Pennsylvania Employment Law Alliance Representative

Our Representative

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Office Address

1650 Market Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19103
United States

Phone Number

(215) 851-8214

Fax Number

(215) 851-1420
 
 

Firm

Reed Smith, LLP

Main Office Address

Riverfront Plaza - West Tower
901 E. Byrd Street, Suite 1700
Richmond, VA  23219
United States

Office Locations

Falls Church, Leesburg, McLean and Richmond

Firm Phone Number

(804) 334-3456

Firm Fax Number

(804) 334-3410

Firm Website

Personal Background

In addition to counseling employers on the scope of employment issues, Sara is a trial attorney with background in litigating cases involving race, age, disability, and gender discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. She has also tried other employment-related and breach-of-contract cases in the federal and state courts and before administrative and arbitration tribunals. Her most recent jury trials involved claims of race, age and disability discrimination which resulted in defense verdicts for our clients. A significant portion of her practice involves trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation which includes litigating preliminary and permanent injunctions in state and federal court. She also drafts and negotiates executive agreements, arbitration agreements, restrictive covenant and confidentiality agreements, severance packages, other employment-related agreements and contracts, employee handbooks, Affirmative Action Plans, and employer policies and procedures.

In addition to her litigation work, Sara conducts management training on a variety of employment issues for corporations and government agencies and is a frequent lecturer on the topics of discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy in the workplace, the ADA and FMLA. She is routinely asked to participate in presentations for the bar association, law school programs and human resources organizations on the topics of employment litigation and trial training. She also conducts investigations for corporations where internal complaints of discrimination have been made.

Sara enjoys an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Firm Background

Founded in1877, Reed Smith LLP is the Employment Law Alliance representative for Virginia and Pennsylvania. Our 675 attorneys provide the complete range of legal services to clients in the mid-Atlantic region and to international clients from its offices in London and Coventry, England. We have 67 employment and benefits attorneys representing management exclusively in a wide range of businesses including the steel industry, health care, financial institutions, higher education and high technology. We provide our clients with advice, counseling and litigation support in employment and benefits matters ranging from collective bargaining to employment litigation and ERISA compliance.

Firm Practice Areas

Advocacy, Antitrust, Appellate, Associations, Banking, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Benefits, Business Immigration, Communications Competition, Construction, Consumer Financial Services, Corporate Services, Debt Recovery, E-commerce, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental, Executive Compensation, Export Customs & Trade, Financial Services, Financial Services Litigation, Fraud, French Group, Government Contracts, Government Relations, Health Care, Health Care Consulting, Higher Education, Homeland Security, Information Technology, Infrastructure Grants & Financial Solutions, Insurance & Reinsurance, Insurance Coverage for Policy Holders, Intellectual Property, International Distribution, Investment Management, Labor, Life Sciences Transactions, Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Non-Profit, Product Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Risk & Liability, School Law (K-12), Securities & Transactions, Securities Compliance & Litigation, Tax, Technology, Trusts & Estates, Venture Capital