Sean Kelly is a member of the Firm’s Employment and Labor Law practice group.
Sean Kelly focuses his practice on counseling employers and defending employment cases, higher education and school law. Sean regularly litigates matters arising in the workplace, including defending his employer clients against allegations of discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and breaches of contract, among other claims, at the trial and appellate levels, both in state and federal court, and has successfully tried many employment cases to verdict. Sean works closely with both public and private companies as well as universities, schools, and state and local government entities. He is often called upon by his clients to handle complex, sensitive and highly confidential matters that are often subject to significant public interest.
Sean is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, has been repeatedly included in Thompson Reuters' "Super Lawyers," holds the highest rating awarded by the Martindale-Hubbell Lawyers Directory, and has been named a Master of two separate American Inns of Court.
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K.L. v. Rutgers, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 17141
Keles v. Bender, et al., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 7373, affirming 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28270; 2017 WL 4948066, 2017 WL 3299037, 2017 WL3302690 (D.N.J.)
Sabinsa Corp. v. Herbakraft, Inc., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 219396 and 72331; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99036, 123190, and 221481
Waterfront Comm'm of N.Y. Harbor v. Governor of N.J., 961 F.3d 234 (3d Cir. 2020), cert. denied, 142 S.Ct. 561 (2021)
Alawan v. Rutgers, 2020 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2004 (App. Div.)
Seergy v. Richter, 2021 N.J. Super. unpub. LEXIS 2004 (App. Div).
Sabinsa Corp. v. Olive Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93365; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 221107; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185881
Biomarn Pharm. v. Par Pharm., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 235328
Chin v. Rutgers, 697 Fed. Appx. 751 (3d Cir. 2017)
Collins v. Stevens Institute of Technology, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176651, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116531, 2016 WL 4579973 and 2016 WL 4544342 (D.N.J.)
Sabinsa Corp. v. Aegle Bios, Inc., 2016 WL 6595915 (D.N.J.)
Jazz Pharms. Inc. v. Amneal Pharms. LLC, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61373
Sabinsa Corp. v. Nutribiolink LLC, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185882
Carnevale v. Borough of Roseland Police Dept., 2015 WL 8683075 (N.J. App. Div.)
Kadakia v. Rutgers, 633 Fed. Appx. 83 (3d. Cir. 2015)
Shire LLC v. CorePharma, LLC, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96713, 2015 WL 4508108
Purdue Pharm. Prods., L.P. v. Actavis Elizabeth, LLC, 2105 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1910318, 191032; 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49857, 2014 WL 1394178
McMahon v. Salmond, 573 Fed. Appx. 128 (3d Cir. 2014)
AstraZeneca AB v. Anchen Pharmaceuticals Inc., 2014 WL 2611488 (D.N.J.)
AstraZeneca AB v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41625 and 73111; 2013 WL 1847639 (D.N.J.)
McMahon v. Rutgers, 2013 WL 5937416 (D.N.J.)
Edelson V., L.P. v. Encore Networks, Inc., 2013 WL 1952309 (D.N.J.)
Cornacchiulo v. Alternative Investment Solutions, Inc., 2013 WL 238189 Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Docket No. A-4871-10T2 (1/23/13), certif. denied, 214 N.J. 115
Mandal v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 430 N.J. Super. 287 (App. Div. 2013), petition for certif. denied Sept. 20, 2013
Edelson V., L.P. v. Encore Networks, Inc., 2012 WL 4889614, 2012 WL 4891695 and 2013 WL 1952309 (D.N.J.)
Hogg Robinson USA LLC v. Pierce, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55030, 2011 WL 2015572
McMahon v. Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of N.J., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124109, 2011 WL 5082246
Atlantic Health Services, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2010 WL 3155194 and 2011 WL 1375611 (D.N.J.), affirmed, 463 Fed. Appx. 162 (3d Cir. 2012)
Sabinsa Corp. v. Creative Compounds, LLC, 609 F.3d 175 (3d Cir. 2010); same case 2011 WL3236096 and 2012 WL 194160 (D.N.J.)
State v. E.W., 413 N.J. Super. 70 (App. Div. 2010)
In re: Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55611, 17754, 17755 and 65029; 2010 WL 779786 (3d Cir. 3/9/10)
DelRio-Mocci v. Connolly Properties, Inc., 2009 WL 971394 (D.N.J. 4/1/09), motion for reconsideration denied, 2009 WL 2989537 (D.N.J. 9/16/09)
Giudice v. Employees’ Profit-Sharing Plan of the Bank of New York Co., Inc., 2009 WL 2634898 (D.N.J. 8/25/09)
Yarcheski v. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2008 WL 5133687 (App. Div. 12/9/08)
Galli v. New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, 490 F.3d 265 (3d Cir. 2007)
Berrol v. A.I.G., 2007 WL 3349763 (D.N.J. 11/7/07)
Roman v. ABM Janitorial Northeast, Inc., 2007 WL 1612936 (D.N.J. 6/1/07)
Lippe v. Bairnco Corp., 99 Fed. Appx. 274 (2d Cir. 2004)
Komet Inc. v. Republic of Finland, 89 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1827; 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2922 (D.N.J. 2002)
Lum v. Bank of America, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25178 (D.N.J. 2001), aff’d, 361 F.3d 217 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 918 (2004)
Dawson v. Ciba-Geigy Corp., 145 F. Supp. 2d 565 (D.N.J. 2001)
Everest Reinsurance Co. v. Newark Division of Tax Abatement & Special Taxes, 18 N.J. Tax 50 (1998)
Lafarge Corp. v. Travelers Indemnity Co., 927 F. Supp. 1534 (M.D. Fla. 1996)
Georgine v. Amchem Products, Inc., 878 F. Supp. 716 (E.D. Pa. 1994); 160 F.R.D. 478 (1995)
Forest Insurance v. American Motorists Ins. Co., 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3334 (S.D.N.Y. 1994)
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. United Ins. Co., 264 N.J. Super. 460 (App. Div. 1993), rev'd in part and affirmed in part, 138 N.J. 437 (1994)
Carlough v. Amchem Products, Inc., 5 F.3d 707 (1993), 27 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 895 (3d Cir. 1993); 10 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 1993); 158 F.R.D. 314 (E.D. Pa. 1993)
In re Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc., 143 B.R. 612 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1992)
Clark v. Bank of New York, 801 F. Supp. 1182 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)
Blake v. Bank of New York, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3936 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
Refac International Ltd. v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, 1990 WL 269885 (D.N.J. 11/14/90)
Lincoln Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc., 1989 WL 158769 (D.N.J. 12/19/89)
State v. Cantor, 221 N.J. Super. 219 (App. Div. 1987)
In re Chandler, 66 B.R. 334 (N.D. Ga. 1986)
Pawelec v. Digitcom, Inc., 192 N.J. Super. 474 (App. Div. 1984)
Dimitrakopoulus v. Flowers by Demetrios, Inc., 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15633 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)
Garden State Community Hospital v. Watson, 191 N.J. Super. 225 (App. Div. 1982), certif. denied, 94 N.J. 518 (1983)
Bittner v. Borne Chemical Co., Inc., 691 F.2d 134 (3d Cir. 1982)
National Association of College and University Attorneys
Advisory Board, Campus Legal Advisor
Gateway Chapter, Society of Human Resource Managers
Former Master, Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court
Former Master, Hudson County Bar Association Inn of Court
Former Chair, New Jersey Supreme Court Fee Arbitration Committee for Essex County
Essex and Hudson County Bar Associations
New Jersey State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Association of the Federal Bar for the District of New Jersey