Suzanne M. Cerra
Suzanne M. Cerra has devoted her legal career to representing employers in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination matters. She also has extensive experience handling matters that involve the enforcement of restrictive covenants and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information. Suzanne has represented hundreds of clients in […]
Katherin Nukk-Freeman
Katherin Nukk-Freeman is the co-founder of Nukk-Freeman & Cerra PC. Leveraging more than 30 years of success as a trusted advisor to corporate leaders, Katherin enables companies to proactively address and effectively manage workplace issues related to harassment and discrimination complaints, unconscious bias, disability and leave law, wage and hour disputes, social media risks, staff […]
Ryan S. Carlson
Ryan S. Carlson focuses his practice on representing management in employment litigation matters in federal and state courts through trial with an emphasis in defending claims of wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, whistle-blowing, and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. Ryan also defends clients in administrative proceedings before the Equal Opportunity Employment […]
Stacy L. Fode
Stacy L. Fode focuses her practice on employment litigation and advisement and business litigation. She specializes in representing business clients in all aspects of employment law including wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, whistle blower, employment agreement and trade secret disputes, and wage and hour matters, including class actions and PAGA matters. Stacy’s clients have included […]
Jesse Grasty
Jesse Grasty has extensive experience litigating and counseling complex labor and employment matters in federal and state courts and before federal, state and local agencies. Jesse has dedicated his legal career to litigating claims under, and providing legal advice and counsel regarding compliance with, labor and employment laws including Title VII, ADA, FLSA, and FMLA. […]
Kerrie R. Heslin
Kerrie R. Heslin has dedicated her entire legal career to employment and labor matters for management. Kerrie devotes a majority of her practice to the litigation of employment matters involving discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower claims, wage and hour and benefits issues on behalf of employers. This includes single plaintiff matters as well as class actions. She […]
Nivritha C. Ketty
Nivritha (“Nivi”) Ketty has both law firm and in-house experience in employment law for clients spanning a range of industries. Prior to joining NFC, Nivi was Associate General Counsel, Employment Law for a major medical center, and was responsible for providing legal advice and counsel regarding compliance with employment and labor laws, including FMLA, ADA, […]
Phillip J. Lipari
Phillip J. Lipari assists businesses, from small companies to Fortune 100 corporations, in a wide array of employment law issues. A leader of the Firm’s Investigations Practice Group, Phill has significant experience investigating matters involving claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, bullying, compliance violations, and more. He developed this expertise in his prior role as a […]
Rachel M. Manne
Rachel M. Manne, a member of the Firm’s Executive Leadership Team, leads the Firm’s Counseling Practice Group and Training and Development Practice Group. With more than 20 years of experience in employment law, Rachel’s practice focuses on partnering with employers on a broad range of employment law issues to solve workplace issues and ensure compliant […]
Kirsten McCaw Grossman
Kirsten McCaw Grossman leads our Restrictive Covenant practice group and is an employment litigator with 20 years of experience. Kirsten represents management clients exclusively in disputes before state and federal courts, FINRA (formerly NASD) and AAA arbitration proceedings, and administrative agencies (including state and federal EEO agencies and the Department of Labor). Additionally, she regularly […]