Jonathan Segal

About Jonathan Segal

My LinkedIn posts are NOT legal advice*Lawyer, writer, public speaker and trainer.Employment law: management side. Professional focus: maximize compliance and manage legal risk to achieve business goals with an eye on culture; when you take care of employees, you protect the company! Substantive areas: harassment, discrimination and retaliation; reasonable accommodations; antisemitism; wage and hour compliance; social media; talent acquisition; performance management; workplace investigations; employment agreements; privileged audits, including on legal risks in DEI programs. Published approximately 450 articles and blogs published on 3rd party platforms, including SHRM, Bloomberg, Fortune and HR Dive. Cited as national authority on employment issues in Time, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal, Forbes and MSNBC, among others.Testified on behalf of SHRM before the EEOC and US Civil Rights Commission on social media and background checks respectively Training of federal judges on EEO and other issues.Member of EEOC Select Task Force on HarassmentLegislative Director for PA SHRM (grassroots advocacy) Chair, PA Chamber Legislative CommitteeListed in Chambers USA for 15 consecutive years: America\'s Leading Lawyers for Business among the top-rated lawyers for labor and employment in Pennsylvania.Passionate centristPersonal passions: animal rescue, holocaust remembrance and psychologyFun: watching AMC\'s Mad Men and working out to Bruce SpringsteenVolunteer: Montgomery County SPCA. Please adopt shelter cat, dog or other. Save a universe when you do.

Experience

1. Partner

   Duane Morris LLP

   Apr 2009 — Present

   Partner In Employment Group. Focus on preventive counseling, planning and training to maximize legal compliance and minimize litigation. Emphasis on preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation and maximizing wage and hour compliance. Growing emphasis on religious inclusion in general and fighting antisemitism in particular

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  B.A Summa Cum Laude, Political Science

• University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

  J.D, Law

  1982 — 1985

Skills

• Employment Contracts
• Discrimination
• Employee Benefits
• Law Firms
• Contract Negotiation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Performance Management
• Courts
• Joint Ventures
• Due Diligence
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Fmla
• Employee Handbooks
• Mediation
• Securities Regulation
• Public Speaking
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Corporate Law
• Civil Litigation
• Discrimination Law
• Legal Research
• Intellectual Property
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Leadership
• Policy
• Class Actions
• Flsa
• Immigration Law
• Gender Equality Training
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Privacy Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation Management
• Human Resources
• Age Discrimination
• Labor Relations
• Trade Secrets
• Employment Law