Christopher P. Lenzo

Serving Northern and Central New Jersey

Partner
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Christopher P. Lenzo is a partner in the law firm of Green, Savits & Lenzo, LLC. He represents employees in employment law matters, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, trial litigation, and appellate litigation of claims of discrimination, harassment, whistleblower retaliation , wrongful discharge, failure to accommodate disabilities, family and medical leave violations, breach of contract, and wage and hour violations. He also mediates employment disputes and conducts workplace investigations.

In his practice, Mr. Lenzo has litigated several reported cases, some of which involved landmark decisions.  He and his colleague Claudia Reis won a $1.549 million jury verdict in a retaliation case against New Jersey Transit after a month-long trial during 2009.

For 2013, Best Lawyers in America designated Mr. Lenzo as Lawyer of the Year in the field of Employment Law-Individuals for the Newark Metropolitan Area based on votes cast by Mr. Lenzo’s peers in the Labor and Employment Law bar.  Since 2006, Mr. Lenzo has been included in the list of Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of labor and employment law.  He has also been included in the Thomson Reuters list of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the areas of labor and employment law and plaintiffs’ employment litigation since 2005.*

In March 2013, Mr. Lenzo was Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.  That distinction is attained based on references by judges and other attorneys, and through passing a written examination.

Mr. Lenzo has served on the Employment Law Subcommittee of the New Jersey Supreme Court Model Civil Jury Charge Committee. He also mediates employment law cases for the American Arbitration Association and serves as a Master for the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court.

Mr. Lenzo writes and lectures on employment law frequently for such organizations as the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the National Employment Lawyers Association/New Jersey, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America – New Jersey, New Jersey Lawyer – The Magazine, the New Jersey Law Journal, the New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, the Essex County Bar Association, the Somerset County Bar Association, the Practising Law Institute, the Council on Education in Management, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Human Resources Advisory Group of North Jersey.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Hostile Work Environment
• Retaliation
• Whistleblower Claims
• Family and Medical Leave
• Wage and Hour Violations
• Wrongful Discharge
• Employment Contracts
• Restrictive Covenants
• Severance Pay
• Employee Privacy
• Appellate Practice
• Mediation

Certifications:

• Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, 2013 – Present

Bar Admissions:

• New Jersey, 1993
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1993
• New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1997

Education:

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993 J.D.
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990 B.A.
• Honors: Echols Scholar, Dean’s List, Graduation in Three Years

Published Works:

• Remittitur Motions After He v. Miller: A Three-Judge Supreme Court Attack on Juries, Trial Lawyers, and Due Process Rights, New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 4, May 2012
• Employment Litigation in New Jersey, Chapter 12, Race, Religion and Other Discrimination, LexisNexis/Matthew Bender, 2006
• Conducting and Attacking Employment Investigations, New Jersey Law Journal 171 N.J.L.J. 1092, March 24, 2003 (with Kirsten S. Branigan)
• The Changing Contours of New Jersey Whistleblower Law, New Jersey Lawyer The Magazine, No. 196, April, 1999
• Employment Litigation Handbook, Chapter 14, Arbitration and Mediation, Second Part: Arbitration of Employment Disputes: The Employee’s Perspective (with Nancy Erika Smith), American Bar Association, 1998
• Employment Litigation Handbook, Chapter 4, Experts (with Herbert E. Gerson, Maureen M. Rayborn, and Nancy Erika Smith), American Bar Association, 1998
• Cramped Construction: Court Takes Too Narrow a View of the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey Law Journal, Vol. CLI, No. 12, 1998
• The Pitfalls of Mandatory Arbitration for Employment Litigation Plaintiffs and How to Avoid Them, New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quaterly, Vol. 21, No. 2, Winter 1998
• Traps for the Unwary, Chapter 27, Sexual Harassment, Essex County Bar Ass’n, 1997
• Sexual Harassment Litigation: Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Strategies, Chapter 4, Current Issues in Evidence Law Regarding Sexual Harassment Cases (co-author), PLI, 1995

Reported Cases:

• Rost v. Pfizer, Inc., 248 F.R.D. 417 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
• D’Annunzio v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 192 N.J. 110 (2007)
• Maltese v. Twp. of North Brunswick, 353 N.J. Super. 226 (App. Div. 2002)
• Estate of Roach v. TRW, Inc., 164 N.J. 598 (2000)
• Quigley v. KPMG Peat Marwick, 330 N.J. Super. 252 (App. Div. 2000)
• Higgins v. Pascack Valley Hospital, 158 N.J. 404 (1999)
• Great Western Mortgage Corp. v. Peacock, 110 F.3d 222 (3d Cir. 1997)
• Payton v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 148 N.J. 524 (1997)
• Singer v. Commodities Corp. (U.S.A.), 292 N.J. Super. 391 (App. Div. 1996)
• Rendine v. Pantzer, 141 N.J. 292 (1995)

Honors and Awards:*

• Lawyer of the Year, Employment Law-Individuals, Newark Metropolitan Area, Best Lawyers in America, 2013
• Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law, Best Lawyers, 2006 – Present
• New Jersey Super Lawyer, Labor and Employment Law and Plaintiffs’ Employment Litigation,
  Thomson Reuters, 2005 – Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• New Jersey Supreme Court Model Civil Jury Charge Committee, Employment Law Subcommittee, 2002 – 2014
  Member
• Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, 2003 – Present
  Master
• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
  Plaintiffs’ Co-Chair, Disabilities and Leaves of Absence Subcommittee, 2013 to Present
  Plaintiffs’ Co-Chair, Statutory Rights Subcommittee, 2003-2005
  Pro-Bono Committee Member, 2003-2005
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Executive Committee Member, 2011 – Present
  Model Jury Charges Subcommittee Coordinator, 2011 – Present
  Employment Trial Practices Subcommittee  Co-Chair, 2010 – 2011
  Post-Employment Restrictions Subcommittee Co-Chair, 2006 – 2010
• National Employment Lawyers Association/New Jersey
  Secretary, 2002 – 2004, 2006 – 2008
  Member, Executive Board, 2000 – 2004, 2006 – 2008
  Chair, Legislative Committee, 2006 – 2008
  Chair, Amicus Committee, 1999 – 2001
• American Arbitration Association, 2007 – Present
  Mediator
• New Jersey Superior Court Civil Mediation Program, 2002 – 2007
  Mediator

Past Employment:

• Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Counsel, 2001 – 2006
• Francis, Lenzo & Manshel, Member, 1997 – 2001
• Smith Mullin, Associate, 1994 – 1997
• Justice Daniel J. O’Hern, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Law Clerk, 1993 – 1994

Birth Information:

• August 31, 1969, Plainfield, New Jersey

 

*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For Best Lawyers methodology, see www.bestlawyers.com. For Super Lawyers methodology, see www.superlawyers.com

Green, Savits & Lenzo, LLC
35 Airport Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: (973) 695-7777
Fax: (973) 695-7788

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.