Oversee Catering function including creation of Training for new Catering Associates and related procedures. Develop Shipping protocols. Review and advise regarding various contracts including those relating to online ordering services.

• Provide advice and counseling relating to offer letters, separation agreements, reductions in force, and various workplace issues for individual executives, as well as draft and review independent contractor agreements.• Provide counsel re departure of upper level management employee with various whistleblower implications.• Provide advice and counseling re pre-employment drug screening.•as part of Resources Global Professionals May 2010 through December 2010: Seconded to a bank holding company located in the tri state area. Responsible for employment law matters which included:• Advice and counsel re hiring, performance improvement, individual separations from employment, as well as reductions in force.• Advice, counsel and oversight for code of conduct and various other workplace investigations.• Advice and counsel re accommodation issues for disability and military as well as interplay with state, federal and Company leave policies.• Draft offer letters for senior executives, as well as offer letter templates.• Review and revise policies and templates including sales incentive plans, master service agreements, as well as non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements. • Oversee litigation.• Act as daily reference and support for human resources personnel.

• Provided employment law counseling to corporations operating globally.• Reviewed and revised separation agreements, independent contractor agreements, confidentiality agreements, as well as social media and other policies.• Provided advice and counsel re internal investigations, separations from employment and other employment related issues.• Advised and counseled re accommodation issues for disability.• Prepared position statement and other documentation in response to state agency complaint.

Responsible for employment law matters for international hotel, resort and timeshare organization with more than 120,000 employees and over 800 properties. Responsibilities included: • Managed employment discrimination litigation with an average active case load of more than 50 cases. • Acted as daily reference and support for human resources personnel. • Reviewed and revised new employee handbooks. • Developed and revised policies covering Paid Time Off, state and local FMLA policies as well as drug testing, among others. • Oversaw and assisted with WARN issues. • Conducted training on leaves of absence, sensitivity and harassment, legal updates, and performing effective investigations. • Negotiated and drafted senior executive separation agreements. • Developed and drafted template for temporary staffing and independent contractor agreements and assisted with their implementation.• Managed and conducted all aspects of high level internal investigations.• Managed and oversaw all aspects of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access litigation and oversaw creation of protocols for ADA access reviews and upgrades.

Practice is limited to the representation of management in labor and employment law with a particular emphasis on employment litigation.LITIGATION: Conducted all phases of litigation in federal and state courts arising under Title VII, ADA, FMLA, state anti-discrimination statutes, workers’ compensation statutes, contract and tort law.• Acted as lead trial counsel in federal court for handicap/disability claims under ADA and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), which was appealed to the Third Circuit prior to settlement.• Acted as assistant trial counsel in state court for gender discrimination claims based upon hostile work environment and quid pro quo discrimination under NJLAD, as well as assault and false imprisonment.• Acted as co-counsel for trial in state court for gender discrimination claims based upon hostile work environment.• Prepared written discovery and took and defended depositions of parties, key witnesses and expert witnesses.• Drafted motion papers and appeared in court for motion practice, conferences and mediation.• Prepared position statements and other submissions to the EEOC and state administrative agencies.• Negotiated and drafted settlement and separation agreements.COUNSELING: Counseled clients on employee hiring, discipline and terminations for union and non-union employees, covenants not to compete, personnel policies and drafting employee handbooks.Supervised and mentored junior associates. Member of summer associate hiring committee.LABOR: Prepared injunction papers for strike violations and assisted in coordinating coverage of strikes.Organized and implemented tiered reduction in force plan for plant closing and mass layoff under WARN.