Fisher & Phillips LLPSenior Counsel

Cynthia M Jacob

About Cynthia M Jacob

Cynthia M Jacob is a lawyer practicing employee benefits, age discrimination in employment act, race discrimination and 6 other areas of law. Cynthia received a B.A. degree from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, and has been licensed for 60 years. Cynthia practices at Fisher & Phillips LLP in Berkeley Heights, NJ.

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Areas of Law

  • Employee Benefits
  • Labor and Employment 1
    • Wrongful Termination
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution 1
    • Arbitration
  • Other 6
    • Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    • Race Discrimination
    • Sex Discrimination
    • Civil Rights Litigation
    • Appeals
    • Communications & Media

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Senior Counsel
    Firm Name
    Fisher & Phillips LLP

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1966, New Jersey
    1985, New York
    Memberships

    Professional Activities

    •Lectures frequently on various topics in employment law, including at New Jersey's Judicial College
    •Member of and a past Chair of the United States District Court's Lawyers' Advisory Committee
    •Serves on the Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Character
    •Served on several United States District Court and New Jersey Supreme Court Committees, including the Supreme Court Commission of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Supreme Courts Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (for thirteen years), the Professional Rules Revision Committee, the Rules of Evidence Committee and the Civil Charge Committee
    •Chaired the subcommittee which drafted the New Jersey Jury Charges for employment litigation

    Bar Fellowship
    of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Cynthia has received the Daniel O'Hern Award as Professional Lawyer of the Year from New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism, and is a recipient of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Trial Bar Award, and the Debevoise-Eakeley Award from Legal Services of New Jersey (Legal Services' highest award).

    Cynthia is "AV" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized in New Jersey Super Lawyers since 2005. She is listed presently and for several consecutive years previously in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America since 1995. In 2011 Cynthia was the recipient of The New Jersey State Bar Foundation's highest award - the prestigious Medal of Honor - for her longstanding commitment to New Jersey's legal community.

    Experience

    Representative Work

    Fisher & Phillips Wins Landmark State Constitutional Law Case

    Professional Activities

    • Lectures frequently on various topics in employment law, including at New Jersey's Judicial College

    • Member of and a past Chair of the United States District Court's Lawyers' Advisory Committee

    • Serves on the Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Character

    • Served on several United States District Court and New Jersey Supreme Court Committees, including the Supreme Court Commission of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Supreme Courts Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (for thirteen years), the Professional Rules Revision Committee, the Rules of Evidence Committee and the Civil Charge Committee

    • Chaired the subcommittee which drafted the New Jersey Jury Charges for employment litigation

    Recognition

    New Jersey State Bar Foundation Awards Medal of Honor to Cynthia Jacob
    June 15, 2011

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
    Class of 1966
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
    B.A.
    magna cum laude

    Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
    B.A.
    1963 Phi Beta Kappa
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