Employment Matters:
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Anthony B. Haller, Esq.
Blank Rome
Anthony B. Haller is a partner and the Employment, Benefits and Labor Practice Group Leader for BLANK ROME LLP. A perennial SuperLawyer, Atty. Haller has written and lectured extensively on labor, employment and trial advocacy issues over the several decades of his career. He has been a featured speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Annual Employment Law CLE program and is a member of the Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections of the American Bar Association. 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, sexual harassment and the ADAA. BLANK ROME LLP, with 10 offices nationally and internationally including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Hong Kong.
Website: www.blankrome.com | Email: haller@blankrome.com
Phone: 215-569-5690 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
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George S. Kounoupis, Esq.
Hahalis & Kounoupis
Heading up the firm that bears his name and has been serving its clientele for almost forty years, George Kounoupis is widely known for his successful representation and 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 (ADAA - Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments); FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act); contractual disputes; and all matters regarding wrongful discharge. Works closely with the EEOC and its investigators and has one of the highest "for cause" cases for all Philadelphia & Lehigh Valley area law firms. 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: http://www.employmentlaw-lv.com/ | Email: hklaw@ptd.net
Phone: 610-865-2608 | Location: Bethlehem & Philadelphia, PA
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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.
Website: http://www.cozen.com | Email: jpasek@cozen.com
Phone: 215-665-2072 | Location: 23 offices worldwide
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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: http://www.lovitzlaw.com | Email: Kevin@LovitzLaw.com
Phone: 215-735-1996 | Location: Philadelphia
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Richard Meyer, Esq.
BLANK ROME LLP
Richard Meyer has extensive experience in employment and labor law. He counsels and represents clients in litigation with emphasis on strategic labor relations planning, NLRB representation and unfair labor practice proceedings, complex labor arbitration and employment and labor litigation, including class actions, and internal investigations into whistleblower and other claims. Mr. Meyer has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Website: http://www.BlankRome.com | Email: Meyer@BlankRome.com
Phone: 215-569-5665 | Location: 10 offices nationally and internationally
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Edward Ellis, Esq.
LITTLER MENDELSON
Edward T. Ellis is a shareholder with Littler after chairing the Employment Law Department of a large Philadelphia-centered law firm for years. His practice is primarily labor and employment litigation, where he defends employers in discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual and racial harassment claims, whistleblower claims, trade secret, employment tort, contract, regulatory, Fair Labor Standards Act, LMRA and ERISA cases, Davis-Bacon and Prevailing Wage Act claims, and Federal False Claims Act and procurement fraud claims. He has an active trial practice in the federal and state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Website: http://littler.com | Email: EEllis@littler.com
Phone: (267) 402-3131 | Location: Pennsylvania and New Jersey
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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. While the majority of the firm’s clients are employees, it also has extensive experience representing employers. Nancy distinguished herself as the Plaintiff in the ground-breaking case, Ezold vs. Wolf, Block, the first case brought by a woman attorney, and tried, against a law firm for sex discrimination in the denial of partnership.
Website: www.ezoldlaw.com | Email: EzoldLaw@EzoldLaw.com
Phone: 610-660-5585 | Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
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Kurt Jung, Esq.
U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Mr. Jung is involved in all matters pertaining to the Federal laws addressing job discrimination (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) that specifically prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA); the Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; and many other issues that apply to fair play in the workplace. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces all of these laws and provides oversight of all federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices, and policies.
Website: www.eeoc.gov | Email:
Phone: 1-800-669-4000 | Location:
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Jamie C. Ray, Esq.
Pennsylvania Client Assistance Program
Ms. Ray began practicing law in 1999. Her primary focus is on employment issues involving persons with disabilities. She has published many articles, and recently had a personal essay published in the book Reflections from a Different Journey, What Adults with Disabilities Wish all Parents Knew. Ms. Ray dedicates her practice to this area of law because she believes in the fair and equal treatment of all individuals at work.
Website: www.equalemployment.org | Email: info@disabilityrightslawyers.com
Phone: 215-557-7112 | Location:
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Deborah Weinstein, Esq.
THE WEINSTEIN FIRM
Founder and President of The Weinstein Firm, Deborah has been a respected litigator, counselor, and thought leader in the area of employment law for close to two decades. Over her career, she has developed a national reputation for her forceful courtroom presentations, her sound preventative advice on workforce issues to business, law and consulting firms and entrepreneurs, her ability to work with employers to prevent workplace disputes from escalating into litigation, thoughtful writing, and as being called upon to provide expert testimony on employment topics.
She has designed and presented anti-harassment programs and other training programs for professionals, managers and supervisors focusing on leadership, risk control, civility and a variety of workforce development issues.
Website: www.weinsteinfirm.com | Email: dweinstein@weinsteinfirm.com
Phone: 215-636-0616 | Location: Philadelphia, PA