Experience

Cozen O'Connor

• United States
• Law Practice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Member

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Ballard Spahr LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Jan 2018 - Oct 2021



State of New Jersey

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Attorney General

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

  • Lead counsel representing state agencies and employees from pleadings through trial in complex employment discrimination litigation matters (Including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, CEPA, NJLAD, workplace violence, medical testing and employment-related tort and civil rights matters).• Draft and argue appeals before New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division and Third Circuit Court of Appeals.• Manage a heavy caseload of eighteen or more cases at a time in both State and Federal Court.• Conduct internal investigations and manage discovery.• Evaluate cases and advise clients on potential settlement values of cases.• Member of Attorney General’s E-Discovery Task Force.• Mentor less experienced attorneys.



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• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Managing partner for the five-attorney firm, managing all administrative matters, including personnel issues.• Lead counsel representing small businesses in commercial litigation and employment litigation matters including wage and hour and discrimination.• Drafted Employment Policies and Procedures manuals as well as employment agreements with confidentiality provisions and restrictive covenants. • Handled internal embezzlement investigation for multinational non-profit corporation with $200 Million dollars in annual revenue.



Law Office of Christopher J. Kelly

• Principal

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2013

  • Litigated wage and hour lawsuits and commercial contract disputes.• Advised clients on choice of business entity and handled state filings and corporate record keeping.• Advised clients on personnel decisions and unemployment disputes.• Counseled businesses on a broad range of transactions and corporate matters.• Drafted and negotiated stock purchase agreements, ancillary corporate paperwork, license agreements, and guarantees. • Litigated wage and hour lawsuits and commercial contract disputes.• Advised clients on choice of business entity and handled state filings and corporate record keeping.• Advised clients on personnel decisions and unemployment disputes.• Counseled businesses on a broad range of transactions and corporate matters.• Drafted and negotiated stock purchase agreements, ancillary corporate paperwork, license agreements, and guarantees.



New Jersey Courts

• United States
• Administration of Justice
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Law Clerk

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Sole law clerk for four judges who handled all sexually violent predator civil commitment cases statewide. • Sole law clerk for four judges who handled all sexually violent predator civil commitment cases statewide.



Seton Hall University School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Assisted Professor D. Michael Risinger and Lesley Risinger, Esq., with a successful CPL 440 motion for post-conviction relief of Fernando Bermudez, exonerating him of a murder for which he served eighteen years in prison. Assisted Professor D. Michael Risinger and Lesley Risinger, Esq., with a successful CPL 440 motion for post-conviction relief of Fernando Bermudez, exonerating him of a murder for which he served eighteen years in prison.



New York State Supreme Court

• United States
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2007 - Aug 2007

  • Assisted attorneys at the Appellate Division, Second Department's Mental Hygiene Legal Service in handling objections to Court-Ordered psychiatric hospitalization and treatment and requests for discharge. • Assisted attorneys at the Appellate Division, Second Department's Mental Hygiene Legal Service in handling objections to Court-Ordered psychiatric hospitalization and treatment and requests for discharge.