Joyce Collier Email & Phone Number

I have thirty-three years of experience as a trial lawyer in state and federal court in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. My passion is in fighting for low-wage workers who have been denied the most basic workplace protections. Co-counseling with Gloria Allred and Nathan Goldberg, I successfully represented a group of female cocktail servers who were harassed and fired from a New Jersey casino allegedly because they were not pretty enough to fit into new skimpy uniforms. In another matter, we took on a nationally known slaughterhouse that fired a group of workers after they complained about injuries they suffered while working on high-speed production lines. I have successfully litigated employment matters involving a Filipino worker who suffered harassment and abuse inside a battery manufacturing plant, an assistant manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken store who was fired on the eve of his 65th birthday after fourteen years of employment and a young female cashier who was sexually harassed by her manager at a Dunkin' Donuts in South Philadelphia. My commitment to social justice is also exemplified by my representation of the Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania in Washington v. DPW, No. 50 MAP 2016, in which the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania struck down Act 80 of 2012 because it violated the Pennsylvania Constitution. Act 80 eliminated a cash assistance program that provided a minimal income support for individuals with serious disabilities, people fleeing domestic violence, and individuals in active drug treatment for limited periods of time.I graduated with high honors in 1988 from Rutgers School of Law. After serving as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Clifford of the New Jersey Supreme Court, I was fortunate to start my litigation career as an associate at the firm of Hangley Connolly Epstein Chicco Foxman & Ewing in Philadelphia where I litigated numerous environmental disputes, including a landmark decision holding the federal government liable as an operator and arranger under CERCLA as a result of the government’s extensive involvement with a high tenacity rayon facility during WWII. FMC v. Department of Commerce, 29 F.3d 933 (3d Cir.1994). In 1995 I became a shareholder and co-chaired the Employment Department.I served as an Adjunct Law Professor at Rutgers School of Law Camden, teaching Disability Law. I am an active member of the National Employment Lawyer's Association (NELA), a national organization of lawyers committed to advancing equality and justice in the American workplace.