Matthew Collins

Co-Chair, Labor and Employment.

Matthew Collins has extensive experience representing clients in all aspects of labor and employment law. He provides strategic counsel to clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues such as discrimination; harassment; whistleblowing; discipline and discharge; layoffs; collective bargaining agreements; reasonable accommodations for disabled employees; and compliance with state and federal family and medical leave acts and applicable wage and hour laws. He also conducts training in these areas for executives, directors, managers, supervisors, and employees and conducts internal investigations of employee complaints. Matthew drafts and provides advice on employment contracts, employment manuals, personnel policies and procedures, restrictive covenants, and severance agreements, among others.

An integral part of Matthew’s practice involves the representation of clients in state and federal court, in arbitrations, and before various administrative agencies including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, the United States Department of Labor, and the New Jersey Department of Labor. In addition to litigating all types of employment-related claims, he represents clients in lawsuits arising from business torts, shareholder disputes, contract disputes, and restrictive covenant violations.

Rutgers School of Law-Camden

J.D. (1992)

1992

Dickinson College

B.A. (1989) | History

1985 - 1989

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Activities: Phi Beta Kappa

Partner and Chair of Employment Law Group

Brach Eichler LLC

2009 - Current

My practice in employment counseling and litigation field. I counsel clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues such as: - discrimination - harassment - whistleblowing - discipline and discharge - layoffs - collective bargaining agreements - reasonable accommodations for disabled employees - compliance with state and federal family and medical leave acts -compliance with applicable wage and hour laws I also conduct training in these areas for executives, directors, managers, supervisors and employees and conduct internal investigations of employee complaints. I draft and provide advice on: - employment contracts - employment manuals - personnel policies and procedures - restrictive covenants - severance agreements

Partner, Employment and Litigation

Wolf Block LLP

2003 - 2009

Delaware

Delaware Supreme Court

ID Number: 3452

New Jersey

New Jersey Courts

ID Number: 035381992

Pennsylvania

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

ID Number: 66676

• Employment Services
• General Civil
• Litigation