Manali Arora has been actively practicing employment law for the past 12 + years, representing plaintiffs in individual discrimination claims, as well as class action wage and hour disputes.
Fran co-founded Griesing Mazzeo Law, LLC, a Philadelphia women-owned firm with offices in Arizona, Florida, Ohio and New York. She has over 40 years of experience representing public and closely-held companies, nonprofits, government and executives in complex transactions, high stakes litigation, employment and ADR.
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Session I - Can I sue my Employer for Favoritism? When playing favorites becomes unlawful – Manali Arora
While Favoritism in the workplace is not necessarily unlawful, such poor management can negatively impact the entire work environment by lowering morale, breeding resentment and disincentivizing production.
Additionally, there are also instances where such practices can rise to illegal actions. This presentation will identify those instances, along with actions employees and employers can implement to ensure workplace fairness and avoid such violations.
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Session II - Bullies Beware! Workplace Ethics for Lawyers – Francine Griesing
Some lawyers believe that vigorous advocacy means taking a scorched earth approach with adversaries and that being combative with colleagues, professional staff and clients is an effective way to act. Unfortunately, lawyers whose zealousness in relationships cross the line are engaging in improper and wrongful conduct. Bullying is not just a schoolyard problem. It increasingly pervades the business and legal world. It is important for lawyers to appreciate the ethical issues raised by overly aggressive and intimidating behavior so that we conform to ethical standards and can address unethical conduct when we observe it in others, or it is directed at us. Our profession is expected to set an example of how to behave to promote justice and fairness; there is no room for bullies here.
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Closed-captioning available
Manali Arora | Swartz Swidler LLC
Manali Arora has been actively practicing employment law for the past 12 + years, representing plaintiffs in individual discrimination claims, as well as class action wage and hour disputes. She has significant experience representing clients litigation before state and Federal Courts, as well as before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as other state agencies.
Francine Friedman Griesing | Griesing Mazzeo Law, LLC
Fran co-founded Griesing Mazzeo Law, LLC, a Philadelphia women owned firm with offices in Arizona, Florida, Ohio and New York. She has over 40 years of experience representing public and closely-held companies, nonprofits, government and executives in complex transactions, high stakes litigation, employment and ADR. She is an experienced arbitrator and mediator. After practicing at firms and as Litigation Chair for the Philadelphia Law Department, she founded her firm in 2010.
Recognized by Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Client Choice, and Super Lawyers, she was honored as one of Philadelphia Inquirer’s Influencers of Law and Diversity & Inclusion Lifetime Achievers, Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best of the Bar, Legal Intelligencer’s Women of the Year, Ms. JD’s Sharing
Her Passion Honoree, ABA Women in Litigation Who Inspire Us; Super Lawyers’ Top 50 Women Lawyers. She received Philadelphia Bar Education Center’s Excellence in Legal Education Award and ABA’s Legal Writing Excellence Award. She is a serial entrepreneur, co-founding Bossible, a marketing and business development consultancy, and GriesingMazzeo Leadership, a training and human resources advisor. Selected by NAWBO and Bank of America as 2018 Woman Business Owner of the Year, Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia as 2018 Small Business Person of the Year, she received numerous awards for her civic leadership.
Featured in “The Road to Independence, 101 Women’s Journeys to Starting Their Own Firms”, she has taught at the college, business and law school level. An honors graduate of Binghamton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, she is admitted to practice in Arizona, New York and Pennsylvania.
Session I – Can I sue my Employer for Favoritism? When playing favorites becomes unlawful | 10:00am – 11:00am
Break | 11:00am – 11:10am
Session II – Bullies Beware! Workplace Ethics for Lawyers | 11:10am – 12:10pm
only $395 yearly
only $395 yearly