Since 1998, I have been a sole practitioner focusing on preventative law for employers, including review of corporate policies, advice on compliance with state and federal requirements, counseling on disciplinary and/or termination decisions, and training on managing within the law, corporate compliance, and preventing harassment.
Here's what I did before that:
DEUTSCH, RESNICK, GREEN & KIERNAN
A Partnership of Professional Corporations
Springfield, NJ
Partner, 1996- 1998
Concentration: Plaintiffs’ employment law counseling and litigation
LAW OFFICES OF GERALD JAY RESNICK
Colonia, NJ
Of Counsel, 1995
Concentration: Plaintiffs’ employment law counseling and litigation
JAMIESON, MOORE, PESKIN & SPICER, P.A.
Princeton, NJ
Shareholder, 1988-1995
Associate, 1983-1987
Concentrations: Employment law counseling and litigation for management; commercial litigation (antitrust, insurance fraud, public bidding, banking, creditors' rights, bankruptcy, consumer fraud, trade secrets, libel/defamation and breach of contract.)
My educational background is:
Rutgers School of Law-Newark J.D., 1981
Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ A.B. with departmental honors (History), 1977
I served as a judicial clerk:
Hon. John W. Devine, U.S.M.J., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Nov. 1981 to Aug. 1983)
Hon. Merritt Lane, J.A.D. and Hon. Baruch S. Seidman, J.A.D., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (Aug. to Oct. 1981). Judge Lane died during the first week of my clerkship, and Judge Seidman was recalled from retirement temporarily to take his place.
Here are my professional activities:
Court-Approved Mediator under N.J. Ct. R. 1:40, 2001-2005
Member, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
New Jersey State Bar Association, Federal Practice and Procedure Section
Legislative Coordinator, 1997-present
Chair, 1996-1997
Vice Chair, 1994-1996
New Jersey Supreme Court District VII Ethics Committee
Secretary, 1990-1994
And, finally, a list of publications:
Chapter 3, "Venue", New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure (1999) and annual supplements through present.
“Current Issues Under the Americans With Disabilities Act”, The Complete Lawyer, (July/August, 1999)
Chapter 8, “Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation”. Commercial Litigation in New Jersey (1996)
Co-host, “Employee Rights Forum” WEVD-AM, Wednesdays, 6:30 -7 p.m. (1996)
Co-author, “Selecting a Forum for an Employment Case: State or Federal”, New Jersey Lawyer, (July/August 1996)
Co-author, Chapter 7, "Outline of Procedure and Practice Before the United States District Court, District of New Jersey", 19 New Jersey Practice §§391-473 (3d ed. 1993)
Chapter 3, "Venue", New Jersey Federal Civil Practice Handbook, (1992), and annual supplements through 1997.
In addition, I have chaired or been a panelist in numerous programs for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, covering topics in attorney ethics, federal practice, and employment law and litigation.