Employment Law Alert : Gibbons P.C.: Labor Relations, Employment Contracts, Employee Benefits, & Wrongful Discharge Lawyers & Attorneys

With 230 attorneys, Gibbons is a leading law firm in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and Delaware, providing transactional, litigation, and counseling services to leading businesses nationwide.

The Gibbons Employment Law Alert is an online platform designed to analyze and discuss employment and human resources issues and news within the legal and business industries. The blog is edited by Richard S. Zackin, a Director in the Gibbons Employment Law Department, Kristin D. Sostowski, a Director in the Gibbons Employment Law Department, and Carla N. Dorsi, an Associate in the Gibbons Employment Law Department. Christine A. Amalfe, Chair of the Gibbons Employment Law Department, is a member of the blog’s editorial board. Blog content is authored by contributing attorneys from the Gibbons Employment Law Department.

The Gibbons Employment Law Department counsels clients on compliance with employment laws and regulations in a proactive effort to avoid workplace issues and litigation, and when such litigation occurs, our attorneys provide a strategic and effective defense. Our clients are involved in many fields, including research and development, high technology, pharmaceuticals, banking and finance, telecommunications, energy, health care, manufacturing, construction, education, consumer products, publishing, service-oriented businesses, transportation, retail, and not-for-profit agencies. We have extensive experience in the areas of discrimination, harassment, labor relations, employment contracts, employee benefits, and wrongful discharge, among others.

Richard S. Zackin
Editor, Employment Law Alert

Richard S. Zackin concentrates his employment law practice in the areas of litigation and client counseling. He has been particularly active in discrimination and wrongful discharge matters and has focused extensively on reduction-in-force and other employment termination related issues. He has also authored articles dealing with some of these more timely issues. Mr. Zackin is listed in Super Lawyers for Employment Litigation: Defense. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1971 - 1975. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law.

Kristin D. Sostowski
Editor, Employment Law Alert

Kristin D. Sostowski represents management in employment litigation and has extensive experience defending companies and individuals in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful discharge, tort and contract, and restrictive covenant cases. She regularly counsels employers on various employment and labor law issues, including the development and implementation of employment policies and handbooks, accommodation of employees with disabilities, family and medical leave issues, wage and hour laws, employee terminations, and general employee matters. Ms. Sostowski is also a member of the Gibbons E-Discovery Task Force and has handled all aspects of electronic discovery in employment and commercial litigation matters. She is listed in Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Employment & Labor Law and received her B.A., with high honors, from Swarthmore College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Carla N. Dorsi
Editor, Employment Law Alert

Carla N. Dorsi devotes the majority of her practice to employment litigation and counseling on behalf of employers. Her experience includes defending wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower and retaliation claims in both state and federal courts, as well as state and federal civil rights agencies. Ms. Dorsi also counsels clients regarding a wide range of labor and employment law issues, including state and federal employment laws such as the FMLA, ADA, and the New Jersey LAD, as well as wage and hour compliance and personnel decisions. She is listed in Super Lawyers Rising Stars for Employment & Labor Law and received her B.S. from Seton Hall University, Stillman School of Business and her J.D. from Seton Hall University Law School.

Christine A. Amalfe
Employment Law Alert Editorial Board

Christine A. Amalfe has been extensively involved in defending claims under the State and Federal Employment Laws, including claims for sexual harassment, race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age and disability discrimination. She has litigated whistleblower claims under the state and federal laws. She has also been involved in matters alleging breach of express or implied employment contracts, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, battery, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of restrictive covenants. Ms. Amalfe has represented corporate defendants, as well as individual officers, directors or employees who have been sued personally, for harassment or discrimination, negligent supervision, fraud and negligent misrepresentation. She is recognized by the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Law Firms, New Jersey Super Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in America for Employment & Labor Law. Ms. Amalfe received her B.S., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law.