Tanya A. Salgado Associate

Tanya Salgado’s practice includes labor and employment law, education law and commercial litigation.  She represents companies with respect to claims involving age, race, disability, sex discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful discharge. Tanya also provides advice regarding wage and hour laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act.  Tanya also works with federal government contractors in the drafting and updating of affirmative action plans, including representing clients in government audits.

Clients call on Tanya to deliver tailored management training presentations on a variety of topics, such as absenteeism, documentation and equal employment opportunity issues for managers. 

In the area of education law, Tanya counsels colleges and universities on personnel policies and procedures, including review of employee handbooks.  She has also represented these institutions in litigation involving students, as well as employment matters. 

Her commercial litigation work includes contract disputes and non-compete agreement litigation. 

During law school, Tanya was a member of the National Moot Court Team and Moot Court Board. 

Representative Matters

• First-chaired a jury trial through to a defense verdict in an employment case in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas   
• On behalf of a health care facility, obtained summary judgment in a New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act case
• Obtained summary judgment in a wrongful discharge/employee handbook case which was upheld on appeal by the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division

Recognition & Involvement

Outside of her legal practice, Tanya is a long-time member of her church’s personnel committee.