Virginia Lee Hardwick
Hardwick Benfer LLC
- Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Fees
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
in appropriate cases
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New Jersey
- Since 1985
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- Professional Experience
- Managing partner
- Hardwick Benfer LLC
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2009 –
Current
- All aspects of employment law, counseling and litigation.
- Partner
- Hill Wallack, LLP
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2006 –
2009
- Litigation in state and federal courts; representation of employees and employers in the EEOC, PHRC, and Division of Civil Rights.
- Attorney
- Sugarman & Associates
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2005 –
2006
- Associate Clinical Professor
- Seton Hall School of Law
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1999 –
2004
- Teaching third year law students through hands-on experience in court; teaching of course on trial practice skills.
- Adjunct Professor
- Seton Hall School of Law
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1992 –
1996
- Professor of Legal Research & Writing and Appellate Advocacy
- Associate
- Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione
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1985 –
1991
- Commercial litigation attorney
- Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Hon. John J. Gibbons
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1984 –
1985
- Federal Law Clerk
- Education
- Cornell University
- B.A. (1984) | History, Economics
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1977
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1981 -
- New York University School of Law
- J.D.
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1981
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1984 - Activities: N.Y.U. Law Review, Senior Editorial Board;
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, intern
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- Awards
- Pro Bono Roll of Honor
- First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
- 2008
- As an attorney whose pro bono work has been recognized by the judiciary as exemplary.
- Professional Associations
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
- Co-Chair, Alternatives to Litigation Subcommittee
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2009 –
Current -
- Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, American Bar Association
- Membership Co-Chair
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2009 –
Current -
- Support Center for Child Advocates
- Volunteer Attorney
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2008 –
Current - Activities: Volunteer attorney representing children in the foster care system
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- Bucks County Bar Association
- Member
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2006 –
Current -
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Member
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2006 –
Current -
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
- Panelist, “A Look at Corporate ADR Programs”
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2010 –
2010 - Activities: Mid-Winter Meeting, March 2010
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- American Bar Association, Annual Meeting
- Panelist, “Flexible Workplaces, Alternative Work Schedules and Furloughs”
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2010 –
2010 - Activities: National meeting, August 2010
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- Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, American Bar Association
- Panelist, “Litigation of Electronic Theft Claims”
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2009 –
2009 - Activities: Mid-Winter meeting, March 2009
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- National Institute of Trial Attorneys
- Deposition Skills Faculty
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2009 –
2009 - Activities: Faculty at three-day continuing legal education program for attorneys
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- Bucks County Bar Association
- Panelist, “Supreme Court 2008 Developments”
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2008 –
2008 - Activities: December 2008, Continuing Legal Education
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- Bucks County Bar Association
- Speaker, “How to Recognize a Valid Employment/Harassment Claim and What to Do About It”
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2007 –
2007 - Activities: August 2007, Continuing Legal Education
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