Jean Schroll Knapp Bio

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Jean Schroll Knapp, ESQ.

Associate

Jean Schroll Knapp focuses her practice on management defense in employment and labor law litigation. She 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, Jean defends claims under the FLSA and state wage and hour laws and also counsels management on employment issues, drafting such documents as handbooks, policies, and separation agreements, as well as conducting employee investigations.  She received her Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law where she was an Articles Editor for the Seton Hall Law Review, a Leadership Fellows Program participant, and authored Unmasked:  Pseudonym Plaintiffs in the Legal Industry in the Era of #Me Too.

Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch 2024, 2025
Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Employment and Labor 2024
Professional Experience
Nukk-Freeman & Cerra P.C., Chatham, NJ | Law Clerk, Paralegal, Senior Paralegal 2013-2021
New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women, Trenton, NJ | Office Manager, Paralegal 2011-2013
Professional Activities
Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, Member

 

Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ | Juris Doctorate 2021
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ | Bachelor of Arts 2010
Farleigh Dickinson University, Eatontown, NJ | Paralegal Studies Program 2011

State of New Jersey
United States District Court – District of New Jersey
State of Pennsylvania
Publications
To Preempt Or Not To Preempt - New Jersey Court Finds Ban On Mandatory Arbitration Clauses No Longer Enforceable For Sexual Harassment/Assault Claims, L&E Blog ( September 14, 2022
Author, "The New York Division of Human Rights Announces it Will Discontinue Private Settlements, L&E Blog November 22, 2022
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