Emily Mahler is a partner in Margolis Edelstein’s Employment and Labor Law Group. She represents employers in labor and employment litigation, including claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract and wage disputes.
Emily represents corporations, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and public entities. She appears regularly in federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and other state and local administrative agencies. She is a certified arbitrator in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Emily also counsels employers on employment policies, employee discipline and terminations, as well as compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Opportunity Reporting Act, Truth in Lending and identity theft, and other state and federal regulations. She drafts and assists employers with implementation of employee manuals, policies and procedures. She also drafts and provides guidance on severance agreements, noncompete and confidentiality agreements. Emily also defends employers in claims involving workplace torts, including assault and battery, defamation and invasion of privacy.
While at Temple University Beasley School of Law, Emily served as Note and Comment Editor for the Temple Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law.
Honors
•Selected for Inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars
Articles and Publications
•DOL Issues New Model FMLA Forms
•New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Publishes Regulations to Implement the New Jersey Opportunity to Compete Act (“Ban the Box”)
•National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Issues Guidance on Employee Handbook Rules
News and Verdicts
•Updated Guidance Regarding Emergency Leave and Amendment to Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law in Response to COVID-19
•Families First Coronavirus Response Act
•Margolis Edelstein Partners Present at Erie Insurance Panel Counsel Seminar
•Margolis Edelstein Recognized as “Defense Firm of the Year”
•Western District USDC Disability Discrimination Claim Dismissed by Summary Judgment by Pittsburgh Partners Gebler & Mahler.
•Partner Catherine Straggas and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail at Trial in Race/Age Discrimination Lawsuit
•Partner Thomas Gebler and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail on Motion to Dismiss Civil Rights Claim in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
•Partner Christopher Tinari and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail on Summary Judgment in Age Discrimination Lawsuit
•Summary Judgement Affirmed - Race Discrimination - Philadelphia Emily Mahler & Catherine Straggas
•Summary Judgment Granted on Employment Discrimination Lawsuit in Federal Court - Partner Catherine Straggas and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail on Summary Judgment in Race and National Origin Discrimination Case
•Preliminary Objections Sustained on Breach of Contract/Breach of Fiduciary Duty Lawsuit in Bucks County Court of Common Pleas - Partner Christopher Tinari and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail on Preliminary Objections to Complaint
•Defense Verdict at Binding Arbitration of Labor Dispute - Partner Christopher Tinari and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail at Arbitration Hearing
•Defense Verdict at Arbitration of Fair Labor Standards Act Lawsuit in Federal Court - Partner Christopher Tinari and Associates Emily Mahler and Michael Miller Prevail at Arbitration Hearing
•Motion to Dismiss Granted, in Part, on Employment Discrimination Lawsuit in Federal Court - Partner Catherine Straggas and Associate Emily Mahler Prevail, in Part, on Motion to Dismiss Title VII, ADEA, PHRA and 42 U.S.C. Sections 1983 and 1985(3) Discrimination Case