On September
20, 2000, Richard M. Schall was elected President of
the New Jersey Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers
Association (NELA/NJ)
for the coming two-year term. NELA/NJ is the preeminent
association of plaintiffs' employment lawyers in New
Jersey, with more than 100 members throughout the State.
The organization is dedicated to advancing the rights
of employees to be free from employment discrimination
and unjust treatment in the workplace.
NELA/NJ and its members have played an
important role in litigating many of the key New Jersey
Supreme Court cases in recent years protecting or enhancing
employee rights, and it acts as the voice of the plaintiffs'
employment bar in this State.
Mr. Schall has been an active member of
NELA/NJ since 1992. He has served on the Executive Board
for the past four years and also acted as chairperson
for the Programs Committee. He is the author of numerous
articles on employment law and has spoken throughout
the State and the country on that subject with a particular
focus on the rights of employees with disabilities.
Mr. Schall is a member of the New Jersey
and Pennsylvania bars, the United States District Court,
District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit, and the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He graduated
from New York University School of Law in 1987 and is
a 1971 graduate of Swarthmore College. Mr. Schall is
a partner in the law firm Schall & Barasch, LLC
located in Moorestown, New Jersey.
Mr. Schall and his partner, Patricia
Barasch of Mt. Laurel, NJ, focus their practice on the
representation of employees who have been unfairly treated
or victimized by discrimination at work. Mr. Schall
resides in Moorestown with his Marie.
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