Ms. Heslin has an expertise in employment and labor matters for management. Ms. Heslin devotes a majority of her practice to the litigation of employment matters involving discrimination, whistleblower claims, wage and hour and benefits issues on behalf of employers. She also handles counseling and litigation involving workforce reductions, ERISA, COBRA, FMLA, FLSA and HIPAA. Ms. Heslin also counsels clients on diverse employment issues, such as training, hiring and firing of employees, employment agreements, separation agreements and releases, restrictive covenants, employment applications and policy manuals. In addition to management, Ms. Heslin represents individual officers, directors and employees sued for discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge and related contract and tort claims. She litigates matters in state and federal court and administrative agencies. In addition, Ms. Heslin handles all aspects of labor matters, including negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and resolution and litigation of grievances. She has represented both labor and management, as well as welfare and pension funds.

Honorable Nicholas H. Politan (1995-1997)
United States District Court, District of New Jersey

New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section and Benefits Section
Essex County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
Executive Women of New Jersey
Women's Golf Association of New Jersey
International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
Member, Women President's Organization

Federal Court Rejects FTC Opinion that Employment Investigations by Outside Counsel are Subject to FCRA, The Job Description, Defense Research Institute (Fall 2001)

Restrictive Covenants: Protecting Confidential and Proprietary Information, BioPharm Magazine (February 2000)

Courts Start to Rule on Online Harassment, The National Law Journal (January 24, 2000) and New Jersey Law Journal (June 12, 2000)

Sexual Harassment in Cyberspace: Cases Consider Employer Liability for Employee Use of E-mail, Chat Rooms, Porn Sites, Employment Law Weekly (January 27, 2000)

Supreme Court Resolves Split on Conflicting Statements of Disability, Outside Counsel, American Corporate Counsel Association (Summer/Fall 1999)

Do You Need An Attorney?, Career Confidential (April 1999)

Sexual Harassment In Cyberspace: Employer Liability, The Employer's Perspective, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione (Spring 1999)

Electronic Communications In The Workplace: A New Challenge In Employment Law, Legal Report, Society for Human Resource Management (Winter 1999)

Court to Decide Whether Benefits Claim Precludes Disability Discrimination Suit, New York Law Journal (Feb. 24, 1999)

Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination: Pitfalls for an Unwary Employer, Outside Counsel, American Corporate Counsel Association (Fall 1998)

Legal Issues for New Principals, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark (annually 2002-2006)

Negotiating the Deal, Executive Women of New Jersey, The Institute for Women's Leadership (March 28, 2003)

Negotiating the Deal, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, Women's Conference 2002, East Brunswick, NJ (October 22-23, 2002)

Negotiating Employment Like a Professional, Women in Careers, Hackensack, NJ (March 12, 2002)

What Are You Worth?, Executive Women of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (November 19, 1998)

The Newfoundland School Board of Trustees, Member (2003-2007)
Maywood Board of Education, Trustee (2002-2003)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Gala Auction Committee Chairperson (1999-2002)

State of New Jersey, 1995
United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1995
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2002