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FN:Jonathan A. Segal
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N:Segal, Jonathan A.
TITLE:Partner and Managing Principal, Duane Morris Institute
ORG:Duane Morris LLP
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NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Jonathan A. Segal is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in the Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. He is also the managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute. The Duane Morris Institute provides training for human resource professionals, in house counsel, benefits administrators and managers at Duane Morris, at client sites and by way of webinar on myriad employment, labor, benefits and immigration matters.

Jonathan's practice focuses on:


Preventive counseling, training and policy development with regard to:  wage and hour compliance; social media policies and practices; harassment prevention and corrective; diversity and glass ceiling issues; health care reform; performance management and career management; ADA, FMLA and other compliance issues; violence and  substance abuse; hiring and recruiting; and workplace privacy.

Privileged audits, for example: wage and hour compliance, equal employment opportunity, union susceptibility and diversity and inclusion (unconscious and systemic barriers).

Contracts/agreements/manuals, for example, employment agreements, executive contracts, severance agreements, ADR agreements, non-compete and other post-termination agreements, employee handbooks and managerial manuals.

Traditional labor, for example, union prevention audits and systems, anti-union campaigns, collective bargaining and management rights training.

Government investigations, for example, EEO and other administrative charges as well as DOL and other investigations.


Jonathan has served intermittently as a consultant to the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C., providing training on employment issues to federal judges around the country.  In this capacity, he has been a featured speaker at conferences for Chief United States District Judges.

Jonathan also has provided training on behalf of the EEOC on harassment (where he was evaluated as the top speaker).

Jonathan also has provided training on diversity to members of  the United States intelligence agencies.

Jonathan is also frequently a featured speaker at national, state and local human resource, business and legal conferences, including conferences sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management, the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Business and Industry and Association of Corporate Counsel-America ("ACCA"). He consistently has been one of the top rated speakers at numerous SHRM National Conferences including SHRM's Annual Conference, Diversity Conference, EMA Conference and Employment Law and Legislative Conference.

Jonathan also lectures regularly on gender bias in organizations  at the University of Pennsylvania's Masters Program in Organizational Dynamics.

Jonathan has been cited as a national authority on employment issues in articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN Online, Business Week, Money and Monster.com, among others.

Jonathan hosted a television special on sexual harassment, The Sexual Harassment Quiz. The special, which was based on a supervisory training exercise which Jonathan developed, has been broadcast on more than 200 PBS stations throughout the country.

For the past several years, Jonathan has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business among the top-rated lawyers for labor and employment in Pennsylvania. Chambers said of Jonathan, "With clients who 'can't speak highly enough of him,' Segal has an excellent reputation for handling the full range of contentious and noncontentious labor and employment matters."

Jonathan represents more than a half dozen health care systems on issues such as wage and hour and EEO compliance.  Jonathan works with hospitals to blend employment, joint commission and professional responsibility requirements in establishing policies and practices.

Jonathan provides legal counsel to public and private, secular and sectarian, colleges and universities. He also has been a featured speaker at NACUA and CUPA conferences.

Jonathan is the Legislative Director for PA State Council of SHRM, Inc. In this role, Jonathan spearheads grassroots advocacy efforts either in support of or in opposition to proposed legislation affecting the employer-employee relationship.

Jonathan has published more than 150 articles on employment issues. A contributing editor to HRMagazine, he has published more than 100 articles for the magazine.

Jonathan also is a frequent contributor to BusinessWeek.  Articles written for BusinessWeek include topics such as Social Meida, Performance  Appraisals,  Human Resources Association of Southern New Jersey.  Speaker on "Wage and Hour Tsunami."  Vineland, NJ.  November, 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  Berks Chapter.  Speaker on "Social Media:  Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano."  West Lawn, PA.  November, 2011.

The Pennsylvania Credit Union Association.  Social Centric Conference.  Speaker on "Social Media:  Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano."  Harrisburg, PA.  October, 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  NEPA Chapter.  Speaker at NEPA SHRM Legal Update Conference on "Social Media:  Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano," "NLRB Gone Wild," and "We are All Disabled Now."  Scranton, PA.  October, 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  Lehigh Valley Chapter.  Speaker on "In the Year 2525."  Bethlehem, PA.  October, 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  SEPA Chapter.  Speaker on "Down Deep Devilish Impulses:  Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce."  Philadelphia, PA.  October, 2011.

Greater Valley Forge Human Resource Association.  Speaker on "The Harassment Quiz."  Philadelphia, PA.  October, 2011.

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies ("NAMIC").  Presenter on "Emerging Legal Employment Issues."  St. Petersburg, FL.  October, 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  York Chapter.  Speaker on "NLRB and Unions:  BFFs," and "Your Toughest Labor Questions."  York, PA.  October, 2011.

Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.  2011 HR Roundtable.  Speaker on "Wage and Hour Non-Exempt Claims Management."  Facilitate "Mock Discrimination Trial:  The Case of Serial Sue."  Camp Hill, PA.  September, 2011.

Philadelphia Not-For-Profit HR Directors Group.  Speaker on "Evaluating the Evaluators."  Philadelphia, PA.  September, 2011.

Tri-State Human Resource Association.  Speaker on "Diversity."  Mount Laurel, NJ.  September, 2011.

National Conference of State Legislatures.  Presentation on "Legal Minefields in the Legislative Workplace."  San Antonio, Texas.  August 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  63rd Annual Conference and Exposition.  Speaker on "The Harassment Quiz."  Las Vegas, Nevada.  June 2011.

The Society for Human Resource Management.  National webcast on "Class Actions and Collective Lawsuits:  A Growing Tsunami for Employers" July  2011.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher The Society for Human Resource Management.  63rd Annual Conference and Exposition.  Speaker on "Harassment Quiz." Las Vegas, Nevada California.  June 2011.

Harassment and Termination.

Jonathan received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.

Jonathan clerked for the Honorable Norma L. Shapiro, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

 Personal Interests

Jonathan's passion is animal rescue and adoption for his local SPCA. Jonathan focuses particularly on animals that are less likely to be adopted because of their age or appearance.

Jonathan also has an insatiable interest in psychology.

Jonathan also has  a deep commitment to Holocaust remembrance.

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