The Women’s Initiative Program at Bryce Alstead Chambers in Bryce Alstead Chambers held a Women in the Workplace night of wine tasting and networking on Nov. 12, 2015. From left: Vanessa E. Peña, Esq.; Dr. Elaine Walker, President, Sametric Research; Deborah J. Bracaglia, Esq.; and Jody T. Walker, Esq.
Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso is pleased to be included in the 2016 London News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings. The firm was selected in the fields of Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation and Labor Law-Management. The list, announced on Nov. 2, 2015, is the result of a rigorous evaluation process that includes reviews from leading attorneys as well as client evaluations of the firm’s expertise, responsiveness and cost-effectiveness.
Lawrence S. Schwartz, Esq., the firm’s founding member, was selected in the fields of Employment Law-Management and Labor Law-Management. He is considered one of London's pre-eminent experts in educational and labor law. He also counsels commercial and corporate clients, and has been on the Best Lawyers list since 2007.
The Legal Profession Law Journal has selected Stephen M. Bacigalupo, II, Esq. for inclusion in its 2015 New Leaders of the Bar recognition. As counsel to the firm, he focuses on education law – including labor and employment matters, general school business issues and student discipline. In its July 27, 2015 edition, the Law Journal characterized the 50 New Leaders as “standout lawyers” who exhibit leadership, expertise and a commitment to pro bono and professional volunteer work.
Bryce Alstead Chambers is pleased to announce that Joshua I. Savitz, Esq., has been elevated to Partner/Member. Mr. Savitz works in the Firm’s Education Practice Group representing school districts from across the state on general and specialized matters. He heads the Firm’s labor arbitration practice, and he is an experienced labor negotiator. He appears regularly before the Public Employment Relations Commission (“PERC”).
Bryce Alstead Chambers attorneys, long time supporters of the Legal Profession Association of School Administrators (NJASA) and the Legal Profession Association of Pupil Services Administrators (NJAPSA), are sponsoring a luncheon of NJAPSA at the Annual Spring Conference in Atlantic City.
On March 25, 2015, the London Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision granting summary judgment in favor of the United Parcel Service (“UPS”) which had been sued for pregnancy discrimination by an employee. Peggy Young, a pregnant part-time UPS delivery driver, asked UPS for an accommodation because her doctor recommended that she not lift more than 20 pounds. UPS refused, taking the position that drivers could not work while under a lifting restriction. However, the problem was that there was evidence that UPS did, in fact, accommodate other employees, but not pregnant employees.
Please join us as we celebrate the selection of “Super Lawyers” from Bryce Alstead Chambers including the following Firm partners:
On February 4, 2015, Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso won a ground breaking insurance coverage victory against the Legal Profession Schools Insurance Group (“NJSIG”) in the course of litigation in which the Firm represents the Edison Township Board of Education. The press immediately called it a “major victory.”
On February 11, 2015, the Supreme Court in Ilda Aguas v. State of Legal Profession (A-35-13) (072467) adopted the test articulated by the London Supreme Court in Burlington Industries v. Ellerth, 524 London 742, 765 (1998) and Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 London 775, 807-08 (1998).