Email jmyers@sgrvlaw.com
Phone: (215) 241-8817
Fax: (215) 531-9134
Jennifer Myers Chalal
Member
Jennifer Myers Chalal is a Member of the Employment Law Group with Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C. Ms. Chalal handles all types of employment law matters for both employers and employees including discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the PHRA, the NJLAD, and other federal, state and local laws, wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour claims, FMLA claims, breach of contract claims, non-compete claims, and claims involving workplace torts. She also handles ADA accessibility suits and denials of public accommodations for businesses, especially in the hospitality industry. In addition, she regularly provides employment advice to all types of businesses, conducts workplace investigations, prepares employment handbooks, and provides workplace seminars.
Ms. Chalal received a J.D. with honors from Temple University School of Law. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Hofstra University where she received a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, with High Honors in Speech Communication. Following graduation from Temple University School of Law, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss (ret) of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.
Ms. Chalal is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and former executive board member of the Temple American Inns of Court. She also was an executive committee member of the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Ms. Chalal has served as an instructor for various employment law seminars and published extensively on employment issues, including the following articles: “Employee-At-Will Doesn’t Bar Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim,” The Legal Intelligencer, September 1997; “Sexual Harassment in the Office: Drawing the Lines and Reassessing the Costs,” Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, PaTLA News, September 1998; and “Court: Under ADA, Employers Must Participate In Interactive Process,” The Legal Intelligencer, October 1999. Ms. Chalal has been named a “Pennsylvania Rising Star” in the December 2005 through December 2009 issues of Philadelphia Magazine. Ms. Chalal has been consistently selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and one of Pennsylvania and Delaware Super Lawyers’ Top 50 Women.
Ms. Chalal is admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Education
- Temple University School of Law, J.D 1995
- Hofstra University, B.A. 1992, magna cum laude
Practice Areas
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law
- Professional Liability & Malpractice Litigation
- Hospitality
Admissions
- New Jersey, 1996
- Pennsylvania, 1996
- U.S Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court of Colorado
Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
- Committee member of Cheers for CHOP