Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. is pleased to announce that Galit Kierkut, formerly of Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, joined the Firm as a Member of the Employment and Labor Practice Group.

Ms. Kierkut concentrates her practice on employment litigation and counseling. She conducts human resources audits, performs management and employee training in all areas, including sexual harassment, social media and electronic communications use, and counsels clients regarding compliance with state and federal employment laws, including discrimination laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), family and medical leave, and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. She also reviews and drafts employee handbooks, social media policies and employment contracts, including restrictive covenants and severance agreements. Her employment litigation practice is primarily focused on resolving claims in the areas of discrimination, sexual harassment, restrictive covenants, whistleblowing and employment contract disputes in state and federal courts and before the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

Ms. Kierkut is President Elect of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association and is on the Executive Board of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section. She also serves as Editor of the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly. Ms. Kierkut was the recipient of the 2011 Professional Lawyers of the Year Award presented by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law and the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association. 

Ms. Kierkut received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1995 and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.