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ABOUT KSBRANIGAN LAW P.C.
KSBranigan Law P.C. is a boutique, woman-owned law firm that concentrates in Alternative Dispute Resolution; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; and Employment Law. We support organizations in their goals to foster respectful and inclusive environments, and to prevent or remedy employment challenges and pay disparities before lawsuits arise. We help our clients realize these goals through an array of training, counseling, coaching, investigations, audits, and assessments. If workplace conflict results in litigation, our attorney-neutrals can help parties resolve and manage their disputes in mediation or arbitration. We conduct cutting-edge investigation training for in-house teams, create investigation protocols designed to ensure efficacy, and provide expert opinions and testimony on investigation effectiveness. We also provide tailored training and consulting in the legal industry focused on bias awareness and the advancement and retention of women and underrepresented lawyers.
OUR STORY OF ADVANCEMENT & RETENTION
Kirsten Scheurer Branigan, Founder and Managing Partner, launched the Firm in 2006 after practicing employment law at a large New Jersey firm. Simultaneously, she led a statewide revitalization of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association growing it to a robust membership. The advancement and retention of women lawyers was a founding tenet of the Firm’s formation and remains integral to the Firm’s mission today. We actively work to help women lawyers remain in, and transition back into, the practice of law. The Firm’s attorneys have been, and continue to be, involved in state and national studies regarding women and underrepresented lawyers.
WOMAN-OWNED NAMWOLF & WBENC-CERTIFIED
We are a proud member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) and certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). NAMWOLF is a nonprofit trade association comprised of minority and women owned law firms and other interested parties throughout the United States. WBENC was founded to develop a nationwide standard for women-owned business certification and is now the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States.
OUR SERVICES
Employment Law Compliance, Prevention & Remediation
- Training, One-on-One Coaching, Audits & Assessments
We provide interactive training to workforces and one-on-one coaching to employees on avoiding problematic behaviors and remedying employment challenges promptly and effectively. Our training includes sessions on harassment, discrimination and retaliation prevention, employment law compliance, leaves of absence and accommodations, civility, and bystander intervention. We also conduct Equal Pay Act Audits and Culture Assessments to help identify and correct disparities and problems to prevent employee lawsuits and to limit exposure in the event legal action is taken.
- Investigations, HR on Trial Workshop & Expert Opinions
We conduct workplace investigations and provide robust education to legal, compliance, and human resources professionals on conducting proper workplace investigations through our signature workshop, HR on Trial. We also assist organizations to develop effective investigation protocols. We provide investigation expert opinions and testimony in employment litigation matters.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We work with organizations on incorporating important diversity, equity, and inclusion goals into their workplace cultures, while remaining compliant through DEI Audits. We help law firms in their efforts to advance and retain women and diverse lawyers. We also conduct an array of one-on-one coaching and training on topics including unconscious bias and microaggressions, cultural awareness and competence, sensitivity and inclusion, generational differences, neurodiversity, disability accommodations, and the intersection of religion, culture, and politics in the workplace.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
We also serve as arbitrators and mediators privately and on American Arbitration Association panels. As neutrals, we are committed to helping parties efficiently bring closure to their disputes.
OUR CLIENTS
We work as collaborative partners with organizations supporting them in their efforts address workplace challenges. Our client base is broad and diverse with organizations and companies from private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including: Fortune 100, 200, and 500 companies; global, international, and domestic companies; law firms; school districts; academic institutions; nonprofit entities; hospitals; and state, county, and municipal governments. Our clients have represented various industries, including: automotive; biochemical; communications; information technology; construction; cosmetics and beauty products; design; engineering; education; financial; food manufacturing and food services; health and fitness; healthcare, medical, and medical devices; insurance; legal; luxury goods; maintenance; manufacturing and distribution; pharmaceutical; property management; publishing; and trucking and carriers. Similarly, in our ADR work, we also work with parties across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors.
OUR UNIQUE TEAM
Our attorneys are seasoned professionals who are uniquely well-suited to offer multifaceted perspectives as trusted advisors, trainers, investigators, mediators, arbitrators, and experts. We leverage years of collective litigation experience to navigate complex matters and find solutions to workplace conflict. Our attorneys also bring a wealth of higher education academic experience at the undergraduate, law school and graduate level, which informs our ability to assist clients and parties. In training and coaching, our attorneys not only highlight real life scenarios gleaned from decades of experience in lawsuits and investigations, but also they are engaging educators who are able to explain and distill difficult topics in a way that resonates with their audiences.
Our Firm has successfully transitioned women, including women lawyers, who left the paid workforce back into it. We prioritize mentoring junior attorneys and law students, as well as college and high school students, and the Firm utilizes interns at the high school, college, and law school levels to provide early insights into the legal profession and the practice of law.
OUR CULTURE & VALUES
Our Firm culture is rooted in respect, cultural competency, well-being, and flexibility. Within this positive environment, we focus on providing quality legal services and adhering to the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. Our attorneys and staff are committed to helping our clients and parties navigate their legal challenges with empathy and patience.
We are firmly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and fostering respectful and inclusive environments in all professions, industries, and fields, including the legal profession.
LOCATION
KSBranigan Law has offices located in Montclair, New Jersey (in walking distance of the Walnut Street Train Station) and in the Flatiron District of New York City.
105 GROVE STREET
MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042
16 Madison Square West
New York, NY 10010
