Tanya A. Salgado Counsel

Tanya Salgado’s practice includes employment law, education law and commercial litigation. For more than twenty years, she has defended businesses and non-profits in federal and state court in cases involving allegations of discrimination on the basis of age, race, national origin, disability and sex discrimination, as well as claims alleging sexual harassment, FMLA and wage and hour violations and wrongful discharge. Tanya also provides advice to human resources professionals and all levels of management regarding employment law compliance issues, including 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.

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

Tanya provides litigation avoidance counseling to managers and human resources professionals. She regularly reviews employee handbooks and drafts policies and procedures. Tanya reviews employment applications and counsels management on hiring procedures in an increasingly regulated area of personnel management.  

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 in federal courts involving employment matters. She is also a certified Level 2 ATIXA Civil Rights Investigator.

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.