[ Press Release ]
Labor and Employment Attorney Celeste Wasielewski Joins Duane Morris in Washington, D.C.
December 4, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 4, 2006 - Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Celeste M. Wasielewski, formerly of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Celeste joins the firm's Employment and Immigration Practice Group.
Celeste represents clients in labor and employment matters. She has extensive experience in labor relations under the Railway Labor Act and the National Labor Relations Act, including collective bargaining negotiations, unfair labor practice cases, representation cases, union organizing and decertification drives, arbitration hearings, and strikes. She has also handled employment matters under federal and state law, including age, sex, national origin, race, wrongful discharge, whistleblower, AIR 21 and disability discrimination cases as well as conducting sexual harassment training. Her past experience involves substantial litigation before federal and state courts, arbitrators, the National Labor Relations Board and the U.S. Department of Labor. Additionally, Celeste has maintained a 17-year relationship representing the world's largest fractional aircraft ownership and air charter company and its subsidiaries in labor and employment matters.
As part of her pro bono and civic engagement activities, Celeste has represented Mercy Home for Children in Brooklyn, New York, since 1992 in labor and employment matters. Recently, she was honored as Mercy Home's "2006 Woman of Mercy." Celeste is also a legal advisor for the American Singles Golf Association.
Celeste earned her J.D. from George Washington University in 1988 and her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1985.
Joining Celeste in the Employment and Immigration Practice Group today is Annette A. Idalski, formerly of Hunton & Williams, as a partner in the Atlanta office.
About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP, among the 100 largest law firms in the world, is a full-service firm of more than 600 lawyers. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines. With offices in major markets, and as part of an international network of independent law firms, Duane Morris represents clients across the United States and around the world.