Kathleen M. Connelly
Employment Law Defense and Workplace Investigations
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Biography
Kathleen Connelly concentrates her practice in Employment Law. She has more than 25 years of experience representing employers and individual members of management in both the private and public sectors in preventative counseling, litigation defense and dispute resolution, workplace investigations, employee handbooks, policies and training.
Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New Jersey
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
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- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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Languages
- English
Professional Experience
- Attorney
- Genova Burns & Vernoia
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Education
- Rutgers School of Law-Newark
- J.D. (1990)
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- Monmouth University
- B.A. (1983)
- Honors: cum laude
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Awards
- Woman of the Year
- Irish Business Association
- New Jersey Best 50 Women in Business
- NJBIZ Magazine
- Super Lawyer, Employment Law
- Super Lawyers
- 2015-2019
Professional Associations
- New Jersey State Bar Association
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- Union County Bar Association
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- National Association of Professional Women
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- Irish Business Association
- Current
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- Society for Human Resources Management
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- American Bar Association
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- New Jersey State Bar # 043151990
- Member
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- #MeToo: What's an Employer to Do?
- DOJ Expands Title VII Protection To Transgendered Individuals
- Employers: Prepare to Reclassify Employees, New Jersey Law Journal, July 20, 2015
- Ignorance of Employee Rights Proves Costly – Jury Awards Hundreds of Millions in Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
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