Susanin, Widman & Brennan, PC is a nationally recognized law firm which has limited its practice to the areas of labor and employment law, employee benefits law, and construction law since its inception in 1971.
Our clients range in size from small privately-held businesses to Fortune 500 companies to large international corporations with significant North American operations. Our clients also include numerous governmental entities, employer associations, and Taft-Hartley trust funds. We serve our clients from our main office in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and a satellite office in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Many of our largest clients use our firm for representation on a national basis while others utilize our firm on a regional basis.
We have represented our clients in the labor, employment, and employee benefits fields before the Supreme Court of the United States, eleven of the twelve circuits of the United States Court of Appeals, federal district courts throughout the nation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, state labor and human relations boards, and the Canadian Labor Board.
This firm’s experience and expertise in labor and employment and employee benefits matters include:
- advice and counseling to employers in all areas of employment law, including employment discrimination and harassment, wage and hour compliance, Family and Medical Leave Act compliance, executive employment agreements and covenants not to compete, occupational safety and health, and other employment practices;
- representation of employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in employment litigation, including employment discrimination and harassment claims, wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour claims, FMLA claims, OSHA claims, and prevailing wage claims;
- representation of management in collective bargaining negotiations, the drafting and administration of collective bargaining agreements, including the handling of grievances and arbitrations, union election campaigns, and unfair labor practice and union representation proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and state labor relations boards;
- representation of employers, plan sponsors and trustees of multi-employer plans in employee benefits matters, including employee benefit plan design, plan drafting, plan administration and ERISA compliance, and representation of employers, plan sponsors and trustees in ERISA litigation, including claims for benefits, for delinquent contributions, and for breach of fiduciary duty.
In addition, we provide advice and counseling to construction companies in construction law matters, including mechanics’ liens, bond claims collections, defective material and workmanship, and delay and other damages. We also represent construction companies in construction litigation before arbitrators and the state and federal courts.
