Associate
Albert J. Leonardo is an Associate at the firm’s Newark office. His areas of practice include labor law, employment law, school law and administrative law. Mr. Leonardo primarily represents public and private sector unions and their members in labor and employment matters in state and federal courts and in administrative proceedings. He has experience representing clients in matters before the New Jersey Commissioner of Education, State Board of Examiners, Public Employment Relations Commission, Division on Civil Rights and the Institutional Abuse Investigations Unit of the Department of Children and Families.
Mr. Leonardo is a graduate of Seton Hall Law School, where he was a member of its Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from New York University. He is a member of the New Jersey and New York Bars.
Education
- Seton Hall Law School, J.D., 2011
- New York University, B.A., 2007
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2011
- New York, 2012
- U.S. District Court New Jersey, 2011
Professional Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, 2011-2017
Notable Decisions
- Englewood Bd. Of Educ., I.R. NO. 2019-9, Docket No. CO-2019-085 (2019)
- Kean Federation of Teachers v. Morell, 233 N.J. 566 (2018)
- In re County of Atlantic, 445 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2016), affirmed on other grounds, 230 N.J. 237 (2017)
- Dep’t of Children and Families, IAIU v. D.B., 443 N.J. Super. 431 (App. Div. 2015)