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I represent public and private sector labor organizations, employers and
employees in all aspects of labor and employment law. I regularly
counsel clients and litigate matters relating to traditional labor,
employment discrimination, wage and hour laws, restrictive covenants,
and wrongful discharge claims. I also have first-chair experience
negotiating collective bargaining agreements and impasse mediations.

During the majority of my legal career I have worked in the area of employment law, handling a number of landmark court cases, and having argued cases in every state and federal court in my jurisdiction up to the United States Supreme Court.. I also served as a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General and as the Chief Counsel to the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights--the state anti-discriminination agency.  Subsequently, I was a Hearing Examiner conducting administrative trials and deciding discrimination case for the Division on Civil Rights.  I also served as the County Counsel of Essex County, NJ and as the Assistant Commissioner and the Director of Litigation of the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate.. I am a member of the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section.  I have served as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice.  I have been listed as a "Super Lawyer" in that New Jersey publication since 2006 and have been rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory for 35 years.

Dedicated to Representing Employees in New Jersey and New York. I am a partner of Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C. in Montclair, New Jersey.  I have dedicated my career to representing employees in discrimination, harasment, retaliation and other employment law cases in New Jersey and New York since I graduated from Cornell Law School in 1998. I have extensive experience writing and arguing appeals, and have participated in numerous landmark decisions, including Zive v. Stanley Roberts, Inc.; Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc.; Myers v. AT&T; Cole v. Jersey City Medical Center; Padilla v. Berkeley Educational Services of New Jersey, Inc.; Brennan v. Norton; and Muller v. Exxon Research and Engineering Co.. Experienced Employment Lawyer. Prior to joining Rabner Baumgart, I have been a partner of The Nirenberg Law Firm, LLC, Resnick & Nirenberg, P.C., and Deutsch Resnick, P.A.  I write articles about important employment law issues and developments for my firm's blog, the New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog, and our newsletter, the New York and New Jersey Employment Law Newsletter. I am also the author of the articles When Does the Employer Have the Burden of Proof? (New Jersey Law Journal, March 17, 2008), Are Some Employees Entitled to More than 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Leave Under State and Federal Law (New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring 2002) and When Is an Employer's Failure to Provide Notice of FMLA Rights or Designate FMLA Leave Actionable? (New Jersey Law Journal, March 29, 2004).. New Jersey Rising Star. I have been named a Rising Star in Employment Law by New Jersey Super Lawyer Magazine in 2011, 2012 and 2013.  I have an AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which Martindale-Hubbell describes as "a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.". I am a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), as well as the National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey (NELA-NJ).