For her legal practice, Kathleen draws on her more than 25 years’ experience in complex commercial litigation involving employment, commercial and residential construction, mass toxic tort and environmental matters. Her practice also includes consumer fraud, premises liability, and commercial and personal automobile claims. A substantial part Kathleen’s practice includes the defense of employers, malls, restaurants, retail establishments and manufacturing entities with a world-wide presence. She has engaged in a multi-state civil litigation practice with an emphasis on defending all types of claims from initial filing to trial and appeal.
Kathleen is national counsel for a top manufacturing company with a presence in the US and internationally and she has experience with international treaties in relation to her defense of multinational corporations. She has been involved in several high profile matters ranging from fatalities to defending against a religious discrimination claim which was monitored by national and international groups. In addition to her legal practice, Kathleen is a lecturer on various subjects including computer use and technology in the workplace, compliance solutions and employment law, and has instructed on Law and the Internet, Business Law, Civil Procedure and Contracts.
Kathleen is the former managing partner of 14 years for the New Jersey office, and was a member of Litchfield Cavo LLP’s Executive Committee for 5 years. She is chair of the Firm’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee and member of the COVID-19 Resource Team.
Practices
Education
- The John Marshall Law School, LLM Information Technology Law
- Widener School of Law, JD
- Rutgers University, BA
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- United States District Courts: District of New Jersey, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania, Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois
Professional Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Society for Human Resources Management
Languages
- English
Related News
Presentations/Publications
- Author, “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by NLRB Will Expand the Standard for ‘Joint Employer‘,” Litchfield Alert (September 2022)
- Author, “Guns in the New Jersey Workplace Following New York Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen,” Litchfield Alert (June 2022)
- Author, “After SCOTUS Decision, OSHA to Seek Permanent Vaccination or Testing Mandate,” Litchfield Alert (January 2022)
- Author, “SCOTUS Blocks the OSHA Vaccine or Test Mandate, Permitting the Healthcare Worker to Go Into Effect,” Litchfield Alert (January 2022)
- Author, “Court Rules OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Can Take Effect,” Litchfield Alert (December 2021)
- Co-author, “Summary of OSHA-Issued ETS Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Mandates for Large Businesses,” (November 5, 2021)
- Author, “Michigan Extends Retaliation Protections to Include COVID-19,” Litchfield Alert (April 2020)
- Author, “CDC Reverses Course on Essential Workers Exposed to Coronavirus,” Litchfield Alert (April 2020)
- Author, “Department of Labor Clarifies ‘Regular Pay’ Under Fair Labor Standards Act,” Litchfield Alert (December 2019)
- Author, “New Jersey Law Prohibits Non-Disclosures, Other Waivers for Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Claims,” Litchfield Summary (March 2019)
- Author, “OSHA Raises Employer Penalties for 2019,” Litchfield Summary (February 2019)
- Author, “Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act – Technical Violations Matter,” Litchfield Alert (January 2019)
Presentations
- Presenter, “Role and Responsibilities of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Members,” (2022)
- Presenter, “Diversity Equity and Inclusion: When Passion Meets Reality,” (2021)
- Presenter, “Diversity Equity and Inclusion and Collective Bargaining Agreements,” (2021)
- Presenter, “Diversity Equity and Inclusion and the Use of Metrics,” (2021)
- Presenter, “Understanding the Role of Terminology in Diversity Equity and Inclusion,” (2021)
- Presenter, “Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the time of COVID,” (2020)
- Presenter, “Facilitating a Safe Diversity Equity and Inclusion Environment,” (2020)
- Presenter, “Creating a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee to Meet Your Company’s Goals,” (2019)
- Presenter, “Understanding and Managing Diversity in the Workplace,” The Knowledge Group, live podcast (May 2019)