MGP Supports Denim Day Fundraiser October 7

By Karen Mason | Published October 6, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

From the American Cancer Society’s website: In the weeks leading up to Denim Day, rally your friends and coworkers to donate $5 or more to wear jeans to work on Friday, October 7. Money raised will support the American Cancer Society’s mission to save lives from breast cancer. Since Denim Day began in 1996, participants Read More

Communities of Light Launch October 25

By Karen Mason | Published October 6, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Womanspace’s Annual Communities of Light Event (December 5) is a public awareness project and fundraising campaign to benefit victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The Launch event will take place at 5:30 on October 25 at D&R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton. Edwin Schmierer, Director with Mason, Griffin & Pierson is a Read More

New Assoicate, Elissa Grodd Schragger

By Karen Mason | Published October 5, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The firm is pleased to welcome new Associate, Elissa Grodd Schragger. Ms. Grodd Schragger practices in the areas of Local Government Law and Litigation.

Megan Kanka Foundation Event October 22

By Karen Mason | Published October 3, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The firm is a sponsor of the annual Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation’s Fifteenth Annual Casino Nite on October 22 at the Nottingham Ball Room in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The foundation supports child safety awareness programs. For more information go to www.megannicolekankafoundation.org.

Princeton YMCA Centennial Awards

By Karen Mason | Published October 3, 2016 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Princeton Family YMCA holds its Centennial Awards event on October 27. The awards recognize individuals in the community who demonstrate outstanding commitment to community service. Mason, Griffin & Pierson is a sponsor of the event and Ms. Grodd Schragger is a member of the event steering committee. For more information, go to https://princetonymca.org/.

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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