- Child Abuse2. The applicant has received the results of the Pennsylvania Child Abuse History clearance, and either one of the FBI or Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”) clearances, and has submitted the results to the employer;
- Criminal DefenseJosh graduated cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2012, where he served as a Managing Editor on the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Josh also served as the President of the Federalist Society and as a fellow for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, in which he instructed local high school students on matters of criminal law and constitutional rights.
- MisdemeanorsUnder the Protection from Abuse Act, a court upon petition may ex parte issue a temporary protection from abuse order which can include a requirement that the named defendant relinquish any firearms in their possession to the county sheriff. Prior to April of 2019, the Act further provided that a final protection from abuse order, issued following a full evidentiary hearing could—but was not required to—include a firearm relinquishment requirement as well. However, Act 79 of 2018 amended the law to provide that any final protection from abuse order—as distinct from a protection from abuse consent agreement—must include the requirement that the defendant be prohibited from possessing firearms and must relinquish their firearms and licenses for the duration of the order. Consistent with these changes, Act 79 also amended the Uniform Firearms Act to prohibit the possession of firearms by any person who is the subject of a final protection from abuse order or a temporary protection from abuse order which contains a firearm relinquishment requirement. As amended, a person subject to a temporary protection from abuse order with a firearms possession/relinquishment requirement, or any final protection from abuse order, commits a misdemeanor of the second by failing to relinquish a firearm.
- Business DisputesAfter law school, Jessica worked for Pittsburgh law firms, concentrating her practice on employment and labor matters in state and federal court, before the Civil Service Commission, in grievance arbitration, and at the National Labor Relations Board. And prior to joining Campbell Durrant, P.C. she managed her own solo practice and helped small businesses with contract disputes. She has counseled clients on a variety of claims, including discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour laws, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, First Amendment claims, defamation, criminal violations, and wrongful termination.
- Wrongful TerminationDefense of claims made under Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA, OSHA, Veterans’ Preference Act, state employment laws, wrongful discharge claims, defamation, constitutional claims, civil rights claims and other employment related lawsuits
- Employment DiscriminationBrad regularly counsels public employers on employment law matters as well, including issues arising under Title VII, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
- Employment LitigationCampbell Durrant, P.C. provides management with a full range of services including human resource counseling, employment litigation defense and representation in labor relations matters. Our representation includes...
- Sexual HarassmentWith this information, command staff, management, and elected officials can decide whether the investigation should be conducted internally or externally. Some obvious examples of when an external investigation should be conducted are when a member of the command staff is accused of misconduct, the misconduct involves Township management or elected officials, criminal conduct, sexual harassment, or a highly publicized allegation of use of force or corruption. If the misconduct involves criminal conduct, the investigation of the criminal conduct should be conducted by an external law enforcement agency. The Township should utilize labor counsel or a private investigation company to conduct an external investigation. Regardless of whether the investigation is done internally or externally, the Township should keep its labor counsel involved and informed on the investigation.
- Land Use and Zoning
- Personal InjuryGretchen K. Love is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, civil rights, and personal injury litigation.
- Disability DiscriminationWhile there are many different types of new technology impacting hiring, the EEOC’s guidance focuses on software, algorithms and artificial intelligence. Generally speaking, employers may be held liable for its use of these technologies even if the tools are designed or administered by another entity, such as a software vendor. The EEOC highlighted three (3) areas where new technology may violate the ADA: (1) failing to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants/employees using this technology; (2) relying on technology that “screens out” individuals with a disability; (3) using software/programs that violate restrictions on medical inquiries. For example, when an employer uses a timed test or a game to access an individual’s skills without offering an alternate version of the same test to individuals that are visually impaired or have compromised dexterity, the employer may have inadvertently engaged in disability discrimination because it has not considered how the disabled individual will perform on this metric.
- Tax LawTiff was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 2006 following her graduation from the University of Pittsburgh School of law, where she received the CALI award of Excellence for Persuasive Narrative, the Pitt Law Faculty Fellowship, and served as an editor on the Tax Law Journal.