Provide legal counsel concerning Board services to the community including General Assistance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Medicaid, Adult Protective Services, Food Stamps/Supplemental Nutrition Program, Child Support and Housing Assistance.

-General practice of law focusing on labor and employment and special education law. -Serving employers as well as employees in all aspects of employment law, from hiring to firing and providing advice concerning internal policies and handbooks, discrimination complaints, family and medical leave or unfair or adverse employment actions. Depth of experience negotiating employment and non-compete agreements, counseling employers on internal investigations, and handling administrative and federal/state court complaints in all areas of employment law. -Specialty in traditional labor relations, including collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, mediation and appearing before the National Labor Relations Board and the Public Employment Relations Commission on behalf of public and private employers.-Skilled in handling disputes between schools and parents of students with special needs, advocating for identification, eligibility, and program placement for special needs students of all ages from preschool through high school graduation. Highly successful in avoiding unnecessary litigation by enabling satisfactory outcomes for students, parents, and educators.

Founded in 1957, Employment Horizons is the premiere not-for-profit 501(c)(3) agency providing comprehensive employment, training and job placement services to persons with disabilities and other disadvantages in the greater Morris County, NJ area. As a social business enterprise, our agency seeks to provide high-quality competitively priced services to the business community through our business operations while, at the same time, furthering our mission to "assist people with barriers to employment to achieve their individual vocational objectives and establish self-sufficiency in the community." We have established relationships with hundreds of businesses and created training and employment opportunities for thousands of individuals who require assistance to obtain employment.

Regularly represents public, private and healthcare employers in defending administrative and federal/state court complaints involving equal employment opportunity discrimination, retaliatory discharge, and harassment. Handles litigation involving wrongful discharge, breach of contract, restrictive covenants and other related employment torts. Frequently counsels clients on statutory issues, employer policies, hiring and discharge of employees, internal investigations, and employee training and evaluations. Negotiates executive and other employment and separation agreements, especially with respect to restrictive covenant and confidentiality concerns.Handles traditional labor matters before the National Labor Relations Board and the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. Negotiates initial and successor collective bargaining agreements, and counsels public, private and health care employers in all areas involving labor relations strategy, union organizing, contested elections, decertification petitions, contract negotiations and grievance arbitration.