- Bergen County Bar Association (Past Chair, Labor Law Committee)
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Litigation and Labor Law Sections)
- Master, Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court
- Adjunct Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Steven Adler is a Partner and was a long-time member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Steve also serves as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group, Co-Chair of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group and Co-Chair of its Healthcare Litigation Practice Group.
During his 40 years of practice, Steve has handled cases with national significance. He regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout New Jersey and New York. He is known for his pragmatic approach to litigation while handling the most complex commercial, employment and healthcare disputes including class and collective actions. Some representative clients include such well-respected companies as Aon, Volkswagen, Woodmont Properties, Audi, Valley National Bank, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motorcars, Asta Funding, Goya Foods and Flight Safety International (a Berkshire Hathaway company).
Steve has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in all types of employment-related matters, including age, race, sex and disability discrimination and harassment lawsuits, whistleblower litigation, equal pay claims, wage and hour class actions, trade secrets and ERISA withdrawal liability cases. He often appears in the Chancery Division throughout New Jersey in restrictive covenant litigation. During the past thirty years, Steve primarily has represented and provided guidance to management on all types of personnel issues.
Steve also spends a significant portion of his time handling healthcare litigation, including minority oppression cases, non-competes involving doctors, disputes involving ambulatory surgical centers and imaging centers, and fraudulent billing allegations.
Steve has served as a mediator in many cases, including for the Civil Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County. He also frequently lectures and writes extensively on employment law topics. He also has taught various law courses as an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. From 1999 to 2001, Steve served as Acting General Counsel for Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Cars Inc. while remaining a partner at another prestigious law firm.
Steve is a frequent contributor to Mandelbaum Barrett PC’s Employment Law Blog. Click Here to View.
For more than 20 years, Steve has been selected for inclusion on the New Jersey Super Lawyers in Employment Litigation list and repeatedly has been named to the Best Lawyer in America® list*. He has also been awarded the highest AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the directory of legal professionals.
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Steve has substantial federal and state court jury trial and chancery litigation experience and has handled numerous employment related class actions and other complex employment and commercial litigation. He also regularly handles arbitrations at the AAA, JAMS and the AHLA. He was selected to be one of the initial Barristers in the Robert L. Clifford American Inn of Court, teaching younger attorneys litigation techniques. He currently is a Master in the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, the first Inn of Court in this country devoted exclusively to employment and labor law, where for years he served as the head of the Bergen County pupillage team.
Steve also has a broad commercial and business litigation background which benefits his employment and healthcare clients as many employment and healthcare disputes also involve complex business issues.
Steve served as Acting General Counsel for Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motorcars Inc. for three years and he continues to serve as a trusted advisor to the Volkswagen Group of Companies on employment matters.
What’s in Store for Employment Lawyers in 2023 for the New Jersey Law Journal
These stories are successful case results from our attorneys. Please note that results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
Steve has numerous reported decisions including cases of national importance relating to certifying a federal age discrimination collective action, requiring the speaking of English-only in the workplace and alter ego liability for ERISA withdrawal liability.
Reported decisions include:
- Anderson v. Union City Mirror and Table Co., 16-cv-6012 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2018).
- Asta Funding, Inc. v. Shawn Neal, Civ. No. 2:14-2495 (D.N.J. Nov. 13, 2018); Civ. No. 2:14-2495 (D.N.J. Feb. 8, 2019.
- Berman v. Valley Hospital, 103 N.J. 100 (1986).
- LoCurto v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, No. 13-cv-4303 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2018); No. 13-cv-4303 (S.D.N.Y. June 13, 2019).
- Lusardi v. Xerox, 99 F.R.D. 89 (D.N.J. 1983); 747 F.2d 174 (3d Cir. 1984); 118 F.R.D. 351 (D.N.J. 1987); 975 F.2d 964 (3d. Cir. 1992).
- Pomerantz Paper Corp. v. New Community Corp., 207 N.J. 344 (2011).
- Rosario v. Cacace, 337 N.J. Super. 578 (App. Div. 2001).
- Trooper Ink Co. v. Roico, Inc., 279 N.J. Super. 257 (App. Div. 1995).
