Member of the Firm, Stefani C Schwartz has a concentration in labor and employment law in the private and public sectors. In addition to complex civil litigation, Ms. Schwartz’s expertise includes counseling businesses with employment issues.

Education

• Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., 1996
• Rutgers University, M.P.A., 1993
• Gettysburg College, B.A., 1991

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1996
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1996
• Florida, 1997
• United States District Court, District of Florida, 1997
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2002

Past and Current Professional Memberships

• Association of the Federal Bar
• The New Jersey District Court Historical Society
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association
• Essex County Bar Association
• The Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), New Jersey State Chair

Relevant Experience

While at Rutgers University Camden School of Law, Ms. Schwartz worked for the New Jersey Governor’s Office of Employee Relations.  After graduation, she served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Alvin Weiss, former Assignment Judge of the Superior Court, Essex County.

Ms. Schwartz chairs the Firm’s Labor and Employment Group and concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment, representing management; non-compete litigation; public entities and officials in litigation; commercial litigation and appellate practice.

Ms. Schwartz has litigated in both state and federal courts, as well as before the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law. She has practiced before the National Labor Relations Board, the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  She has several reported cases and has been successful with jury and non-jury trials.

She also has extensive experience in the areas of collective bargaining negotiations and labor arbitrations.

As a frequent lecturer, Ms. Schwartz has spoken at over one hundred seminars and conferences on such topics as sexual harassment, employment handbooks and employment and labor law.

Professional and Civic Service Recognitions

Ms. Schwartz has been featured in the New Jersey Law Journal’s and NJBIZ’s “Forty Under 40″ annual publication, which honors forty professionals under the age of forty whose work has distinguished them among their peers. She currently serves as the New Jersey State Chair of The Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM). In February, an independent panel of judges selected Ms. Schwartz as one of the "Best Fifty Women in Business". Ms. Schwartz was named a New Jersey "Super Lawyer" in specialties of Employment and General Litigation. Ms. Schwartz is also a member of the pro-bono committee for the Firm.