mrogers@daypitney.com

New Jersey
One Jefferson Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054-2891
T: (973) 966 8215
F: (973) 210 8520

Mary B. Rogers – Partner

Professional Experience

Ms. Rogers is the firm's Labor Regulation and Union Relations practice group chair. She divides her practice between the representation of management in traditional labor matters and in employment litigation and counseling. She regularly represents large employers in the telecommunications, transportation, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and energy industries in collective bargaining, rights and interest arbitration, and in NLRB and other administrative proceedings. In the employment area, she has litigated numerous cases in the state and federal courts involving Title VII, ADA, ADEA, NJLAD, whistleblower, wrongful discharge, and breach of contract claims. She counsels clients on a wide variety of issues, including the development and implementation of policies and procedures, reductions in force, discipline, and discharge as well as wage and hour matters. Ms. Rogers also has considerable experience in privacy issues and in corporate compliance programs.

Practice Areas

• Employment Litigation
• Labor Regulation and Union Relations
• White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations

Representative Matters

• Obtained jury verdict in favor of employer in New Jersey state court disability discrimination/wrongful discharge trial
• Received directed verdict in favor of defendant in New Jersey federal court trial of breach of contract and interference with economic advantage claims; affirmed by Third Circuit; petition for certiorari denied
• Defeated union's Pennsylvania Federal Court petition to confirm arbitration award; obtained remand of related dispute to contractual arbitration procedure
• Summary judgment for employer in New Jersey federal court sex discrimination lawsuit
• Investigated allegations of violation of compensation affecting board resolution by CEO, CFO, and General Counsel of heavily regulated company
• Summary judgment entered in favor of employer in Delaware Federal Court ADA litigation
• Summary judgment for employer in ED Pennsylvania Federal Court race-based failure-to-hire lawsuit
• Investigated alleged gender-based pay inequity involving highly compensated female employee of large publicly traded company
• Summary judgment for employer in New Jersey state court action, alleging continuing violation national origin hostile work environment and whistleblower claims
• Obtained New Jersey Federal Court Boys Markets injunction against union's illegal work stoppage, slowdown, and work to rule activities
• Summary judgment for employer in ED Pennsylvania Federal Court ERISA litigation
• Investigated whistleblower claims of internal auditor
• Summary judgment for employer on New Jersey state court national origin and breach of contract claims of former high-level executive; affirmed on appeal

News, Publications & Presentations

• Featured, "Seventy-six Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers for 2011," Day Pitney Press Release, August 9, 2010
• Speaker, "Get the Cure: Remedies in Labor Arbitration," American Arbitration Association's Breakfast Series, October 9, 2009
• Featured, "Seventy Seven Day Pitney Partners Named to Best Lawyers 2010," Day Pitney Press Release, July 30, 2009
• Speaker, "Annual Labor and Employment Conference," Day Pitney Seminar, Florham Park, NJ, May 20, 2009
• Featured, "Thirty Three Day Pitney Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, April 1, 2009
• Interviewed, "Does The Employee Free Choice Act Do What Its Name Implies?" The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2009
• Speaker, "The Employee Free Choice Act - What Employers Need to Know Now," Day Pitney Webinar, January 29, 2009
• Speaker, "The Employee Free Choice Act - What Employers Need to Know Now," Day Pitney Webinar, December 15, 2008
• Featured, "75 Day Pitney Partners Named Among The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 Ranked #1 in New Jersey and #2 in Connecticut," Day Pitney Press Release, December 11, 2008
• Co-author, "New Jersey Governor Enacts Law to Protect Employees in the Construction Industry," Day Pitney Alert, July 24, 2007
• Interviewed, "A Traditional Labor Practice Approaches The Future With Confidence," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2007
• Interviewed, "How Does A Company Pursuing An Internal Investigation Retain The Confidence Of Its External Constituencies?" The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 26, 2007
• "Image Discrimination: Is That Advertising Campaign Really Worth It?" The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, November 2006
• The New Employee Information Report
• "The New Employee Information Report: What Employers Need to Know About the New Filing Requirements," New Jersey Law Journal, April 10, 2006
• Co-editor: New Jersey Employment Law Letter

Education

• Rutgers University School of Law - Newark, J.D., 1974
• St. Peter's College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1971

Admissions

• State of New Jersey, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association

Awards and Achievements

• Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011


• Recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of labor and employment, 2009, 2010