BIOGRAPHY:
BRIAN E. CURTIS, ESQ., is a recognized authority in the areas of employment law, human resources management, and contract law. He is Editor and Publisher of the quarterly print and email publication, the Employment News Alert, since 2004, and the monthly email newsletter, the Employment News Alert – NewsFlash, introduced in 2009. Mr. Curtis is a highly skilled, action-oriented attorney with solid business acumen and extensive experience in management-side employment matters, having excelled in multiple senior HR roles with great success, including executive compensation and benefits negotiations, professional services employment and consulting agreements, personnel policies and conflict management programs implementation, and recruiting, training, and employee counseling. Mr. Curtis is well-regarded among his peers as an aggressive litigator in defense of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, complex commercial litigation, and insurance coverage analysis, spanning a wide array of industries across New Jersey, including pharmaceuticals, banking, health care, insurance, professional services, entertainment media, public entities, and non-profits.
Mr. Curtis is a graduate of Villanova University (B.S., 1987) and of the University of Richmond School of Law (J.D. 1991).
He has been admitted to practice before the Bars of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as the federal District Court of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1992. He has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since 2001.
From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Curtis was an Attorney-Trustee of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for the District VIII Ethics Committee. As a member of the New Jersey Bar Foundation since 1995, he has been a Mentor in its Students-Mentors Program, providing career guidance and advice to local high school and college students considering a career in law. He is an active member of several legal organizations, including the Middlesex County, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.
EDUCATION:
Villanova University (B.S., 1987)
University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., 1991)
BAR ADMISSIONS:
State:
New Jersey (1992)
Pennsylvania (1992)
Federal:
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit (2001)
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (1992)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1992)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
New Jersey State Bar Association, Member, Labor & Employment Section,
Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Pennsylvania State Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association
Middlesex County Bar Association
Mercer County Bar Association
REPORTED CASES:
Joseph Potente v. County of Hudson, 378 N.J. Super. 40 (App. Div. 2005)
precedent-setting case under the NJ Law Against Discrimination for pre-judgment interest on jury verdicts involving public entity employers
Local 1992, IBEW v. Okonite Co., 358 F.3d 278 (3rd Cir. 2004)
action involving resolution of post-judgment attorney fee applications in fee-shifting cases under NJ and federal law
PUBLICATIONS (Click Here To Read Some of Mr. Curtis's Publications):
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2010 Quarterly News Reports
Spring edition - May 1, 2010
‘NETWorkplace' - The Rise of Social Networking on the Job
Second in a Four-Part Series on How Employers Manage Social Networking Sites in the
Workplace
Winter edition - February 1, 2010
‘NETWorkplace' - The Rise of Social Networking on the Job
How Employers Should Handle Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter in the Workplace
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2010 Monthly News Flashes
June News Flash – June 15, 2010
CAN WALMART AND WOMEN WORK TOGETHER?
A Class-Action Discrimination Lawsuit Against The Retail Behemoth Exposes A Huge
Vulnerability For Companies Of All Sizes Nationwide
May News Flash – May 15, 2010
AFTER THE RECESSION …
WILL ‘TEMPORARY' HIRES BECOME THE NEW ‘PERMANENT' WORKFORCE?
How Companies Can Benefit By Using Freelancers and Contract Workers
April News Flash – April 15, 2010
EMPLOYEE PRIVACY TRUMPS COMPANY'S RIGHT OF ACCESS
The NJ Supreme Court Gives Guidance to Employers
March News Flash – March 15, 2010
IS THE WORKPLACE GOING TO ‘POT'?
How Will the NJ Compassionate Use Act (aka Medical Marijuana Act) Impact the Work Environment?
February News Flash – February 15, 2010
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS DISCRIMINATION
In NJ, a Refusal to Do Business with a 3rd Party Contractor Can Violate the LAD
January News Flash – January 15, 2010
THE EEOC IN 2009 … AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2010
Discrimination Complaints in the Workplace Remain at Historic Highs
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2009 Quarterly News Reports
Fall edition - November 1, 2009
Wage and Hour Laws
New Report Finds “Regular and Systematic” Violations
Summer edition – August 1, 2009
Arbitration Clauses in Employment Agreements
Spring edition – May 1, 2009
The ‘Paid Leave' Provisions of the NJ Family Leave Act
Winter edition – February 1, 2009
Light-Duty Assignments, Reasonable Accommodation, and the NJ Family Leave Act
SYMPOSIUM – Internal Conflict Management Procedures
Lincoln Development Group, Inc.: September 2009
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2008 Quarterly News Reports
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2007 Year-End Report
A Primer on the NJ Division of Civil Rights
How Your HR Managers Can Navigate the DCR Labyrinth
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2006 Year-End Report
Disability and Medical Leave Laws - The ‘Dance”
The Fed's FMLA and ADA intertwined with NJ's FLA and LAD
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2005 Year-End Report
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act … Yes, It Does Affect Your Company
Electronic Records Retention in the Post-Enron Era
NJ LAWYER: June 13, 2005; Contributor
LAD Claimant May Receive Pre-Judgment Interest From Public Entity Employer
EMPLOYMENT NEWS ALERT (ENA): 2004 Inaugural Issue
Workplace Discrimination Investigations
THE JERSEY JOURNAL: December 29, 2003; Contributor
The LAD and the Establishment Clause – Was it Church/State or Just Politics?
NJ BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: January 15, 2003; Contributor
Are ‘English Language Only' Policies in the Workplace Inherently Racist?
