Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jonathan I. Nirenberg has dedicated his career to representing employees in discrimination, civil rights, and other employment law cases in New Jersey and New York since he graduated from Cornell Law School.  As an experienced employment lawyer, he has extensive experience in writing and arguing appeals.  He has participated in numerous landmark decisions, including Zive v. Stanley Roberts, Inc. and Myers v. AT&T , two disability discrimination case which made it easier for New Jersey employees to have their discrimination cases resolved by juries, as well as Padilla v. Berkeley Educational Services of New Jersey, Inc., Brennan v. Norton and Muller v. Exxon Research and Engineering.

Prior to co-founding the firm of Resnick Nirenberg & Siegler (now Resnick Nirenberg & Cash) in 2006, Mr. Nirenberg was a Partner with Deutsch Resnick, P.A.  Mr. Nirenberg writes articles about important employment law issues and developments for his blog, href="http://jnirenberg.wordpress.com">his blog, the New York & New Jersey Employment Law Blog (http://jnirenberg.wordpress.com).  He is also the author of the articles When Does the Employer Have the Burden of Proof? (New Jersey Law Journal, March 17, 2008); Are Some Employees Entitled to More than 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Leave Under State and Federal Law (New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring 2002); and When Is an Employer's Failure to Provide Notice of FMLA Rights or Designate FMLA Leave Actionable? (New Jersey Law Journal, March 29, 2004).

Mr. Nirenberg is a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms, an organization of highly credentialed boutique law firms that have been hand selected as outstanding in their respective fields of law, as well as the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey (NELA-NJ).

Areas of Practice

• Employment law
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Sexual Harassment
• Whistleblower and Retaliation
• Employment Contracts
• Civil Rights
• Family and Medical Leaves

Representative Cases

• Padilla v. Berkeley Educational Services of New Jersey, Inc., 383 N.J. Super. 177 (App. Div. 2005)
• Zive v. Stanley Roberts, Inc., 182 N.J. 436 (2003)
• Myers v. AT&T, 380 N.J. Super. 443 (App. Div. 2005)
• Brennan v. Norton, 350 F.3d 399 (3d Cir. 2003)
• Muller v. Exxon Research and Engineering Co., 345 N.J.Super. 595 (App. Div. 2001)

West Practice Categories

Contracts, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Gay & Lesbian Rights, National Origin Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Discrimination, Freedom of Speech, Search & Seizure Protections, Employment Law -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Whistleblower -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Whistleblower/Qui Tam

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1998
• New York, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1998
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2002
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF)
• National Employment Lawyers' Association (NELA)
• National Employment Lawyers' Association of New Jersey (NELA-NJ)

Past Employment Positions

• Deutsch Resnick, Partner, 2004 - 2005
• Deutsch Resnick, Associate, 1998 - 2003

Education

• Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1998
  Juris Doctor
  Major: Public Law
• University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, June, 1995
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science
  Minor: History

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Published Works

• When Does the Employer Have the Burden of Proof?, New Jersey Law Journal, March 17th, 2008
• Are Some Employees Entitled to More than 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Leave Under State and Federal Law, New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring, 2002
• When Is an Employer's Failure to Provide Notice of FMLA Rights or Designate FMLA Leave Actionable?, New Jersey Law Journal, March 29th, 2004

Address

100 Eagle Rock Avenue
Suite 301
East Hanover, NJ 07936

Phones

973-781-1204
646-867-7997

Faxes

(973) 781-1205

Emails

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Websites

http://www.njemploymentlawfirm.com