Katherin Nukk-Freeman devotes a majority of her practice to the counseling of clients on diverse employment issues including those pertaining to family and medical leaves, wage and hour requirements, COBRA compliance, discrimination laws, hiring and termination decisions, drug testing, and state and federal disability laws. Ms. Nukk-Freeman also trains employees of all levels including non-supervisory employees, supervisory employees, human resources professionals and upper management with respect to all of the above areas. She also works with clients to develop and draft employment procedures, contracts and handbooks which fit their business needs. Ms. Nukk-Freeman utilizes her years of employment litigation experience to help her clients avoid litigation through effective and sound proactive business practices. Ms. Nukk-Freeman also has extensive experience representing management clients exclusively in disputes before administrative agencies (including state and federal EEO agencies and the Department of Labor).

New York Society of Security Analysts, Board of Directors (effective May, 2010)

Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, Advisory Board Member (June 2009-Present)

Women Presidents' Organization (2002-Present)

Entrepreneur's Organization (January 2009 – Present)

The Healthcare Marketing & Communications Council, General Counsel to Board of Trustees (2005 – 2009)

Listed in SuperLawyers Employement & Labor (2010)

Listed in Chambers USA Guided to America's Leading Law Firms, Labor & Employment (2010)

Enterprising Women of the Year 2010, Enterprising Women Magazine

Women’s Business Enterprise Star 2009, Women's Business Enterprise National Council

Top 50 Women in Business 2009, NJBIZ

Named one of Business News New Jersey's "40 Under 40" Outstanding Achievers (April 4, 2002)

Recipient, Twin Award, a Tribute to Women and Industry (April 2003)

24 Karat: Setting the Gold Standard, Tri-State Human Resources Management Association, Annual Conference (May 6, 2010)

Career Transitions: Exploring New Pathways to Success, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, Executive Women's Breakfast (December 9, 2009)

The Costliest Mistakes Made by Employers: What you have to do to protect your business, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (November 23, 2009)

Workplace Reorganizations: Reduce Your Risks of Wrongful Termination Claims with Carefully Structured Workplace Reorganizations, Women President's Organization Webinar (November 3, 2009)

The Seven Costliest Employment Mistakes: What YOU Must Do to Protect and Sustain Your Business!, Women Presidents' Organization, 12th Annual Conference  (San Diego, CA April 23, 2009)

New Jersey Paid Family Leave: What it Means for Your Firm and Your Clients, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Webinar (October 2008).

Paid Family Leave Briefing, New Jersey Business & Industry Association (July 2008)

10 Most Common Mistakes Employers Make and How to Avoid Them, Women Presidents' Organization (June 2008)

Leveraging Contacts, Negotiating Contracts, at the Pfizer-sponsored Women Presidents' Educational Organization (December 2007)

10 Most Common Mistakes Employers Make and How to Avoid Them, at the Chubb-sponsored Women Presidents' Organization Event (October 2007)

HR101: A Primer for Managing Human Resources, New Jersey Business and Industry Association (March 9, 2007)

Labor & Employment Law Summer Institute, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (July 20, 2006)

Hiring & Firing, Putting the Legal Pieces Together, New Jersey Business & Industry Association's Seminar for Employers (October 21, 2005)

Hot Legal Topics for Employers, New Jersey Business & Industry Association (May 13, 2005)

What Every Manager Needs to Know: The Do's and Don'ts of Effective Hiring and Performance Management, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association Annual Convention and Leadership Conference (November 2004)

Preserve Your Defense to a Harassment Lawsuit - Establish an Effective Anti-Harassment Training Program, Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference & Exposition (June 2004)

The Importance of Having Managers Understand FMLA/ADA Responsibilities, New Jersey Business & Industry Association Annual Employment Update (March 2, 2004)

COBRA Subsidies Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: How Will They Impact Businesses?, New Jersey Defense (Volume 25, Issue 2; Spring 2009), co-authored with Suzanne M. Cerra, Esq.

We Can Have it All, New Jersey Women Lawyer's Association Gala Journal (April 2009) (co-authored with Suzanne M. Cerra, Esq.)

FMLA Violations - Do Your Merit Increase and Bonus Plans Comply?, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (November 2005)

Some States Mandate Harassment Training. A Sign of Things to Come for New Jersey Employers?, Bollinger Solutions (Spring 2005)

Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, PC., Newark , NJ
    Partner (December 2000 – January 2006); Associate (October 1996 – December 2000)
Downey, Brand, Seymour and Rohwer, Sacramento, CA
   Associate (September 1993 – 1996)

Boston College Law School (J.D., 1993)
Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Dual Major: Finance and Accounting Honors 1990)
    University Scholars Program

State of California, 1993
State of New Jersey, 1996
United States District Court for the District of California, 1993
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1996

Board of Trustees, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Human Resources Committee (1999 to 2008)

Board of Trustees, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Parliamentarian and Human Resources Committee (2004 to Present)