Kathryn Van Deusen Hatfield limits her practice to the representation of management in labor and employment law matters.

Ms. Hatfield’s labor law experience includes negotiating collective bargaining agreements, conducting grievance and interest arbitration hearings, handling and litigating certification, impasse and unfair practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, analyzing legislation, court and arbitration decisions and collective bargaining agreements to assess trends in labor relations matters, preparing, administering and analyzing salary and benefit surveys for negotiations.

Ms. Hatfield lectures frequently on employment related issues, including family and medical leave, workplace harassment, wage and hour compliance, effective hiring and retention, drafting employee handbooks, and workplace anti-discrimination laws.

Kathryn also advises and represents business entities of all sizes with respect to formation, structuring and governance. Kathryn’s general corporate transactional practice includes merging, acquiring and disposing of business interests, and drafting and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, including sales, manufacturing, distribution, licensing, confidentiality, noncompetition, employment and independent contractor agreements.