Courteney Lario Caine focuses her practice on representing employers and managers in employment disputes arising under employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the ADEA, the ADA, the FMLA, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, and the New Jersey Family Leave Act. Courteney has extensive litigation experience defending discrimination, wrongful discharge, and wage-and-hour cases in state and federal courts.
Courteney also counsels clients in a variety of employment matters including drafting policies, handbooks, confidentiality agreements, offer letters, employment contracts, arbitration agreements, restrictive covenants, and training programs; ensuring wage and hour and ADA compliance; and defending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state fair employment practice agency charges.
In addition, Courteney also handles large-scale commercial litigation matters, including corporate contract disputes, class actions, and nationwide product liability matters. Courteney also devotes a significant amount of her time to pro bono efforts.
Courteney earned a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, cum laude, where she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal and also worked as a legal intern for the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and the Honorable Faith S. Hochberg, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Prior to law school, she earned a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University.
