Joel Clymer

About Joel Clymer

I primarily focus my practice on employment litigation and counseling. My litigation experience encompasses the investigation, evaluation and litigation of discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), and other employment law statutes. I provide representation from pre-litigation status through trial in state and federal court, including the defense of clients in appellate court proceedings.In the area of employment counseling, I provide guidance on a variety of employment issues in the workplace, including accommodation requests, employee benefits, leaves of absence, workplace investigations, workplace policies and procedures, employee handbooks, and severance agreements. I also advise clients on legal compliance issues including those arising under the Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), in addition to other state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.Additionally, I represent clients in commercial matters and I have represented businesses in the litigation of restrictive covenants, shareholder/member disputes, breach of contract actions, and other business tort matters in state and federal court.I previously served as a Deputy Attorney General at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Law. In that role, I handled civil defense litigation in state and federal court with a primary focus on employment litigation, including claims filed under Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, NJLAD, and CEPA. He also represented governmental agencies in state and federal trial and appellate courts and in administrative hearings before the Office of Administrative Law.

Experience

1. Partner

   Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

   Feb 2022 — Present · NJ, US

Education

• Temple University

  Bachelors of Arts, Philosophy

  2006 — 2009

• Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  2010 — 2013

Skills

• Lexis
• Courts
• Constitutional Law
• Westlaw
• Depositions
• Research
• Civil Litigation
• Hearings
• Mentoring
• Trials
• Legal Issues
• Criminal Law
• Public Speaking
• Appeals
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Motions
• Legal Research
• Lexisnexis
• Administrative Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Mediation