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MATTHEW M. COLLINS
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Matthew C. Collins
TELEPHONE: 973.403.3151
FAX: 973.618.5551
E-MAIL: mcollins@bracheichler.com
ASSISTANT: Diane Famula
dfamula@bracheichler.com

Matthew Collins concentrates his practice in employment counseling and litigation. He counsels clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues such as discrimination, harassment, whistleblowing, discipline and discharge, layoffs, collective bargaining agreements, reasonable accommodations for disabled employees and compliance with state and federal family and medical leave acts and applicable wage and hour laws. He also conducts training in these areas for executives, directors, managers, supervisors and employees and conducts internal investigations of employee complaints. Matthew drafts and provides advice on employment contracts, employment manuals, personnel policies and procedures, restrictive covenants and severance agreements.

Matthew represents clients in state and federal court, in arbitrations and before various administrative agencies including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the United States Department of Labor and the New Jersey Department of Labor. In addition to litigating all types of employment related claims, he represents clients in lawsuits arising from business torts, shareholder disputes, contract disputes and restrictive covenant violations.


PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

Speaker, "Paid Family Leave Is Here, Are You Ready?," 2009 New Jersey MGMA Practice Management Conference, March 19, 2009

Speaker, "Everything You Need To Know About Harassment In The Workplace," Saint Barnabas Metrowest IPA and the Saint Barnabas Office Mangers Association, April 24, 2009

Speaker, "What Every Practice Must Know About New Jersey Family Leave," 2009 Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Convention, April 4, 2009

Speaker, "Avoiding Common Pitfalls: Managing Employment Practice Liability," 2008 New Jersey Academy of Ohthalmology Annual Meeting, September 26, 2008

 
PRACTICE AREAS

    Employment Law, Chair
    Litigation

EDUCATION

    Dickinson College,
      B.A., 1989, magna cum laude,
      Phi Beta Kappa

    Rutgers University
      School of Law, J.D., 1992

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS

    New Jersey
    Pennsylvania
    Delaware
    U.S. District Court, District
      of New Jersey

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

    Member,
      Labor & Employment Law
      Section, New Jersey State
      Bar Association


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