Mr. Zackin’s practice for many years has concentrated heavily in the areas of employment law and benefits litigation and client counseling. He has been particularly active in discrimination and wrongful discharge matters and has focused extensively on reduction in force and other employment termination related issues, including cases under the WARN Act and whistleblower protection laws. He has also handled a wide variety of ERISA, wage and hour, restrictive covenant, trade secret, and employment agreement issues both in terms of litigation and counseling. Mr. Zackin is listed as a leading attorney in the area of “Employment Litigation: Defense” in New Jersey Super Lawyers and in the area of “Employee Benefits (ERISA)” in Best Lawyers®.
In addition, Mr. Zackin has authored numerous articles dealing with some of these more timely issues. He is also an editor of Gibbons on Federal Practice in New Jersey, published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Credentials
Education
Rutgers School of Law - Newark (J.D.)
- Managing Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1969-1970
Rutgers University (B.A.)
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Professional Activities
Gibbons on Federal Practice in New Jersey, published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Editor
New Jersey State Bar Association
Section on Labor & Employment
American Bar Association
Section of Litigation
Committee on Appellate Practice Litigation
Committee on Employment and Labor Relations Law Litigation
“New Jersey Employment Discrimination Issues in the ’90’s,” National Business Institute, Inc. Seminar
Faculty, 1993
New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee, 1995-1999
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Law secretary to the Honorable Lawrence A. Whipple, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 1970-1971
Legal Employment
Assistant United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1971-1975