Robert J. Baker Email & Phone Number

Pennsylvania/Virginia

• Practice emphasis in insurance and general employment law defense matters. Successfully manage all aspects of case management from inception through completion, including: research and development of strategy; trial.
• Successfully defend EEOC and PHRC complaints from fact-finding to conclusion of litigation and settlement negotiations.
• Provide employment law consultative /legal advice and counsel to corporate institutions including: education; trucking; pharmaceutical; healthcare; manufacturing; and communications industries in defense.
• Provide workers’/unemployment compensation legal advice to corporate institutions and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agencies, insurance companies and third-party administrators.
• Serve as human resources consultant to corporate institutions for the development and implementation of employee handbooks, human resources policies & procedures, performance management and job descriptions.

• Directed daily human resources function for multi-location, multi-state organization, including 20 human resources professionals and 2000 employees in four states.
• Ensured federal legal compliance, including: ADA, ADEA, COBRA, EEO, ERISA, FMLA, FLSA, HIPAA, OSHA, USERRA and all applicable state regulations. Provided advice and guidance to senior management.
• Developed, implemented and managed employee handbooks, human resources policies & procedures, performance management, job descriptions and recruitment & retention programs, strategies and systems.
• Ensured organization and legal compliance for employee investigations, documentation review and approval of appropriate corrective action/discipline.
• Directed insured and self-insured workers’ compensation programs.
• Counseled organization regarding unemployment compensation determination, appeals and litigation.

Jd, Law

Ma, Industrial & Labor Relations

Ba, Economics, Magna Cum Laude