Local Labor and Employment Attorneys Selected to Coveted Best Lawyers in America List for 2016

As a result of their longstanding and successful work in labor and employment law, four attorneys from the Murray Hill, N.J. office of Fisher & Phillips LLP have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016®.

Additionally, Rosemary Gousman (10 years listed), managing partner of the New Jersey office was named “Lawyer of the Year” for her practice in litigation – labor and employment law. Gousman, along with partners Kathie Caminiti, Christopher Mills (10 years listed), and Senior Counsel Cynthia Jacob (20 years listed), received the Best Lawyers designation.

Cynthia M. Jacob

• Jacob has extensive trial experience, in bench and jury trials, litigating employment-related cases, including wrongful termination, employee benefits disputes, race, sex and age discrimination, and other civil rights litigation, all on behalf of management.
  

• For the past few years, Cynthia has focused on arbitration and mediation of state and federal employment-related claims. She is AAA certified and a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers as a neutral arbitrator.

Rosemary S. Gousman

• Gousman is the managing partner of Fisher & Phillips’ New Jersey office, where she applies her more than 20 years of experience in labor and employment law to litigation and client counsel. She has litigated cases involving claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, whistleblower claims, wage and hour laws, common law contract and tort claims, traditional labor law involving union-management relations, and employee benefits disputes.
  

• Along with her litigation work, Rosemary counsels clients on the appropriate handling of disciplinary matters, employee terminations, compliance with employment statues and state federal regulations dealing with harassment and discrimination, wages and leaves of absence. Rosemary has also been elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Chris H. Mills

• Mills is a partner in the New Jersey office where he has been advising clients on navigating the maze of labor and employment laws for nearly 45 years. He has a wide range of experience in employment litigation, employment discrimination, workforce reduction, employment-at-will and wrongful termination, traditional labor relations law, affirmative action plans, and employee pension and benefit plans.
  

• Over the years, he has repeatedly been selected to represent major corporations in class actions and collective wage claims.

Kathleen M. Caminiti

• Caminiti is a partner in the New Jersey office and has widespread experience handling employment litigation matters, ranging from individual plaintiff discrimination claims to wage and hour class and collective actions. She counsels her clients on employment discrimination, disability law, wrongful termination, reductions in force, FMLA and leave laws, sexual harassment, and wage & hour matters.

Each year, the lists are compiled by conducting a rigorous peer-review survey which offers leading lawyers the ability to confidentially evaluate their professional peers. An additional 80 Fisher & Phillips attorneys nationwide were named to the list, with seven honored as Best Lawyers.

About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. More than 79,000 leading attorneys are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers received more than 6.2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

About Fisher & Phillips LLP (www.laborlawyers.com)

Fisher & Phillips LLP is a national law firm committed to providing practical business solutions for employers’ workplace legal problems. Labor and employment law is all the firm does, offering deep and broad knowledge and experience in the area of the law the attorneys know best. Fisher & Phillips attorneys help clients avoid legal problems, are dedicated to providing exceptional client service, and are there when you need them. The firm has 300 attorneys in 31 offices. In addition to New Jersey, the offices are in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Gulfport, Houston, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, New Jersey, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle,