Essential Elements of Employment
Related Litigation 2:45 - 3:45 pm
About the Presentation
HR professionals are an integral part of the team successfully defending a company from employment-related litigation.
This seminar will give HR professionals an understanding of the basic and essential elements of typical employment-related litigation
facing companies.
Along with written materials which will serve as a handy reference in the future, HR professionals
will learn how to have more productive conversations with legal counsel and how to more effectively help defend claims
brought by current and former employees:
How to avoid employment-related breach of contract and discrimination litigation in the first place.
How to properly document employee activity and prepare for litigation before it even occurs.
How to investigate a claim of discrimination, breach of contract, or wrongful termination.
How to secure and preserve evidence for administrative proceedings or future litigation.
How to conduct employee interviews to establish and preserve a record of events.
How to implement a "Litigation Hold" to preserve evidence.
Introduction to the essential elements of any employment-related litigation and how the litigation process works.
Learn litigation lingo.
How to answer "discovery" requests such as interrogatories and requests for production of documents.
How to avoid liability for answering discovery requests incompletely.
Introduction to litigation timelines and important milestones such as the "Motion for Summary Judgment"\".
How to work efficiently and effectively with your legal counsel.
About the Speakers
Joseph D. Whelan, Partner, Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP
Joe's practice is focused primarily in the areas of employment litigation, labor law, and commercial litigation.
He represents clients in state and federal courts and agencies throughout New England in employment matters
including executive compensation disputes, non-competition disputes, and matters involving employment-related statutes
including Title VII, ADEA, the ADA, ERISA, FMLA and state equivalents.
Joe also represents clients in all facets of
labor relations including collective bargaining negotiations, arbitrations and matters before the NLRB. In addition,
he represents clients in commercial litigation matters and health care litigation matters.
Practice Areas:
Litigation
Educational Institutions
Health Care
Labor and Employment
Education
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D., 1995
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, B.A., 1986
Bar Memberships
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2006
Massachusetts, 2005
Rhode Island, 1997
U. S. District Court for the District of R.I., 1997
New York Bar, 1995
U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1995
Work Experience
HINCKLEY, ALLEN & SNYDER LLP
Litigation Law Group
Labor and Employment Law Group
Partner (2002 to Present)
Associate ( 1997 - 2001)
JACKSON, LEWIS, SCHNITZLER & KRUPMAN, New York, NY
Associate/Law Clerk (1994 - 1997)
SIMPSON, THACHER & BARTLETT, New York, NY
Assistant to the Managing Attorney (1992 - 1994)
Special Honors
Currently listed in Woodward/White Inc.'s Best Lawyers in America in the Labor and Employment Law category
Currently listed in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the category of Labor & Employment
Publications and Lectureships
Adjunct Professor (Employment and Labor Law), Roger Williams University School of Law (1998 to present)
Chip Muller, Associate, Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP
