Clients call Eric when they need a real answer and a defensible decision — and he works with employers of all sizes, across industries and states, responding quickly and speaking plainly.

Eric is also the author of The Employer Handbook, an award-winning employment law blog read 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, it turns out, is exactly what he does for clients too. Many find him through the blog and hire him because the advice sounds the same in person.

Most employment lawyers know the law. Eric has been living in it for over two decades — writing about it, litigating it, and advising on it through enough cases, questions, and close calls to know where the real risks hide. When thousands of business leaders, in-house counsel, and HR professionals want to understand what a court just decided, they read Eric’s take.

Ask around — employment lawyers and HR pros tend to know his name before they ever meet him.

Training That Doesn’t Put People to Sleep

Eric’s compliance training has one job: make sure people actually remember it. As an EEOC-approved trainer, he works with everyone from frontline employees to the C-suite – and he designs every session to actually change behavior, not just check a box.

He has testified before the Philadelphia City Council and the Pennsylvania House Labor Committee on workplace harassment issues, and has presented multiple times at the EEOC’s national EXCEL Conference. His style is direct, current, and occasionally sarcastic — which, it turns out, is exactly what keeps people paying attention.

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.