NAWL Honors Kristin Sostowski

The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL®) honored its 2010 Awardees and installed its new officers and board members at its Annual Awards Luncheon in New York City. Kristin D. Sostowski, an associate in the Gibbons Employment Law Department and member of NAWL's Program Committee, as well as Co-Director of Best Practices for its New Jersey chapter, received the Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award.

At Gibbons, Ms. Sostowski defends companies and individuals who have been sued personally in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful discharge, tort and contract, and restrictive covenant cases. She appears before federal and state courts, civil rights agencies, and alternative dispute resolution venues. She counsels employers on a wide range of employment and labor law issues, including the development and implementation of employment policies and handbooks, accommodation of employees with disabilities, family and medical leave issues, wage and hour laws, employee terminations, and general employee relations matters. Ms. Sostowski is also a member of the Gibbons' E-Discovery Task Force, handling all aspects of electronic discovery in employment and commercial litigation matters and regularly advising employers on e-discovery and document retention best practices, electronic communications policies, and the management of employee usage of electronic systems.