Sandy Girifalco represents clients in all areas of employment law and complex commercial litigation. She focuses her practice on defending employers in a variety of employment-related cases, as well as representing clients in complex commercial litigation. She also works with clients to avoid claims by helping them comply with applicable laws, manage employee problems and resolve disputes early.
Ms. Girifalco represents clients in state and federal courts, and in administrative and arbitration tribunals. Her clients include financial services companies, insurance companies, health care organizations, colleges and universities, and manufacturing plants.
As an employment attorney, she represents clients on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from age and race discrimination to sexual harassment to drug testing to Department of Labor investigations. In addition, she handles matters relating to restrictive covenants, employment agreements, employee terminations, benefits, and wage and hour issues.
As a commercial litigator, Ms. Girifalco focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, defense of class actions and other corporate disputes. She regularly represents corporate and institutional clients in sophisticated legal matters, including breach of contract, RICO and business torts. Additionally, Ms. Girifalco counsels clients on life, accident, health and disability insurance claims involving coverage and ERISA issues.
Ms. Girifalco regularly speaks at trade association meetings, human resource seminars and bar association events. She also provides training to clients and their employees on diversity, hiring, discipline and termination, anti-harassment, investigations and bad faith. Ms. Girifalco is recognized as a preeminent AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. PERSONAL
Ms. Girifalco has taught labor legislation at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. Prior to law school, she served as a personnel administrator at a large health care institution. |
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| PRACTICE AREAS |
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| Litigation |
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| Employment & Labor |
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| Banking & Financial Services |
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| BAR ADMISSIONS |
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| Pennsylvania |
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| COURT ADMISSIONS |
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| U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
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| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
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| Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
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| EDUCATION |
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| J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1980 |
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| B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1975 |
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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| American Bar Association, Litigation and Labor & Employment Law Sections |
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| Board Member, Executive Committee, Cradle of Liberty, Boy Scouts of America |
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| Germantown Cricket Club |
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| Human Resources Advisory Board, Catholic Health Care Services |
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| Large Firm Women Litigation Partners Network |
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| Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Board of Women's Basketball Officials |
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| Pennsylvania Bar Association |
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| Philadelphia Bar Association |
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| Philadelphia Board of Officials for Women's Basketball |
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| Former Member, University of Pennsylvania Basketball Board |
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| Trustee, Manor College |
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