Our Labor and Employment Practice Group partners with private and public employers of all sizes to provide strategic, practical, and effective solutions to diverse workplace issues.
Our clients range from small and mid-sized businesses to large multi-national corporations in construction, manufacturing, transportation, higher education, technology, retail and food service, real estate, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries.
Employment Litigation
Our attorneys regularly appear in state and federal court and before administrative agencies to defend employers against discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and other common law claims. We also defend employers against wage and hour and prevailing wage claims, both in court and in connection with state and federal wage and hour audits and investigations. Clients also routinely call our attorneys to represent them in restrictive covenant litigation to enforce their rights, protect their business interests, and defend against such claims.
Labor and Employment Counseling
Complementing our significant litigation practice are our counseling services, strategically focused on avoiding litigation where possible and ensuring compliance with the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment laws and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels. Our attorneys draft and update handbooks and policies and provide practical training as part of their day-to-day counseling services.
Traditional Labor
In our traditional labor practice, our attorneys regularly assist employers in negotiating collective bargaining and collective negotiation agreements. We also represent employers in labor arbitrations, other disciplinary hearings, and in connection with proceedings before regulatory agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board and the Public Employment Relations Commission. We also counsel employers to help avoid labor disputes where possible and provide a full range of services on union avoidance and defending clients in union organizing campaigns.
Workplace Investigations
With a wide breadth of experience in workplace matters, our attorneys often conduct workplace investigations into the most sensitive issues, including allegations of unlawful discrimination, harassment, retaliation, fraud, embezzlement, theft, and potential violations of internal policies and other compliance or ethics matters.
Public Employment Issues
Pulling from their significant background in government representation, our attorneys represent and advise public employers on a broad range of matters impacting their workforce that are unique to the public sector.
Nazha Ali Associate
(973) 559-9831Christine Baker Partner
(973) 559-9887Casey Chamra Partner
(973) 559-9809Craig J. Compoli Partner
(973) 559-9811Nicole M. DeMuro Partner
(973) 559-9814Michael J. Dee Partner
(973) 559-9813Steven R. Filko Associate
(973) 559-9816Adam W. Flannery Associate
(973) 559-9828Robert J. Gallop Partner
(973) 559-9821Francis A. Gencarelli Associate
(973) 559-9882Robert W. Gifford Partner
(973) 559-9823Kenneth B. Goodman Of Counsel
(973) 559-9825Arthur G. Lash Of Counsel
(973) 559-9832James H. Leckie Of Counsel
(973) 559-9881Joseph Marsico Associate
(973) 559-9803Joseph J. McGlone Partner
(973) 559-9836Dennise E. Mejia Of Counsel
(973) 559-9837Valerie L. Murphy Associate
(973) 559-9827Kevin J. O’Toole Managing Partner
(973) 559-9800Michael H. Robertson Partner
(973) 559-9848Amy E. Robinson Of Counsel
(973) 559-9833Amy Sachs Associate
(973) 559-9856Holly T. Schepisi Partner
(973) 559-9807Thomas P. Scrivo Managing Partner
(973) 559-9900Laura V. Studwell Partner
(973) 559-9853Marlin G. Townes Partner
(973) 559-9844Cassandra Jahnke Walsh Of Counsel
(973) 559-9829Nicholas P. Whittaker Of Counsel
(973) 559-9830Young Yu Partner
(973) 559-9849OS Of Counsel Nicole DeMuro will speak at the New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2023 Labor an…
OS Managing Partner Thomas Scrivo will speak about Employment Issues that Lawyers and Law Firms are …
OS proudly announces the inclusion of twenty-two of its attorneys in the 2024 New Jersey Super Lawye…
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OS Partner Christine Baker will speak on Best Practices and Tips for Resolving Employment Law Cases …
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After slowly chipping away at the use of non-compete agreements through enforcement actions, on Janu…
OS is pleased to announce that five of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The…
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OS Partner Michael Dee will speak about The Ethical Considerations of Multijurisdictional Practices …
OS Partner Michael Dee and Of Counsel Nicole DeMuro will be speakers on Ethics at the 2021 Employmen…
OS is pleased to announce its ranking in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms® in four practice ar…
OS is pleased to announce its ranking in the 2024 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" reg…
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OS is proud to announce that the firm's New Jersey General Commercial Litigation practice has been r…
OS is proud to announce that the firm's New Jersey General Commercial Litigation practice has been r…
O'Toole Scrivo, LLC is pleased to announce its inclusion in U.S. News -- Best Lawyers®, &n…
With the Pay Transparency Act (the “Act”) becoming law, New Jersey joins several states …