Megan Porio, Member of Castronovo & McKinney, LLC

Megan Frese Porio focuses her practice on employment litigation and counseling on behalf of individuals and management. Her experience includes litigating claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, and breach of contract brought before state and federal courts, the EEOC, and state administrative agencies. Megan also counsels clients on restrictive covenants, employee policies and practices, employment and separation agreements, federal and state family leave laws, union elections, collective bargaining, and grievance arbitrations. In addition, Megan is experienced in litigating complex commercial class actions and qui tam matters.  Prior to joining Castronovo & McKinney, Megan practiced at Gibbons, P.C. in Newark, New Jersey. Megan has been selected by her peers to the New Jersey Super Lawyers - Rising Star list.  Megan was the law clerk to the Honorable Edwin H. Stern, Presiding Judge for Administration, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division and intern to the Honorable John W. Bissell, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Megan attended Fordham University School of Law and graduated cum laude.  She was the Senior Writing & Research Editor for the Fordham Sports Law Forum and a Member of the Fordham Urban Law Journal.  Megan attended college at Georgetown University and graduated cum laude.  She is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Megan's articles have been featured in several prominent legal publications: "Roa v. LAFE and the Statute of Limitation in LAD Cases," Association of Corporate Counsel Newsletter, May 11, 2010, "What is Good Faith?  Disabled Employees and the Interactive Process," New Jersey Law Journal, September 21, 2009, "Enforcing Uniform Conduct Standards Under ADA (Reprinted by permission of SHRM-Atlanta. All rights reserved.)," The Human Resource, Summer 2009, "Accommodating Disabled Employees: A Guide to the Good Faith Interactive Process," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, November 2007, and "Rolling the Dice: Are Online Gambling Advertisers 'Aiding and Abetting' Criminal Activity or Exercising First Amendment-Protected Commercial Speech?," Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 547, 2005.