Ms. Abreu concentrates her practice in the area of employment law. She handles a wide range of employment litigation and counseling matters for private companies and higher education institutions. She defends employers in both federal and state court, and before administrative agencies, in litigation brought under Title VII, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, and Conscientious Employee Protection Act and involving alleged employment discrimination, harassment, whistle-blowing, and retaliation. She also assists employers in drafting employee handbooks, policies, agreements, and training materials and conducts workplace investigations.
Ms. Abreu most recently completed a clerkship for the Honorable Brian R. Martinotti, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Prior to her clerkship, Ms. Abreu was an associate in the Gibbons Commercial & Criminal Litigation Group. She also completed a clerkship for the Honorable Marie P. Simonelli, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
Credentials
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude)
- Order of the Coif
- Recipient, Newark Scholarship
- Recipient, Seton Hall Law Success Scholarship
- Editor-in-Chief, Seton Hall Legislative Journal
Rutgers University (B.S., magna cum laude)
- Dean’s List
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
State of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Professional Activities
Essex County Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Association for Portuguese Speaking Attorneys
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Judicial clerk to the Honorable Brian R. Martinotti, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, April 2017 – September 2019
Judicial clerk to the Honorable Marie P. Simonelli, J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Newark, NJ, 2015 – 2016
Judicial intern to the Honorable Michael A. Hammer, U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, Summer 2013
Civic/Charitable Activities
NJLEEP
Mentor
Languages
Portuguese
Spanish