PRACTICES
OVERVIEW
Laura Corvo represents employers in employment litigation and counsels employers on a variety of employment-related issues. She has extensive knowledge of federal, state and local employment laws and works closely with her clients to achieve proactive and practical solutions for a host of personnel and human resource issues including employee hiring, discipline and termination matters, reductions in force, wage and hour compliance, family and medical leave compliance, and managing accommodations for disabled employees.
Laura is also a seasoned litigator and defends employers in in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies in claims involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and wage hour violations. She is also experienced in the litigation of business tort matters involving non-compete and other restrictive covenant agreements.
Laura drafts and reviews employee handbooks, personnel policies, executive employment contracts, and restrictive covenant agreements. She conducts harassment and discrimination investigations and provides training to executives, managers and employees on a range of topics including preventing harassment and discrimination, managing disabled employees, managing employee leave, and navigating wage and hour compliance.
Laura is a frequent presenter on various employment-related topics and co-hosts the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) sponsored Employment Law Counselor with her colleague, Victoria Fuller.
Credentials
Bar and Court Admissions
New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law, JD, 1997
American University, BA, cum laude
News & Insights
BLOGS & PODCASTS
Blog Posts
Podcasts
The Employment Law Counselor Podcast
- The Ins and Outs of A Successful Employment Mediation,5.28.26
In the newest episode of the Employment Law Counselor Podcast titled “The Ins and Outs of A Successful Employment Mediation,” hosts Victoria Fuller and Laura Corvo are joined by Hon. Thomas J. Rueter (Ret.), a seasoned mediator and arbitrator and April Quire, a Senior Claims Examiner with Arch Insurance who has participated in countless mediations.
This podcast shares real-world insights and provides both the mediator’s and insurer’s view of how to successfully mediate employment claims, along with practical strategies that go beyond the usual negotiation playbook. You will also hear how confidentiality and mediator proposals can help move even the toughest cases toward resolution.