Laura Fant is a special employment law counsel in the Labor & Employment Law Department and co-administrative leader of the Counseling, Training & Pay Equity Practice Group. Her practice is dedicated to providing clients with practical solutions to common (and uncommon) employment concerns, with a focus on legal compliance, risk management and mitigation strategies, and workplace culture considerations.
Laura regularly counsels clients across numerous industries on a wide variety of employment matters involving recruitment and hiring, employee leave and reasonable accommodation issues, performance management, and termination of employment . She also advises on preparing, implementing and enforcing employment and separation agreements, employee handbooks and company policies, as well as provides training on topics including discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Laura is a frequent contributor to Proskauer’s Law and the Workplace blog and The Proskauer Brief podcast.
Education
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Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.
magna cum laude
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Boston University, B.S.
cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- New Jersey
- New York
Clerkships
- New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division - Hon. Jose L. Fuentes
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
- U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2024-2025