- Class Action
- Corporate Espionage Response Team
- Educational Institutions
- Employment Counseling
- Energy
- Government Claims + Investigations
- Independent Contractor Misclassification + Compliance
- Labor + Employment
- Litigation + Trial
- Noncompete + Trade Secrets
- Tobacco + Nicotine
- Traditional Labor
- Wage + Hour Matters
Education
- Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1992, Order of the Coif; editor-in-chief, Villanova Law Review
- Saint Joseph’s University, B.S., 1983, marketing
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
- Hon. Collins J. Seitz, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1992-1993
- Co-presenter, “The Biden Administration: Changes in Labor and Employment Policies and Laws,” Troutman Pepper, May 6, 2021.
- Co-author, “OCR’s Directive on Race-Conscious Policies in Higher Education,” Troutman Pepper Locke, February 24, 2025.
- Co-author, “What Do We Do Now? District Court Invalidates 2024 Title IX Regulations,” Troutman Pepper Locke, January 17, 2025.
- Co-author, “Third Circuit Holds That NCAA Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under the FLSA,” Troutman Pepper, July 22, 2024.
- Co-author, “NLRB Rules That Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees,” Troutman Pepper, February 9, 2024.
- Co-author, “Inflexible Remote Work Policies Can Put Employers in a Bind,” Law360, August 29, 2023.
- Co-author, “Requests for Remote Work Accommodations Require Individualized Assessments,” Troutman Pepper, August 4, 2023.
- Co-author, “Supreme Court Finds Censure of Community College Trustee Did Not Violate First Amendment,” Troutman Pepper, March 29, 2022.
- Co-author, “Student Workers in College Office of Admission Vote to Unionize,” Troutman Pepper, October 19, 2021.
- Co-author, “NLRB General Counsel Contends That Scholarship Athletes at Certain Private Universities Are Employees Under NLRA,” Troutman Pepper, October 5, 2021.
- Quoted, “These Are the Legal Risks of Bringing Workers Back to the Office,” Fast Company, February 15, 2025.
- Quoted, “RTO Comes With Legal Risks,” WorkLife, February 11, 2025.
- Quoted, “EEOC Employer Lawsuits Could Increase in Number, Reach,” TechTarget, October 11, 2022.
- Quoted, “Here’s What a New Biden Administration Labor Proposal Would Mean for Independent Contractors,” CNBC, October 11, 2022.
- Interviewed, “What Should College Leaders Know About Undergraduates Joining Unions?,” Higher Ed Dive, November 23, 2021.
- Quoted, “These Are Health Insurance Options if You’re Fired for Refusing to Get a Covid Vaccine,” CNBC, October 12, 2021.
- Quoted, “These Are Health Insurance Options if You’re Fired for Refusing to Get a Covid Vaccine,” NBC Philadelphia, October 12, 2021.
- Quoted, “Fired for Refusing a COVID Vaccine? You Likely Can’t Get Unemployment Benefits,” CNBC, October 7, 2021.
- Quoted, “As Trump’s Payroll Tax Holiday Kicks In, Here’s What Employers and Employees Need to Know,” Fortune, August 31, 2020.
- Quoted, “Expect $600 Federal Unemployment Checks Slashed to $400 or Less,” Forbes, July 14, 2020.
- Quoted, “Independent Contractors May Find Less Money in Their Unemployment Checks,” CNBC, April 23, 2020.
- Quoted, “Here’s Who Won’t Qualify for Beefed-up Unemployment in the Coronavirus Relief Package,” CNBC, March 30, 2020.
- Quoted, “How Unemployed Workers Could Get More Than 100 Percent of Their Paycheck Under the Coronavirus Bill,” CNBC, March 27, 2020.