Support Local Youth Basketball

By Karen Mason | Published December 1, 2014 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mason, Griffin & Pierson continues its support of youth basketball programs in Princeton and Montgomery. For more information on the Dillon Youth Basketball League go to the Princeton Recreation Department at https://www.leaguelineup.com/miscinfo.asp?menuid=44&url=princetonrecreation. For information on the Montgomery Basketball Association go to https://www.montgomerybasketball.com/#sthash.iKjlCbxm.dpuf

Cecil Receives Stickel Award

By Karen Mason | Published December 1, 2014 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Trishka Waterbury Cecil is the 2014 recipient of the Fred G. Stickel Award for excellence in municipal law. The award is presented by the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys in recognition of excellence in local government law, exemplary service to the legal profession and local government, outstanding service to the community and unselfish Read More

Holiday Donations Collected for Womanspace

By Karen Mason | Published December 1, 2014 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The staff of Mason, Griffin & Pierson will help bring holiday cheer to the women and children of Womanspace by collecting new unwrapped gifts. Womanspace is a not-for-profit that provides counseling and housing for women and their families who are impacted by family violence. For more information go to https://www.womanspace.org/.

Sponsor Princeton Brass Band

By Karen Mason | Published December 1, 2014 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mason, Griffin & Pierson is proudly sponsoring The Princeton Brass Band Holiday Concert. The concert will take place in Princeton at Richardson Auditorium on December 21. For more information on the award-winning band go to https://www.facebook.com/princetonbrassband

Light Candles on December 8 for Womanspace’s Communities of Light

By Karen Mason | Published December 1, 2014 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mason, Griffin & Pierson is lighting candles for Communities of Light – Peace Begins at Home to benefit Womanspace, an not-for-profit that provides counseling and housing for women and their families who are impacted by family violence. This county-wide event takes place at dusk on Monday, December 8. Firm Director, Edwin Schmierer, Esq. is a Read More

Know Your Rights as an Employee
Princeton Adult School Zoom Online Video Conference
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 from 7:00–8:30 pm.

Elizabeth Zuckerman, Esq. will be conducting a virtual course on October 13, 2020 - Know Your Rights as an Employee. Topics include harassment, hostile work environment and discrimination on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other protected statuses. The concept of reasonable accommodation and the interactive process will be explored. There will be discussion regarding the New Jersey whistle-blower law, wage and hour laws, family leave laws, non-compete agreements, new employee protections as a result of COVID-19 and common law claims, such as breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In addition, hypothetical employment claims based on real life employment experiences will be discussed. Register at https://www.ssreg.com/princeton/classes/results.asp?code=120.
New Jersey Planning Officials Training Session - October 3, 2020

Edwin W. Schmierer, Esq., a firm Director, will be an instructor for the New Jersey Planning Official’s Planning and Zoning Board members training session in Somerset County on October 3, 2020. Mr. Schmierer chairs the firm’s Government Practice Group and represents a number of land use boards including the Lawrence Township Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Borough of Pennington Joint Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment and the West Windsor Zoning Board of Adjustment. The New Jersey Planning Officials can be reached at [email protected] for any land use board member interested in attending the training session.
COVID-19 Employment & Financial Update (3/24/2020)

Click Link Here to read important information regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
NELA-NJ Attorney Zuckerman

In a recent decision (Justin Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc.), the New Jersey Supreme Court determined that an employee who is fired for using medical marijuana outside the workplace may bring a claim for disability discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Mason, Griffin & Pierson Attorney, Elizabeth Zuckerman, who argued the cause for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey, stated the "decision is a win for employees who test positive for marijuana due to their lawful use of medical marijuana outside the workplace."

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