Suzanne M. Cerra has devoted her legal career to representing and counseling private and public sector employers in all aspects of employment law. She has extensive experience providing compliance counseling to her clients regarding all state and federal employment laws and assisting clients with issues relating to employment discrimination, harassment, leaves of absence, wrongful discharge, wage and hour laws, restrictive covenants and unfair competition. Because her primary focus is helping her clients avoid litigation, Ms. Cerra devotes a large portion of her practice to preventative counseling, designing effective personnel policies, auditing employment practices, and conducting on-site training programs on legal issues affecting the workplace. Ms. Cerra also has extensive experience conducting internal investigations into claims of unlawful harassment and other employment related claims. Prior to starting her own practice in 2003, which focused on preventative techniques to avoid litigation, Ms. Cerra was a named partner with the law firm of Stanton, Hughes, Diana, Cerra, Mariani & Margello, P.C. in Morristown, New Jersey, where she litigated employment law cases in both state and federal courts for over ten years.

Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association
Co-Chair, Post-Employment Restrictions Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section
Member, Editorial Board of the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly
Member, American Bar Association, Employment Law Section
Member, Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court (1995 - 1997)

Speaker, “Mediation for Employment Lawyers”, presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 24, 2005

Speaker, “Post Employment Agreements and Restrictions”, presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 22, 2004

Speaker, “Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreements”, presented by the Essex County Bar Association, April 20, 2004

Speaker, “Selecting and Terminating Employees in New Jersey”, presented by the National Business Institute (“NBI”), October 23, 2003

Speaker, “Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow”, Stanton, Hughes, Diana, Cerra, Mariani & Margello Client Briefing, September 2003

Speaker, “What's New: Medical Privacy Rules Under HIPAA”, Stanton, Hughes, Diana, Cerra, Mariani & Margello Client Briefing, June 18, 2003

Speaker, “Employment Law 101: Confidentiality and Noncomplete Agreements,” presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, February 6, 2003

Speaker, "A Pre- and Post-Lawsuit View of Sexual Harassment," Stanton, Hughes, Diana, Cerra, Mariani & Margello Client Briefing, January 15, 2003

Speaker, "Family and Medical Leave Act in New Jersey," presented by Lorman Education Services, October 13, 2000

Speaker, "Employment and Labor Law in New Jersey: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," presented by Lorman Education Services, September 13, 2000

Speaker, "Harassment In The Workplace, From Lehman to Taylor", presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October 17, 1998

Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993)
  Order of the Coif (Top 5% of class)
Bucknell University (B.S., cum laude ,1990)

State of New Jersey 1993
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1993