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Jonathan I. Nirenberg 
East Hanover, New Jersey
Partner
phone 973-781-1204
646-867-7997
fax 973-781-1205
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Jonathan I. Nirenberg has dedicated his career to representing employees in discrimination, civil rights, and other employment law cases in New Jersey and New York since he graduated from Cornell Law School.  As an experienced employment lawyer, he has extensive experience in writing and arguing appeals.  He has participated in numerous landmark decisions, including Zive v. Stanley Roberts, Inc. and Myers v. AT&T, two disability discrimination case which made it easier for New Jersey employees to have their discrimination cases resolved by juries, as well as Padilla v. Berkeley Educational Services of New Jersey, Inc., Brennan v. Norton and Muller v. Exxon Research and Engineering .

Prior to co-founding the firm of Resnick & Nirenberg in 2006, Mr. Nirenberg was a Partner with Deutsch Resnick, P.A.  Mr. Nirenberg writes articles about important employment law issues and developments for his blog, the New York & New Jersey Employment Law Blog (http://jnirenberg.wordpress.com).  He is also the author of the articles When Does the Employer Have the Burden of Proof? (New Jersey Law Journal, March 17, 2008); Are Some Employees Entitled to More than 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Leave Under State and Federal Law (New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring 2002); and When Is an Employer's Failure to Provide Notice of FMLA Rights or Designate FMLA Leave Actionable? (New Jersey Law Journal, March 29, 2004).

Mr. Nirenberg is a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms, an organization of highly credentialed boutique law firms that have been hand selected as outstanding in their respective fields of law, as well as the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey (NELA-NJ).

Areas of Practice:
Employment law
Discrimination
Harassment
Sexual Harassment
Whistleblower and Retaliation
Employment Contracts
Civil Rights
Family and Medical Leaves
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1998
New York, 1999
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1998
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2002
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2002
Education:
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1998
Juris Doctor
Major:  Public Law


University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, June, 1995
B.A.
Major:  Political Science
Minor:  History


Published Works:
When Does the Employer Have the Burden of Proof?, New Jersey Law Journal, March 17th, 2008


Are Some Employees Entitled to More than 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Leave Under State and Federal Law, New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring, 2002


When Is an Employer's Failure to Provide Notice of FMLA Rights or Designate FMLA Leave Actionable?, New Jersey Law Journal, March 29th, 2004


Representative Cases:
Padilla v. Berkeley Educational Services of New Jersey, Inc., 383 N.J. Super. 177 (App. Div. 2005)
Zive v. Stanley Roberts, Inc., 182 N.J. 436 (  2003)
Myers v. AT&T, 380 N.J. Super. 443 (App. Div. 2005)
Brennan v. Norton, 350 F.3d 399 (3d Cir. 2003)
Muller v. Exxon Research and Engineering Co., 345 N.J.Super. 595 (App. Div. 2001)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF)


National Employment Lawyers' Association (NELA)


National Employment Lawyers' Association of New Jersey (NELA-NJ)


Past Employment Positions:
Deutsch Resnick, Partner, 2004 - 2005


Deutsch Resnick, Associate, 1998 - 2003