Tricia B. O’Reilly became a partner
at Connell Foley in 2000. Her
practice is devoted primarily to
business litigation, employment
litigation and employer counseling.
Ms. O’Reilly has represented clients
in a number of industries, including
pharmaceuticals, grocery and
specialty foods, construction, paper
manufacturing, insurance,
healthcare, chemical, energy,
computer software, real estate
development, and higher education.
Ms. O’Reilly has litigated cases in
federal and state court involving
commercial contract disputes,
shareholder oppression claims,
intellectual property rights,
professional liability claims, trade
secrets, restrictive covenants,
franchise disputes, wrongful
discharge claims, breach of
employment contracts, and alleged
discrimination and retaliation under
Title VII, ADA, NJLAD, and other
federal and state
anti-discrimination and
whistle-blower statutes.
She regularly counsels
clients in making employment-related
decisions so as to avoid or to
reduce the risks of litigation.
Prior
to joining Connell Foley in 1994,
Ms. O’Reilly served as a Law Clerk
to the Honorable Nicholas H. Politan,
former United States District Court
Judge for the District of New
Jersey.
Co-Author,
"New Jersey Joins A Growing Number of
Jurisdictions in Expressly Prohibiting
Discrimination On The Basis Of Gender
Identity Or Expression" published in
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
(with M. Trevor Lyons) (July/August
2007)
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Co-Author,
"LAD expansion: Gender identity and
gender expression," published in
In Re: The Magazine from New Jersey
Lawyer (with M.
Trevor Lyons) (March 26, 2007)
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Co-Author, “New Jersey Conscientious
Employee Protection Act is Amended,”
published in The Metropolitan
Corporate Counsel (with Peter J.
Pizzi) (November 2004)
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Co-Author, “Developing and Enforcing
Agreements to Arbitrate Employment
Disputes,” published in The
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (with
John K. Bennett) (August 2002)
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Author, “Public School Financing Reform:
Renewed Interest in the Courthouse but
will the StatehouseFollow Suit,” 65 St. John's
Law Review 467 (1991)
Obtained summary judgment on behalf of
the firm’s client against claims that
employer discriminated against a female
employee in paying her less than
comparable male employees over a 30 year
period;
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Obtained a verdict of no cause on claims
that the firm’s client discriminated
against an employee on the basis of a
disability;
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Obtained a verdict of no cause on claims
that the firm’s client discriminated
against six plaintiffs on the basis of
their national origin and religion;
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Obtained a verdict of no cause on claims
that the firm's client discriminated on
the basis of
gender in laying off a female
employee;
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Obtained the dismissal of a large number
of claims by a university professor that
he was discriminated against by the
firm’s client on the basis of his
national origin and religion;
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Obtained summary judgment for the firm’s
client, an oceanfront private property
owner, under the Takings Clause of the
Fifth Amendment to the United States
Constitution and the New Jersey
Constitution.
