About Jane Leslie Dalton

Jane Leslie Dalton is a lawyer practicing unfair competition, employment discrimination, personnel management and 3 other areas of law. Jane has been licensed for 55 years. Jane practices at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia, PA.

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Awards

AV Preeminent Peer Rated

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Services

Areas of Law

Antitrust and Trade Regulation 1
- Unfair Competition
Administrative Law
Other 4
- Employment Discrimination
- Personnel Management
- Education
- Constitutional

Practice Details

Firm Information

Position
Of Counsel - Retired

Firm Name
Duane Morris LLP
Representative Cases & Transactions

Cases
Representative Matters: Served as counsel to many universities
colleges, h
ling
resolving a wide array of employment law matters
issues related to student or faculty discipline, faculty appointments, grievance processes
appeals of those issues
Reviewed
renegotiated various executive employment contracts
other employment-related agreements in connection with mergers
acquisitions. Counseled clients regarding risks assumed in those agreements
ways to mitigate risks
Provided personnel management counseling
employment law advice for companies going through restructuring, mass layoffs or reductions in force
H
led employment compliance training for colleges, universities
other non-profit organizations, manufacturers, service providers
financial institutions related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation
other employment law issues. Also h
led FERPA
Cleary Act training
counseling for colleges
universities
Successfully defended more than a dozen employment class action
collective claims for colleges, universities, manufacturers, service providers
newspaper publishers. Tried each of those cases to defense verdicts or got them dismissed prior to trial
Served as mediator or neutral in claims involving employment agreements
employment law matters
Negotiated, drafted
reviewed numerous executive employment agreements involving non-compete covenants, executive severance, trade secrets
other issues
Successfully defended
enforced non-compete agreements, trade secret agreements
confidentiality agreements for clients in a number of industries
Successfully resolved many disputes arising out of executive employment agreements without necessity of litigation
Drafted
reviewed policy
procedure statements, h
books,
other documents for the employees of colleges, universities, manufacturers, non-profit organizations, energy companies
service providers
Litigated constitutional issues for schools, once taking a case to the U.S. Supreme Court to establish law on what kinds of non-public school programs can receive public funding without violating the establishment clause
Litigated constitutional issues regarding taking issues associated with automotive insurance rate-making
similar issues
Reviewed
negotiated or litigated various issues relating to ratemaking proceedings for auto insurance, workers comp insurance
other forms of insurance. H
led complaints involving allegations of discriminatory rate setting before the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1971, Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
1971, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Memberships

Professional Activities
•American Bar Association
•Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Delegate, Zone One to House of Delegates, 2002-present
- Co-Chair, PBA Commission on Women in the Profession, 2011-present
- Member, Commission on Women in the Profession, 1999-present
- Executive Committee 2010-2012
•Philadelphia Bar Association
- Chancellor, 2007
- Chancellor-Elect, 2006
- Vice Chancellor, 2005
- Chair, Board of Governors, 2003
- Vice Chair, Board of Governors, 2002
- Member, 2003
- Business Law Section
- Co-Chair, Human Resources Committee, 2001-2003
- Committee Chair of the Year, 2001
- Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, 2002
- Co-Chair, Committee on Women in the Profession, 1999-2000
- Chair, Large Firm Management Committee, 1992
- Chair, Public Service/Consumer Protection Committee, 1986-1988
- Committee Member, Campaign for Qualified Judges Committee
- Member, Federal Courts Committee
•National Association of College and University Attorneys
•Defense Research Institute
•Appointed by the Honorable Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, to the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania which provides advice and counsel to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2003
•Chair, Magistrate Judge Selection Panel, United States District Court of Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006
•Member, Rule 5000 Committee, Rules of Judicial Administration of the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania, 2007-2009
Education & Certifications

Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Class of 1971
J.D.
Personal Details & History

Age
Born in 1944
Cleveland, Ohio, August 26, 1944

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