Jerrold Wohlgemuth

Jerrold J. Wohlgemuth is Counsel in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group where he concentrates on defending corporate, pharmaceutical and health care clients in all aspects of employment litigation involving claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, whistle blowing and other employment-related issues. Jerry previously worked in the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of Appellate Litigation in Washington where he represented the Board before the federal Courts of Appeals throughout the country, and has extensive appellate experience at both the state and federal levels and before the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Published Opinions:

• Young v. Schering Corp., 141 N.J. 16 (1995)
• Craig v. Suburban Cablevision, 140 N.J. 623 (1995)
• MacDougall v. Weichert, 144 N.J. 380 (1996)
• Young v. Schering Corp., 275 N.J. Super. 221 (App. Div. 1995)
• Craig v. Suburban Cablevision, 274 N.J. Super. 303 (App. Div. 1994)
• Macias v. Furniture Services, 16 Fed. Appx. 6 (1st Cir. 2001)
• Guido v. Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund, 6 F.3d 779 (3d Cir. 1993)
• Conoco, Inc. v. NLRB, 740 F.2d 811 (10th Cir. 1984)
• Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals v. NLRB, 722 F.2d 1120 (3d Cir. 1983)
• NLRB v. Cauthorne, 691 F.2d 1023 (D.C. Cir. 1982)
• Rockingham Machine v. NLRB, 665 F.2d 303 (6th Cir. 1981)
• J.J. Newberry Co. v. NLRB, 645 F.2d 148 (2d Cir. 1981)
• Texas Instruments, Inc. v. NLRB, 637 F.2d 822 (1st Cir. 1981)
• NLRB v. Permanent Label Corp., 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 21172 (3d Cir. 1981)
• K Mart Corp. v. NLRB, 626 F.2d 704 (9th Cir. 1980)

Bar Memberships. Jerry is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Ninth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits, the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

In General. Jerry received his undergraduate degree in Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1974, and his J.D. from The Catholic University Columbus School of Law in 1978, where he was a member of the Law Review. He is a long-term member of the Editorial Board of the New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly, and has been a frequent writer for the Quarterly.