Meghan O. Offer

Meghan represents management clients with regard to labor and employment law issues. Her practice is diverse and includes counseling, litigation, arbitration and mediation in a wide range of areas including employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, disability and leaves of absence, reductions in force, wage and hour compliance and labor-relations.

Meghan has significant experience counseling clients on compliance with various laws affecting the workplace, including FMLA, ADEA, Title VII, ADA, FLSA and state and local employment laws. Meghan’s experience also includes drafting employment related policies, conducting internal investigations and conducting training sessions on a variety of employment related issues. Meghan has also been routinely called upon by clients to provide counseling and proactive risk reduction advice relating to conducting terminations, including company-wide reductions in force.

Meghan is also experienced in litigating a variety of labor and employment disputes including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, violations of collective bargaining agreements, ERISA violations, wage and hour law compliance and other violations of federal, state and local law. Additionally, Meghan has appeared before various administrative agencies defending clients against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and violations of wage and hour laws.

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Areas of Practice 1) Class Actions, 2) Collective Bargaining and Union Negotiations, 3) Disabilities and Leaves of Absence, 4) Discrimination and Harassment, 5) Grievance and Interest Arbitration, 6) Human Resources Counseling and 7) NLRB/Unfair Labor Practices
Law School Rutgers School of Law-Newark, J.D., 2005
Admitted Year 1998
Education St. Joseph's University ,B.S., 2002
Bar Member / Association New Jersey State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association
Most recent firm Reed Smith LLP
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