Jeremy S. Cole
Associate
Jeremy S. Cole counsels clients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, handling all aspects of employment and complex commercial litigation matters. His practice includes navigating complex business disputes and resolving employment-related matters, including defending actions and claims by employees concerning misappropriation of trade secrets, restrictive covenants, employment discrimination, and wage-and-hour issues. He also negotiates and drafts pre-employment agreements, separation agreements, restrictive covenants, and employee handbooks and policies.
Related Areas
Experience Highlights
- Negotiated a favorable resolution of complex severance negotiations involving severance, a restrictive covenant, and an equity buyout
- Successfully defended clients facing single-plaintiff and class-action claims of employment discrimination, employment misclassification, and violations of wage-and-hour laws
- Obtained favorable resolution of litigation concerning an attempted misappropriation of trade secrets filed on behalf of client against former employee
- Investigated complaints of workplace disputes, counseled clients on legal risks and exposure, and negotiated resolution of complaints
- Obtained dismissal of a complaint that sought millions of dollars from executives of a casino involving allegations of fraud and related torts on standing and ripeness grounds
- Obtained dismissal at trial and appellate levels of litigation on personal jurisdiction grounds, which resulted in a published New Jersey Appellate Division opinion that advanced New Jersey’s jurisprudence concerning personal jurisdiction over internet sellers (Jardim v. Overly, 461 N.J. Super. 367 (App. Div. 2019))
- Secured FINRA arbitration award expunging an unwanted occurrence from a client’s broker check report
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Delaware
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
- William and Mary Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2015
- William and Mary Business Law Review: Managing Editor
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude, 2012
Community Involvement
- Glass Leadership Institute, Anti-Defamation League, 2019-20
Publications & Events
- “NJ Justices’ Pregnancy Bias Ruling Expands Employer Onus,” (Author), Law360, April 27, 2021
- “Legal Issues with Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination in the Workplace,” (Author), CPA Now, April 1, 2021
- “Employers Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine as a Condition of Returning to the Workplace,” (Author), Fixed Ops Magazine, February 2021
- “Dropping the Ball: How the Commissioner’s Exercise of His “Best Interests” Authority is Failing the NFL and What Can Be Done About It,” 17 Tex. Rev. Ent. & Sports L. 43, 2015
- “Annual Employment Multistate Legislative Update (CA, NY, NJ, PA),” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, January 13, 2022
- “COVID-19 Vaccinations and the Workplace,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, March 25, 2021
Recent Insights
Reminder: Qualifying New Jersey Employers Must Enroll Employees in New Jersey’s Secure Choice Savings Program Before End of 2021
October 28, 2021
Eastern District of Pennsylvania Provides Critical Guidance on Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act
October 27, 2021
New Jersey Employers Now Required to Give Job Preference to Employees Who Have Reached Maximum Medical Improvement
October 7, 2021