Tara Humma

Tara Humma is a Litigation attorney who focuses her practice on labor and employment matters. Mrs. Humma has over a decade of experience representing public and private employers of all sizes in states across the country. Mrs. Humma represents clients in all phases of employment litigation, from initial pleadings, discovery, and motion practice to trial preparation and appeals. Her experience includes a broad range of litigation matters including, but not limited to, claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (including accessibility cases), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), breach of contract cases related to employment contracts and restrictive covenants and various other state and federal employment laws. She represents employers in hearings before administrative agencies, arbitrators, and hearing officers appointed under contractual grievance procedures.

Mrs. Humma also regularly counsels employers in the application of various state and federal employment laws, civil service regulations, and collective bargaining agreements. Her counseling experience includes providing advice to clients related to issues under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), whistleblower laws, restrictive covenant laws and other state and federal employment laws.

Mrs. Humma frequently assists clients in drafting and reviewing internal policies and employee handbooks to ensure compliance with both state and federal law including providing advice to clients with multi-state operations. She frequently drafts employment, restrictive covenant, separation and severance agreements for clients. Mrs. Humma conducts internal investigations for clients related to employee complaints. Tara also participates in due diligence related to employment issues in the context of mergers and acquisitions and reviews deal documents for employment-related issues.

In addition to her experience in private practice, Mrs. Humma worked in the Office of County Counsel for Camden County, where she represented the county in a variety of litigation matters and prosecuted civil service disciplinary actions before New Jersey’s Office of Administrative Law.