Angela A. Cronk
Partner
Angela A. Cronk, a leader in the firm’s Employment and Labor group, is a highly experienced civil litigator with more than 20 years of experience handling complex employment and labor matters. Angela defends employers, health care facilities, and other professionals against claims including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour matters in state, federal, arbitration, administrative, and appellate venues. She provides preventive and risk management counsel on hiring practices, terminations, workplace investigations, and crafting employee policies. She also regularly defends against various claims made under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Angela also has significant experience in commercial and business litigation for clients across many business lines, including banking and financial services, insurance, health care, and real estate and land use. She draws on a background handling advocacy, legal analysis, and strategy for mass tort Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) matters for major railroads. In this role, she acted as national counsel, supervised over 250 occupational injury cases, and prepared appellate briefs to the Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania.
Angela is frequently asked to speak and write on a wide range of significant developments and evolving trends impacting public and private employers. Outside her practice, she volunteers as a Guardian Ad Litem for the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP), where she represents children who are victims of abuse and neglect.
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Experience Highlights
- Defended a health care client in employment litigation against plaintiffs alleging violations of Title VII, ADA, ADEA, and FMLA
- Secured summary judgment on 16 of 19 claims reducing the plaintiffs’ demand and forcing nominal settlements
- Obtained a defense verdict on remaining ADA retaliation matter at trial for health care client in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Handled five trials at major jury level in 2017 and 2018 in both state and federal court
- Litigated multiple restrictive covenants lawsuits on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court
Honors & Awards
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2011 and 2013
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Middle, Western, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Education
- Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., 1999
- Hollins College, B.A., 1995
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Montgomery County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Montgomery Child Advocacy Project: Guardian Ad Litem
Publications & Events
- Featured in “Goldberg Segalla Employment and Labor Practice Grows with Addition of Angela A. Cronk: The Legal Intelligencer,” May 17, 2021
- Featured in “Goldberg Segalla Nabs Burns White Employment Atty In Philly,” Law360 Pulse, May 17, 2021
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- “ADA, FMLA, and Workers’ Compensation” National Business Institute, Allentown, PA, October 2019
- “Employee Injuries: Best Practices Shared,” 25th Annual Short Lines and RR Seminar, Chicago, IL, July 2018
- “The Eviction Process” and “Ethical Considerations in Landlord/Tenant Law” CLE Presentation, November 2015
- “Eviction and Ethical Considerations,” Sterling Education Services, Residential Landlord-Tenant Law CLE Seminar, Reading, Pennsylvania, November 2015
- “Current Trends and Legal Issues Relating to Diversity, Inclusion and the Elimination of Bias,” (Presenter), GS Webinar Series, June 23, 2022
- “Annual Employment Multistate Legislative Update (CA, NY, NJ, PA),” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, January 13, 2022
- “Best HR Practices Today to Defend State Administrative Agency and EEOC Claims Tomorrow,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, August 26, 2021
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