Representative cases include:
- Obtaining dismissal of a race discrimination lawsuit against Volkswagen in the S.D.N.Y.;
- Obtaining a defense jury verdict on behalf of Goya Foods in a race and gender discrimination lawsuit;
- Obtaining a defense jury verdict on behalf of Flight Safety International in a breach of employee manual lawsuit in New Jersey state court;
- Obtaining a defense verdict on behalf of a radiology group in a sexual harassment lawsuit;
- Obtaining a defense verdict in a multi-million dollar ERISA withdrawal liability suit in the S.D.N.Y.;
- Obtaining a jury verdict in a FMLA lawsuit;
- Recovering $10 million in lawsuit against a mutual life insurance company’s board of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty;
- Recovering $4.5 million in wage and hour misclassification litigation;
- Recovering $3.7 million in a federal court lawsuit and Texas arbitration brought by senior executives for bonuses;
- Recovering $4.3 million on behalf of a financial services company for lost profits;
- Obtaining an arbitration award of over $4 million on behalf of Asta Funding (OTC: ASI) against former IT Director for computer fraud and abuse;
- Recovering $3.4 million for overtime wages on behalf of an FLSA and state law class action in federal court in the S.D.N.Y.;
- Successfully defending a Berkshire Hathaway company in a disability discrimination lawsuit;
- Recovering over $3 million for a Wall Street executive in a wrongful termination arbitration; and
- Recovering approximately $75 million in severance for executives.
- Obtaining restraining order for healthcare providers being removed from Medicare Advantage insurance plan
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The Medical Society of New Jersey ("MSNJ") requested that Mandelbaum Barrett PC partners Mohamed Nabulsi and Steven AdlerMandelbaum Barrett PC to Host Complimentary Webinars on COVID-19's Impact on Businesses and Healthcare Providers
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Please join us for two complimentary webinars on employment and operational issues raised by the spread of COVID-19, led by Steven I. Adler, Mohamed H. Nabulsi and Dennis J. Alessi. For more information and to register, click here.Steven Adler Authors Op-Ed Piece for NJBIZ
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Steven Adler, Co-Chair of our Labor and Employment Practice Group authored an op-ed piece for NJBIZ on the continuing challenges employers will face in 2020. Click here to read the full article.Steven Adler Authored Article for New Jersey Law Journal on "Overriding Termination and Non-Renewal Provisions in Health Care Industry Employment"
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Steven Adler Interviewed by Monster on the Common Misconceptions Surrounding Unemployment BenefitsSteven Adler Authors Op-Ed Piece for NJSpotlight on Anonymity for Plaintiffs in Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Lawsuits
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Steven Adler, Co-Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Labor and Employment Practice Group was recently quoted in an Ivy Exec article on noncompetes, NDAs and Restrictive Covenants and whether you should just sign on the dotted line or not. Steve talks about the current "sellers market" with high demand for talent and the leverage that may afford job seekers in negotiating the terms of their employment. Read what Steve and other experts have to say here.Thirteen Mandelbaum Barrett PC Attorneys Recognized By Their Peers In Best Lawyers in America© 2020
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Steve Adler, Co-Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Labor and Employment Practice Group, authored an article for NJBIZ discussing how age discrimination laws provide some flexibility for companies to set long-term plans. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2LXNfWfSteven Adler Authored Article for New Jersey Law Journal on the MeToo Movement's Impact on Morals Clauses and the Right to Clawback Compensation
January 23, 2019
Co-Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Employment Practice Group, Steven Adler, published an article for the New Jersey Law Journal on the "MeToo Movement's Impact on Morals Clauses and the Right to Clawback Compensation." Click here to read more.Steven Adler Authored Article For ROI-NJ Entitled "Secretly recording work chats: Not cut-and-dried"
September 4, 2018
Thinking of secretly taping someone at work? The legality of doing so may not be as cut and dry as you think. Steven Adler, Co-Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Employment Law Practice explains how times have changed following the #Metoo movement in regards to secretly recording work chats and cautions employers on updating their policies in their employee handbooks.Steven Adler Authored Article for New Jersey Law Journal Entitled "The Times They Are a-Changin' for NJ Employers"
August 8, 2018
