2025 Employment Law Roundtable
Date: Dec 11, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $211.00
Non-Member Price: $264.00
Section Price: $198.00
Areas of Law: Labor & Employment
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Keynote
Moderator
- Robert T. Szyba, Esq.
- Seyfarth Shaw, New Yorkis a Partner in the Labor & Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in New York City, where he defends and counsels employers in a wide range of employment-related issues, including background check and Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, “ban the box” issues, prevailing wage requirements, wage and hour compliance, whistleblower retaliation, family and medical leave compliance and interference/retaliation claims, paid sick leave, and discrimination/harassment. He also advises clients on preventive employment counseling, pre-litigation strategy and litigation avoidance, alternate dispute resolution and mandatory arbitration programs, and employment policies and procedures.
Admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York, Mr. Szyba serves on the Executive Committee of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He has been Co-Chair of the Ethics & Professional Responsibility Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section’s Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee.
Mr. Szyba has served on the Alumni Advisory Board of the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal and as a member of the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly and has lectured for ICLE, NELA-NJ, the American and New York State Bar Associations, and other organizations.
Mr. Szyba received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Berklee College of Music and his J.D., cum laude, from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal and a member of Hofstra’s Moot Court Association.
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Presenters
- Kelly A. Bird, Esq.
- Gibbons P.C., Newark
- Andrew Botwin, Esq.
- Strategy People Culture, LLC, Florham Park
- Nicole Espin, Esq.
- Fisher & Phillips LLP, New Providence
- Mark S. Goldstein, Esq.
- Reed Smith LLP, New York
- Ayesha Krishnan Hamilton, Esq.
- Hamilton Law Firm PC, Princeton
- Raymond G. Heineman, Jr., Esq.
- Kroll Heineman LLC, Edison
- Brian Klein, Esq.
- Weinstein & Klein PC, Morristown
- James La Rocca, Esq.
- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York
- Christopher P. Lenzo, Esq.
- Lenzo & Reis, LLC, Morristown
- Laura M. LoGiudice, Esq.
- Green Savits LLC, Florham Park
- Kathleen McLeod Caminiti, Esq.
- Fisher & Phillips LLP, Berkeley Heights
- Richard G. Rosenblatt, Esq.
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP- Main, Princeton
- Ravi Sattiraju, Esq.
- Sattiraju & Tharney, LLP, East Windsor
- Shalom D. Stone, Esq.
- Stone Conroy LLC, Florham Park
- Suzanne Sullivan, Esq.
- Region 22 Regional Director
National Labor Relations Board, Newark
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Labor and Employment Law Section
Join the 2025 Employment Law Roundtable to hear from distinguished practitioners on pressing issues facing employers and employees.
Program Agenda:
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9:00 | Introduction - Robert T. Szyba, Esq.
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9:05 | Navigating the Impact of Federal Developments on NJ Employers, Personal Viewpoints in the Workplace and Effective Workplace Investigations - Andrew Botwin, Esq.; Ayesha Krishnan Hamilton, Esq. and Brian Klein, Esq.
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10:05 | NJ Pay and Benefit Transparency Act Update: Unpacking the DOL’s Recently Proposed Regulations - Kelly A. Bird, Esq.; Nicole Espin, Esq. and Christopher P. Lenzo, Esq.
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11:05 | Break
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11:15 | Labor Law Update - Raymond G. Heineman, Jr., Esq.; James LaRocca, Esq. and Suzanne Sullivan, Esq.
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12:15 | Lunch
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1:00 | Wage and Hour Update - Kathleen McLeod Caminiti, Esq.; Richard G. Rosenblatt, Esq. and Ravi Sattiraju, Esq.
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2:00 | Mental Health in the Legal Profession - Mark S. Goldstein, Esq.
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3:00 | Ethical Issues in Employment Litigation and Insights into Ethics Hearings - Laura M. LoGiudice, Esq. and Shalom D. Stone, Esq.
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4:00 | Adjourn
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