About

Catherine Barbieri, a partner in the Philadelphia, PA office, is a management-side employment litigator who represents clients in the full range of employment matters including:
  • Discrimination suits (ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Title VII, Section 1981)
  • Wrongful termination suits
  • Restrictive covenant litigation
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act discrimination complaints
  • Counseling and litigation avoidance
  • Regulatory compliance (ADA, ADEA, COBRA, FLSA, FMLA, HIPAA, OSHA)
  • Reductions-in-force

Professional Associations

  • Vice Chair – Board of Directors, Women’s Law Project
  • Member, Federal Court Committee – Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Member, Women in the Profession Committee – Philadelphia Bar Association

Education

  • J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School; 1996
  • B.A. University of Delaware; Phi Beta Kappa; 1993

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

Honors and Awards

  • Moderator, "FMLA Update," Council on Education in Management (November 2007)

Speaking Engagements

  • Moderator, "FMLA Update," Council on Education in Management (November 2007)
  • "Best Practices to Help Effectively Administer FMLA Leave in Your Organization to Avoid Costly Mistakes," Council on Education in Management (February 2006)
  • "Full-Time Employees Doing Part-Time Work: Managing Intermittent Leave, Difficult Scheduling Accommodations, and Other FMLA and ADA Challenges," Council on Education in Management (September 2005)
  • Moderator and Speaker, "Pennsylvania FMLA Update 2004," Council on Education in Management
  • "Emerging Issues under the FMLA and ADA: Legislative Updates, Pending Court Cases, and Current and Future Trends," Council on Education in Management (September 2003)

Publications

  • "But I'm Not a Doctor: Determining What Constitutes a Serious Health Condition Without Going to Medical School," Avoiding FMLA Headaches, Council on Education in Management (2005)
  • "Minimizing Your Exposure to Liability for Unlawful Workplace Harassment," Employment Law Update 2005, Council on Education in Management
  • "COBRA Rears Its Head Again," Patriot News (a publication of the Independence Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators) (Spring 2004)