Denise Errico Esmerado, Esq.

Location: Springfield, New Jersey
Phone: 973-467-5111
Email: desmerado@rhelaborlaw.com

Denise Errico Esmerado has practiced labor and employment law in private and public sector settings since 1997.  She advises management on a variety of employment related matters, litigates employment cases in federal and state court and before governmental agencies.  Ms. Esmerado conducts internal investigations and workplace training and seminars.  As a shareholder with Ruderman & Roth, LLC., her practice areas include advisement of management on employee leave entitlements; wage issues; employee handbooks; employment contracts; non-competition, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements; separation agreements; employee discharge issues; employee disciplinary issues; harassment; discrimination, as well as other employment related matters.  She is a frequent speaker for Lorman Education Services and author on employment law topics. Ms. Esmerado was also an adjunct professor at Farleigh Dickinson University.

Areas of Practice

  • Employment Litigation
  • Workplace Training
  • Internal Investigations
    • Employee Manuals
    • Employee Discipline
    • Management Advisory Services
    • Administrative Matters

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court District of New Jersey

Education

    • Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
      • Juris Doctor – 1996
  • St. John’s University, New York
    • B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) – 1993
    • Major: English

Published Works

  • Labor Law, Spark Law Series
  • Civil Procedure, Legal Trial Series

Classes/Seminars

  • Adjunct Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Employment Law
  • Employee Discharge and Documentation, Lorman Education Services
  • Employment Law from A to Z, Lorman Education Services
  • Employment Related Records in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
  • EEOC Compliance in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
  • Top 10 Employment Law Mistakes, Lorman Education Services
  • Employee Discharge and Documentation, Lorman Education Services
  • Writing and Updating an Employee Handbook in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
  • Wage and Hour Issues in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
  • Employment and Labor Law in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
  • Privacy Issues Surrounding HIPAA, ADA, FMLA and Other Workplace Matters in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section

Past Employment Positions

  • CentraState Medical Center, Freehold, New Jersey, Intern., 1995
  • Office of the District Attorney, Richmond County, New York, Intern., 1994