Carol Shieh

Carol Shieh’s practice focuses on the defense of management in employment-related disputes. Prior to joining NFC, Carol worked for a prominent San Diego-based firm as an Associate Attorney responsible for defending employers in all stages of litigation, as well as providing counsel regarding compliance with employment and labor laws. Carol defends single and multiple-plaintiff litigation […]
Alexandra Lapes

Alexandra Lapes focuses her practice on all aspects of employment law. She advises and counsels clients on employment policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws. Alexandra designs HR policies and employee handbooks that are legally compliant and written in a manner that is consistent with an organization’s culture. She […]
Whitney H. Lazo

Associate, Whitney H. Lazo, focuses her practice on management-side employment and labor litigation representing employers in a wide array of employment matters such as hostile work environment and harassment and discrimination on the basis of sex, race, disability, age, pregnancy, religion, and national origin. She defends employers in state and federal court, and before various […]
Soundous Bouchouar

Associate, Soundous Bouchouar, focuses her practice on the defense of management in employment-related disputes. She represents employers in state and federal court. Soundous partners with employers to create internal best practices for managing employee relations matters, investigates employee relations concerns, drafts employment and separation agreements, and employee handbooks and policies. Additionally, she independently represented a […]
Lisa Besson Geraghty

Lisa Geraghty is a seasoned trial attorney who focuses her practice on the litigation of a wide range of workplace matters, including wrongful discharge (LAD, CEPA, FMLA), breach of contract, restrictive covenant enforcement, and unfair competition claims. She has extensive experience defending management against complex and high exposure causes of action involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, […]
Stacy Landau

Stacy Landau has significant litigation experience working with clients both in the public and private sectors. She represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters, in addition to providing counseling on a variety of topics, always with an eye towards reducing risk and efficient resolution. Stacy has experience defending single plaintiff and class action […]
Catherine A. Williams

Catherine A. Williams has extensive experience in employment counseling and litigation, advising clients including corporations, universities, and other non-profit organizations on a full range of employment laws and policies. She focuses her practice on counseling regarding employment policies, practices, and agreements; compliance with anti-discrimination laws and advice regarding internal discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and whistleblower complaints; […]
Julie S. Alarcón

Julie S. Alarcón joins NFC as an Associate, where she focuses her practice on the defense of management in employment-related disputes. As a member of NFC’s counseling practice group, Julie counsels employers of all sizes on issues involving employee recruitment, hiring, employee classifications, family and medical leave, antidiscrimination, sexual harassment, disability, wage and hour, discipline, […]
Jean Schroll Knapp

Jean Schroll Knapp focuses her practice on management defense in employment and labor law litigation. Ms. Knapp defends employers in general commercial litigation and employment discrimination actions, including those brought under New Jersey’s LAD, CEPA, and FLA, as well as federal claims under the FMLA, ADA, and Title VII. Additionally, Ms. Knapp defends claims under […]
Sharina Rodriguez

Sharina Rodriguez, Esq., has focused her practice in employment litigation and counseling involving age, race, sex and disability discrimination and/or harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, and breach of contract disputes arising under federal, New Jersey and New York law. Her experience also includes counseling private and public employers in all areas of […]