That reputation is built on The Employer Handbook (TheEmployerHandbook.com), an award-winning employment law blog followed by thousands of HR professionals, in-house lawyers, and business leaders every week. He turns real cases and real workplace disasters into plain-English takeaways — which is exactly what he does for clients too. As an EEOC-approved trainer, Eric has spent years in training rooms across the country — including multiple appearances at the EEOC’s national EXCEL Conference — teaching everyone from frontline employees to the C-suite. He’s also a former President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section.

Eric works the way clients need him to: hourly, flat fee, retainer, or whatever arrangement makes sense for the work.

Executives, Deals, and the Exits That Get Complicated

Whether you’re the employer managing a transition or the executive navigating one, Eric advises on hiring, separation, severance, and the competitive risks that tend to surface on the way out the door.

He drafts, negotiates, and enforces non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements, and just as often tears them apart. He helps employers figure out what will actually hold up in court, what’s wishful thinking, and whether pursuing enforcement makes any business sense at all. That last question matters more than most clients expect.

Eric also handles employment due diligence on M&A transactions, helping deal teams find the workforce landmines before they close, not after. He has served as lead employment counsel on complex transactions, including the $250 million sale of PFSweb’s LiveArea business.

Sometimes the Best Outcome Is the One You Never Litigated

Eric serves as an arbitrator in employment law disputes and mediates exclusively employment matters. He is a go-to neutral with real-world credibility, having served as a mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and as a court-appointed mediator in the federal court system. Parties choose Eric because he cuts through the posturing, keeps things moving, and gets deals done.

And Yes, He Litigates

When a case can’t be resolved any other way, Eric is ready for that too. He defends employers in employment litigation across the full alphabet: ADA, ADEA, CEPA, FMLA, FLSA, NJLAD, PHRA, Title VII, USERRA, and more. He’s zealous when he needs to be and pragmatic when that serves his clients better — and he’s earned the first defense verdict in more than a decade from a federal civil jury in Easton, Pennsylvania, in any case, employment or otherwise.

Eric does sleep.

Just not much.