Theresa Donahue Egler

Theresa Donahue Egler has more than 20 years’ experience representing management in employment and ERISA litigation, including claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, retaliation, breach of contract, violation of family and medical leave laws, breach of fiduciary duty, wage and hour violations, invasion of privacy, restrictive covenant violations, defamation and other employment-related torts.  She has represented employers in class and collective actions, as well as multi and single plaintiff cases, before federal and state trial and appellate courts, the EEOC, state fair employment agencies and the Department of Labor.

Ms. Egler also has extensive experience in providing preventative and corrective counseling on all human resource management issues, including workforce reductions and reorganizations, plant closings, workplace investigations, threat assessments, crisis management, employment polices and employee discipline and discharge matters.  She has developed and conducted training on a broad range of employment issues, designed to minimize risk and avoid costly and divisive disputes.

Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Egler served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at BASF Corporation where she was responsible for providing legal services to the corporate services departments, supervising employment and ERISA litigation and managing the Compliance & Ethics Program.  She currently serves as BASF’s national employment and benefits counsel.

Ms. Egler is an active volunteer, having served on the Board of the Make A Wish Foundation of New Jersey and having provided pro bono legal services to non-profit corporations through the Pro Bono Partnership.  She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Colgate University Alumni Corporation Board of Directors.