Michael A. Shadiack

Associate, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

mshadiack@connellfoley.com

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Mr. Shadiack is a member of the firm's labor and employment law practice group, who practices exclusively in the areas of labor and employment law on behalf of management in the private and public sectors, in addition he represents non-profit organizations and institutions of higher education. Mr. Shadiack provides employers with pro-active and preventative counseling on personnel and benefit issues to ensure compliance with statutory and common law requirements, as well as prepares comprehensive and practical employment agreements and personnel policies tailored to each employer’s specific needs.  Mr. Shadiack defends employers in litigation in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies. He represents employers during contract and grievance arbitrations and collective bargaining negotiations, defends unfair labor practice charges, and conducts employee disciplinary appeal hearings.

 

The author of several articles and professional materials, Mr. Shadiack has presented as a guest-speaker on numerous traditional and cutting edge labor and employment topics. He has conducted employee training on avoiding workplace harassment, employment at-will developments, hiring and firing practices and procedures, avoiding retaliation and discrimination in the workplace, employee discipline, and formulating effective personnel policies and employee handbooks.

 

Mr. Shadiack is an active leader in his community by serving on various boards, committees and volunteer organizations.

 

In law school, Mr. Shadiack was Associate Editor of the Seton Hall University Journal of Sport Law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Areas:

Labor and Employment Law

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

 

Education:

Seton Hall University (B.A. Pre-Law and Liberal Studies, magna cum laude, 1995)

Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., concentration in Labor and Employment Law, 1998)

 

Affiliations:

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section

Morris County Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section

 

News:

Michael A. Shadiack Presents  “HR 101 – A Primer for Managing Human Resources”  at the New Jersey Business & Industry Association Seminar (March 15, 2007)

CF Obtains Dismissal of Claims Against County Prosecutor's Office


Published Decisions

Spagnola v. Town of Morristown et al., Civil No.: 05-577 (JLL), 2006 WL 3533726 (D.N.J. December 7, 2006) (dismissing federal civil rights and constitutional claims against a private attorney and his law firm)

Township of West Milford v. P.B.A. Local No. 162, P.E.R.C. No.: 2000-63, 26 NJPER 31042 (January 28, 2000) (granting Township’s scope of negotiations petition and restraining binding arbitration over grievance filed by the PBA challenging Township’s exercise of managerial prerogative)

Publications

Co-Author (with John K. Bennett, Esq.), published in New Jersey Lawyer Magazine. An article on the exclusive remedy provision under New Jersey’s Workers’ Compensation Act as it applies to employees injured on the job. It focused primarily on recent trends and established law concerning the applicability of the exclusivity provision and its exception. (December, 2003)

Legal Author, Quantum Frontline Supervisor published monthly by Quantum Health Solutions an employee assistance provider. Mr. Shadiack’s articles focus on topical employment law issues, including but not limited to disability and medical leaves of absence. 

" Torts - Act of God - Does a Golf Course Owner and/or Operator Owe a Duty of Care to Their Patrons to Protect Them from Lightning Strikes?” 8 Seton Hall J. Sport L. 301 (1998)

Professional Activities

Barrister in the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court

Elected member of the Morris County Republican Committee

Chairman of the Roxbury Township Economic Development Committee

Member of the Roxbury Township Planning Board

Member of the Roxbury Township Republican Club

Volunteer member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey

Member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

Member of the Morris County Economic Development Corporation

ICLE Seminar Materials – Prepared written materials analyzing relevant state and federal executive and judicial authority as applies to Project Labor Agreements in the construction industry, and detailing employment law torts and non-discrimination causes of action.

Representative Experience

Provides employers with daily, proactive counseling on all aspects of labor relations and employment law and benefit issues;

Prepares comprehensive and practical employment agreements and personnel policies tailored to each employer’s specific needs;

Represents private and public sector employers in employment-related litigation in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies;

Represents private and public sector employers during contract and grievance arbitrations and during collective bargaining negotiations, defends unfair labor practice charges, and conducts employee disciplinary appeal hearings.