Susan M. Corcoran's Jackson Lewis Attorney Profile

Susan M. Corcoran

Position:	Partner
Office:	White Plains Office
Address:	One North Broadway 15th Floor White Plains, NY 10601
Phone:	(914) 514-6104
Fax:	(914) 328-1882
Areas of Practice Disability, Leave and Health Management Litigation and e-Discovery Litigation Avoidance Management Education, including e-Based Training

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Admitted to Practice

States
Connecticut	(1990)
New York	(1990)

U.S. District Courts
Connecticut - D. Conn.
New York - E.D. N.Y.
New York - N.D. N.Y.
New York - S.D. N.Y.
New York - W.D. N.Y.

Education

Law	Pace University J.D., 1990
Undergraduate	Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations BSILR, 1985

Bar and Professional Association Memberships

New York State Bar Association

Westchester Women's Bar Association
Section/Committee	Position	Dates
Employment Law Committee	Chair

Published Works

Articles
"Domestic Violence In The Workplace Revisited (2007)" NYSBA Employment and Labor Law Section Fall Meeting (September 2007) [Author]
"Starting the Year off Right" Hudson Valley Business Journal (January 2007) [Co-Author]
"FACT Act Eliminates Need for Prior Consent When Third Parties Conduct Workplace Investigations" New York State Employment and Labor Law Section Newsletter (Spring 2004) [Author]
"Domestic Violence in the Workplace " New York State Employment and Labor Law Section Newsletter (November 2002) [Author]

Honors, Awards and Pro Bono Activity

Recipient, 2008 Pro Bono Partnership, Distinguished Service Award
Recipient, 2003 Pro Bono Partnership Outstanding Volunteer Award

Biography

Susan Corcoran is a Partner in the White Plains office of Jackson Lewis LLP. She has been with Jackson Lewis since April, 1990.

Ms. Corcoran is a graduate of Cornell University, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (B.S., 1985), and Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1990). She is a member of the Bars of the State of Connecticut and New York, and is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Courts in New York and Connecticut. She is a member of the New York, Connecticut, Westchester Women’s Bar Association (“WWBA”), and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. She is an active participant of the WWBA, and is currently co-chair of its Employment Law Committee.

Ms. Corcoran has practiced exclusively in the area of employment and labor law, and regularly litigates or defends administrative matters on behalf of the firm’s clients. She counsels clients on a variety of workplace law matters, and serves as a firm expert and resource on nationwide policy development and background investigations (including FCRA compliance issues). Ms. Corcoran frequently speaks before industry and human resources groups, sharing her expertise on a variety of workplace law issues. Ms. Corcoran is currently on Lorman Education Services’ National Advisory Board for its Human Resources Certification Program.

For eight years, Ms. Corcoran was an adjunct legal professor for Manhattanville College’s Human Resources masters program, and currently serves on the College’s advisory board for this program. The Pro Bono Partnership, an organization serving the needs of not-for-profits in the tri-state area, awarded Ms. Corcoran with its 2003 Outstanding Volunteer Award, and more recently in 2008, a Volunteer of the Decade Award. Ms. Corcoran also currently serves on the Board of Family Services of Westchester and College Council for SUNY Purchase.