Steven Adler, Co-Chair of Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Labor and Employment Law Practice Group wrote an article for the New Jersey Law Journal which looks at the state of employment laws in New Jersey since Governor Murphy took office in January. Times certainly are a-changin'!Steve Adler Interviewed by ROI-NJ on Gov. Murphy's Worker Protections
June 8, 2018
Steven Adler, Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group, was interviewed by ROI-NJ on "Are Gov. Murphy's worker protections eliminating the need for unions?"Steven Adler Authored Op-Ed Piece for ROI-NJ
May 16, 2018
Steven Adler Member and Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group authored an op-ed piece for ROI-NJ entitled "The times they are a-changin' for N.J. employers." If you're an employer, this is a must read!Steven Adler Quoted in NJBiz on Potential Cost of Salary Inequity
May 7, 2018
Labor and Employment Law Practice Group Co-Chair, Steven Adler, was quoted in NJBiz about the potential cost of salary inequity.Steve Adler Quoted in Asbury's Park Press on NJ Equal Pay Act
April 25, 2018
Steven Adler, Member and Co-Chair of the Firm's Employment Law Practice Group was quoted in Asbury Park Press in an article about the NJ Equal Pay Act. See what Steve has to say here: https://www.app.com/…/nj-equal-pay-act-phil-murp…/545325002/Steve Adler Quoted in ROI-NJ on Equal Pay Law
April 24, 2018
Steven Adler, Member and Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor & Employment Law Practice Group is quoted in today's ROI-NJ article about Governor Murphy signing the Equal Pay Law which seeks to close the wage gap.Steven Adler Authors Star Ledger Piece on Nondisclosure Agreements in Light of Latest Stormy Daniels News
March 21, 2018
Mandelbaum Barrett PC's Labor and Employment Law Co-Chair Steven Adler explains #nondisclosureagreements in this op-ed piece for NJ.com and the Star Ledger. #StormyDaniels #EmploymentlawSteven Adler Interviewed by WBGO on "How to Protect Against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
December 18, 2017
Steven Adler, Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor & Employment Law Practice was interviewed last week on WBGO on "How to Protect Against Sexual Harassment in the Workplace."Steven Adler Authors Article for ROI-NJ on "Sexual Harassment and How Employers Can Protect Themselves
December 6, 2017
Steven Adler, Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group authored an article for ROI-NJ on Sexual Harassment and how employers can protect themselves. In the wake of news of Matt Lauer, Steve advises on the types of sexual harassment and ways employers can take actions to prevent it from occurring in their office.Steven Adler Quoted in The Economist Executive Education Navigator on Workplace Sexual Harassment and the Culture of Silence
December 6, 2017
Steven Adler was also recently quoted in an article appearing in The Economist Executive Education Navigator on "Workplace Sexual Harassment and the Culture of Silence." To read what Steve has to say about the use of confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses and his warning to companies clickSteven Adler & Lauren Topelsohn Author Article on Confidentiality and Non Disclosure Agreements for New Jersey Law Journal
November 13, 2017
Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor & Employment Law Practice Group Steven Adler and Member Lauren X. Topelsohn authored an article for the New Jersey Law Journal on "Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Provisions in Employment Settlement Agreements Now Coming Under Fire."Steven Adler Speaks on Law Firm Harassment on Rocket Matter's Two-Part Podcast
November 6, 2017
Steven Adler, Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor & Employment Law Practice Group was recently interviewed as part of a Rocketmatter.com podcast on sexual harassment in law firms.Steven Adler Authors Article for NJBiz on "The Use of Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Provisions in Employment Contracts"
October 25, 2017
Steven I. Adler, Co-Chair of the Firm's Labor and Employment Law Practice Group published an article in the October 25, 2017 NJBiz regarding the Use of Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Provisions in Employment Contracts. This article discusses a topic which has a renewed interest in light of the adverse publicity surrounding the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes.Employment Department Members Lauren X. Topelsohn and Steve I. Adler’s Article, “A Survival Guide to the Office Holiday Party” published in New Jersey Business Magazine
January 4, 2017
An informative and amusing guide for employers by members Lauren X. Topelsohn and Steve I Adler as published in New Jersey Business Magazine available here: https://njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now/survival-guide-office-holiday-partyMember Steven Adler Featured in NJ Biz
May 12, 2016
Member Steven Adler, Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Department, was interviewed as part of the NJ Biz Triple Play series. Steven spoke about tips for employers concerning internships which you can read HERE