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JON W. GREEN is a partner in the law firm of Green, Savits & Lenzo, LLC. He concentrates in the practice of employment law and civil rights litigation exclusively on behalf of employees. He is admitted to State and Federal Court in New Jersey and New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, and to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits. He has been designated as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Mr. Green is a member of the American Bar Association, where he was Co-Chair of the Employment and Labor Relations Law Committee of the Litigation Section. He was Co-Chief Editor of the ABA Employment Litigation Deskbook, in which he co-wrote chapters on Summary Judgment and Trial Preparation. He was also the Co-Chief Editor of the ABA's Model Jury Instructions on Employment Law published in 2005. He is also a Master in the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court. He speaks and writes frequently about employment law issues both in New Jersey and nationally. In 2007, he was named Co-Chair of the Electronic Discovery Subcommittee of the Executive Committee of the New Jersey State Bar's Labor and Employment Law Section. He has been selected by his peers as a Super Lawyer in Employment Litigation for the last four years.
Mr. Green's experience in employment law litigation includes favorable trial verdicts in cases of sexual harassment, color and age discrimination and retaliatory discharge, including the following cases:
- Migliore v. Mercedes Benz of North America (Sexual Harassment)
- Curry-Ford v. New Jersey Division of Mental Health (Color Discrimination And Illegal Retaliation in Promotions)
- Delli Santi v. CNA Insurance Companies (Retaliatory Discharge)
- Rathemacher v. IBM Corp. (Co-counsel) (Age Discrimination Discharge)
- Curry-Ford v. New Jersey Division of Mental Health (Color Discrimination And Illegal Retaliation in Promotions)
He has also been involved in a number of ground-breaking appellate decisions either as counsel of record or as amicus curiae before the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division and in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Certification/Specialties:
- Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification
- Bar Admissions:
- New York, 1980
- New Jersey, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
- Education:
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York,
1979
J.D.
Honors: Finalist, Jacob Burns Moot Court Competition - Claremont McKenna College,
1976
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
- Published Works:
- "Model Jury Instructions: Employment Litigation", 2nd ed., Co-Chief Editor, American Bar Association, 2005
- The Scarlet W, Worth Magazine, February, 2005
- "Employment Litigation Handbook" (Co-Chief Editor), Summary Judgment and Trial Preparation Chapters (Co-Author), American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1998
- "Farragher, Ellerth & Lehmann, Ingredients for a Great Recipe or Oil and Water?", New Jersey Lawyer, No. 196, April, 1999
- "So, What's The Case Worth? A Guide for Plaintiff's Counsel", New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly,Vol. 21, No. 2, Winter, 1998
- "Selecting the Forum for an Employment Case: State or Federal", (Co-Author), New Jersey Lawyer, July/August, 1996
- Representative Cases:
- Rost v. Pfizer, Inc., _____ F.R.D. ____ (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
- DeWees v. RCN Corp., 380 N.J. Super. 511 (App. Div. 2005)
- Delli Santi v. CNA Insurance Companies, 88 F. 3d 192 (3d Cir. 1996)
- Rendine v. Pantzer, 141 N.J. 292 ( 1995)
- Rathemacher v. IBM Corp., 57 FEP Cases 460 (D. N.J. 1990)
- Green v. City of Jersey City, 177 N.J. 434 (2003) (Amicus curiae counsel )
- Lockley v. New Jersey Department of Corrections, 177 N.J. 413 (2003) (Amicus curiae counsel )
- Holmin v. TRW, Inc., 167 N.J. 205 (2001) (Amicus curiae counsel )
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Electronic Discovery Subcommittee Co-Chair, 2007-Present
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1998 - Present
- Co-Chair, Employment & Labor Relations Law Committee, 1998-2001
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Co-Chair, Amicus Committee, New Jersey Chapter
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Member, Executive Committee, New Jersey Chapter
- Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, 1999 - Present
- Master
- Township of Springfield, 1988
- Chairman, Ethics Committee
- Birth Information:
- May 9, 1954, Manhasset, New York
Green, Savits & Lenzo, LLC
35 Airport Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
Telephone: (973) 695-7777
Fax: (973) 695-7788
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Our employment law firm proudly serves all of Northern and Central New Jersey, including the communities of Morristown, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Edison, Woodbridge, Trenton, and Princeton, and the Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren.

Jon W. Green