Employment Law Update/Whistleblower Law/Healthcare-Eldercare (E1509569)

Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq. is a founding partner in the firm Hanlon Niemann, PC in Freehold, New Jersey. He offers his clients over 30 years of accomplished practice. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Monmouth County Probate and Estate Committee, the Monmouth County Chancery Practice Committee, the Monmouth County Elder Law Committee, and the Monmouth County Family Law Committee. He manages the firm’s services for clients seeking Veterans benefits, Medicare coverage and eligibility for state funded programs for health and medical benefits. He litigates denials of long-term care and eligibility benefits by governmental agencies at fair hearings, administrative law proceedings and direct appeals to the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court. He speaks at seminars and conferences, including Continuing Education Units ("CEU’s”) on nursing home and community based alternatives to institutional care, the Nursing Home Reform Law and Veterans benefits, including Continuing Education Units ("CEU’s”), and he is a noncredit instructor for the Rutgers School of Social Work, Office of Continuing Education on the topics of Medicaid Changes and Veterans Benefits. He heads the elder law and probate sections of the firm. Mr. Niemann is also a member of the Monmouth County and New Jersey State Bar Associations, the U.S. Federal District Court of New Jersey, and the U.S. Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Catherine Wells, Esq. is a member of the firm Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC in West Orange, New Jersey. She is the chair of the firm’s Employment Law Group and a member of its Litigation Group. As a commercial litigator with more than 20 years of experience, Ms. Wells represents management in all types of employment-related matters, including wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour issues and other business-related torts. In addition to regularly appearing before the state and federal courts in New Jersey, she routinely handles matters before numerous administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and other administrative agencies.

In addition to her litigation practice, she counsels employers in connection with the development and implementation of employment policies, training programs and other workforce management issues.

Ms. Wells received her B.A., cum laude, from Seton Hall University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and is a member of the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section), the Essex County Bar Association, The New Jersey State Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section), New Jersey Women Lawyers Association and Prevent Child Abuse – NJ (President, Board of Directors).