Vanessa Kelly

About Vanessa Kelly

Vanessa M. Kelly is a member of the Labor & Employment Group at Clark Hill PLC, a full-service law firm with attorneys and professionals throughout the United States. She has over 25 years of experience in providing legal services to employers in all areas of employment law, including risk assessment and avoidance, disability accommodation, workplace misconduct, terminations, reductions in force, and policy implementation. She represents employers before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and before arbitration tribunals in defense of discrimination, whistleblower, or breach of contract disputes. She is also a certified Title IX Investigator and Hearing Officer and a Employment Arbitrator.Vanessa is a Martindale Hubbell® AV Preeminent rated attorney and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.® She represents employers in state and federal courts and agencies, as well as in enforcing and defending restrictive covenants. She works collaboratively with employer practices liability carriers and delivers pragmatic, focused, and empathetic counsel to her clients. She is also the host of a podcast on leadership,\"Leadership, Simply Smarter.\"Vanessa is frequently called upon to provide crucial advice and counsel to clients facing challenging or crisis situations. She engages in employment risk assessment in the corporate due diligence process and training for Boards, including fiduciary duties on employee relations compliance.

Experience

1. Member, Labor & Employment Group

   Clark Hill Law

   Jun 2016 — Present · Princeton, NJ, US

   Clark Hill PLC is an entrepreneurial, full-service law firm with attorneys and other professionals throughout the United States, tracing its roots back to 1890. Clark Hill combines the specialized offerings of a boutique firm with the full range of services provided by a mid-size national firm with global reach. Our firm is organized into 16 practice groups serving clients in all industries. We are an Am Law 200 Ranked Firm and ranked as Top 100 client service law firm.Vanessa Kelly is a member of the Labor & Employment Group working from the Princeton, New Jersey and New York City offices. She represents employers in all phases of labor and employment litigation and frequently counsel clients on compliance with federal and state law, investigating workplace complaints, offer training to managers and employees, and provide on-going legal advice to in-house counsel and human resource professionals. Vanessa\'s neutral practice includes serving as a Title IX and Campus Discipline Hearing Officer and Investigator, and she is on the national roster of Employment Arbitrators.Vanessa’s experience includes:• Defense of employment claims• Training, investigation, audits, including Title IX• Creation and implementation of employment policies and human resources practices• Restrictive covenant litigation and counseling• Representation of executives• Employment Agreements• Arbitration and Mediation• Provision of Mediation Services and Arbitration Services - National Roster of Employment Arbitrators • Title IX Hearing Office and Investigator• Business Counseling• Complex commercial litigation• Products liability litigation

Education

• The George Washington University Law School

  J.D., with Honors, Law

  1985 — 1988

• Bucknell University

  B.A., Psychology

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Client Development
• Legal Advice
• Appeals
• Litigation Management
• Civil Rights
• Discrimination
• Retaliation
• Employee Handbooks
• Mediation
• Breach of Contract
• Human Resources Policies
• Office Administration
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Dispute
• Eeo Investigations
• Employment Contracts
• Torts
• Restrictive Covenants
• Class Actions
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Legal Research
• Civil Litigation
• Trade Secrets
• Employment Discrimination
• Dispute Resolution
• Certified Mediator
• Employment Law
• Trials
• Contract Negotiation
• Management
• Commercial Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Wage & Hour