the Board of Directors of the Epilepsy Foundation and provides pro-bono services to the agency and its members.
Website: THE LOVITZ LAW FIRM located in Philadelphia.
Phone: 215-735-1996.
Email: Kevin@LovitzLaw.com.

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Jeffrey Pasek, Esq., COZEN O'CONNOR
Jeffrey I. Pasek is a Member of Cozen O'Connor and a former Chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group. He concentrates in representing management in all facets of labor and employment law such as litigation and counseling on wrongful discharge and employment discrimination claims, maintaining a union-free environment, collective bargaining, occupational safety and health, whistleblower claims, wage and hour, affirmative action compliance, workplace torts and employee benefits litigation. Called upon regularly as a course planner and speaker in continuing legal education programs, Jeff has served as a speaker on labor and employment law and on legal ethics for such groups as the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the American Arbitration Association, the University of Pennsylvania Law School Center of Professionalism, and the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. On behalf of the ABA Labor and Employment Section Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, Jeff served as regional liaison and helped train lawyers and investigators from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Website: COZEN O'CONNOR, with 23 offices worldwide.
Phone: 215-665-2072.
Email: jpasek@cozen.com

Edward Ellis, Esq., MONTGOMERY, MCCRACKEN, WALTER & RHOADS
Edward T. Ellis is Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Department of Montgomery, McCracken, Walter & Rhoads, LLP, where he practices primarily in the area of labor and employment litigation, defending employers in discrimination, wrongful discharge, employment tort, contract, regulatory, LMRA and ERISA cases. He has an active trial practice in the federal and state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, writes and speaks frequently on employment law issues, and is a regular panelist on labor and employment law programs. Prior to joining Montgomery, McCracken in 1988, Mr. Ellis spent five and a half years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, including two years as Deputy Chief for Affirmative Litigation. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  His main office is located in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Website: MONTGOMERY MCCRAKEN WALTER & RHOADS, Phila., Cherry Hill, and Wilmington.
Phone: 856-488-7707.
Email: eellis@mmwr.com.

Nancy O'Mara Ezold, Esq., NANCY O'MARA EZOLD, PC
Nancy O'Mara Ezold practices in the areas of employment law and litigation including sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, and employment discrimination based on age, sex, race, ethnic background, religion and disability; Negotiation of employment contracts, severance agreements and non-compete agreements; Civil and Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Cases. Nancy distinguished herself as the Plaintiff in the ground-breaking case, Ezold vs. Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, the first case brought by a woman attorney, and tried, against a law firm for sex discrimination in the denial of partnership.
Website: NANCY O'MARA EZOLD, PC., Bala Cynwyd, PA.
Phone: 610-660-5585.
Email: EzoldLaw@EzoldLaw.com