BETH P.
ZOLLER

Partner
Beth.Zoller@KSBraniganLaw.com

Attorney-at-Law
Investigator
Trainer
Arbitrator

EXPERIENCE

Beth P. Zoller is a Partner with KSBranigan Law, P.C., and an employment law attorney with more than 25 years’ experience. Ms. Zoller prepares and conducts training sessions for employees, supervisors, and human resources on a wide variety of issues, such as handling workplace complaints; workplace harassment; discrimination; reasonable accommodations; diversity, civility and bystander intervention; implicit and unconscious bias; cultural awareness; performance management; and HR compliance, including HR on Trial, a cutting edge investigation program that helps organizations conduct investigations that will withstand scrutiny in litigation and implement effective investigation practices and protocols. She also handles significant work with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, helping organizations navigate the increased challenges such programs now face given the current social and political climate.

Ms. Zoller serves as an investigator, conducting independent workplace investigations of employees on all organizational levels. She investigates a wide array of employment related complaints with respect to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation for entities of all sizes in a variety of sectors and industries. Ms. Zoller also assists with the Firm’s expert witness services preparing expert reports relating to the efficacy of investigations.

She further provides advice and counsel on various employment issues related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leave, reasonable accommodations, and wage and hour requirements. Ms. Zoller has experience drafting employee handbooks, workplace policies and procedures, employment contracts and severance agreements, restrictive covenants, non-competes, and non-disclosure agreements. Ms. Zoller has experience with equal pay audits and complying with rapidly changing pay equity laws. She is also an Arbitrator serving on the American Arbitration Association Employment panel.

Ms. Zoller is a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association where she serves on the Workplace Investigations Committee, the Labor & Employment Quarterly, the Legislative Committee, and the Law School Liaison Committee as well as on the Executive Board of the Labor and Employment Section. She is a Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Area Committee and a member of the Investigations Practice Area Committee for the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF). Ms. Zoller is a member of the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI).

Ms. Zoller frequently writes and speaks on a number of workplace topics including workplace investigations; pay equity; diversity, equity, and inclusion; as well as free speech, social media, and religious accommodations. She currently serves as an Adjunct Law Professor for Seton Hall Law School, teaching courses online to J.D. and Master’s students for the Master of Legal Studies Program such as Workplace Privacy Issues, Conducting Internal Investigations, and Managing Legal Issues in the Workplace.

Ms. Zoller attended Cornell University and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York.

Speaking Engagements & Publications

Beth frequently writes and speaks on workplace topics, including workplace investigations, for organizations such as the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) and the Association of Corporation Counsel (ACC). Beth has authored many published news articles, blogs, and white papers and has conducted webinars and podcasts on employment law topics. She has been quoted in numerous national publications and HR publications based upon her extensive employment law knowledge. Beth has also been a speaker at various Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Conferences on topics such as diversity and inclusion and rapidly changing federal, state, and local employment law issues.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Redefining Discrimination Standards: Muldrow, Ames, and the Future of Claims Under Title VII and the NJLAD, 2025 New Jersey State Bar Association’s Summer Conference, Speaker (Virtual, August 21, 2025)
Understanding Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI and Immigration and Their Impact on the Workplace, KSBranigan Law P.C., Speaker (Virtual, April 24, 2025)
DEI Officers and Recent Executive Orders – Essential Strategies, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Presenter (Virtual, April 10, 2025)
DEI Initiatives After Students for Fair Admissions, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Annual Conference, Speaker (New Brunswick, March 27, 2025)
“The Potential Impact of Muldrow on Employment Cases in New Jersey,” New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly 46, No. 1 (March 2025) (co-author)
Can’t We Just All Get Along? When Religion, Culture, and DEI Collide in the Workplace, National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Speaker (Phoenix, March 10, 2025)
DEI and EEO Law Updates, New Jersey Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Panelist (Bridgewater, March 3, 2025)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Current Trends in New Jersey and Beyond, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Presenter (Florham Campus, October 18, 2024)
Maintaining Compliant DEI Efforts in the Post-Harvard Landscape Lunch & Learn, KSBranigan Law P.C., Speaker (Virtual, May 30, 2024)
Understanding the Importance of Diversity and Minimizing Bias as an Arbitrator, Forthright Solutions CLE Seminar, Presenter (Somerset, October 19, 2023)
Keys to Developing a More Inclusive Workplace: Diversity Trends, Delaware State SHRM, Panelist (November 2017)

Employment Investigations

“The Confidentiality of Workplace Investigations,” New Jersey State Bar Association New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly Vol. 46, No. 2 (July 2025) (co-author)
Confidentiality, Privacy and Attorney Client Privilege in Internal Investigations in the Public and Private Sectors, New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Convention, Presenter (Atlantic City, May 15, 2025)
Workplace Investigations: The Latest in 2025, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Presenter (Virtual, April 17, 2025)
The Ethics of Privacy in Investigations, Association of Corporate Counsel, Presenter (Virtual, September 9, 2024)
Conducting Effective Employment Investigations Update Lunch & Learn, KSBranigan Law P.C., Speaker (Virtual, April 18, 2024)
“New ‘Stericycle’ Standard Impacts Workplace Investigation Confidentiality,” New Jersey Law Journal (September 11, 2023)
“Updated Government Guidelines Cover Confidentiality and Ensuring Prompt, Thorough and Impartial Workplace Investigations,” New Jersey Lawyer (December 2023)

Equal Pay

Pay Equity in an Evolving Landscape, Speaker, KSBranigan Law P.C. (Virtual, May 22, 2025)
Wage Transparency Laws and Equal Pay Audits Lunch and Learn, Speaker, KSBraningan Law P.C. (Virtual, June 20, 2023)
Equal Pay Act, Wage Disclosure, and Other Recent Developments, NJICLE 2022 Employment Roundtable, Panelist (Virtual, December 2022)
“A ‘Lookback’ on New Jersey’s Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act and the Road Ahead,” New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly (December 2021) (co-author)
“The Growing Legacy of New Jersey’s Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act,” New Jersey Law Journal (March 15, 2021) (co-author)

Cultural & Social Issues in the Workplace

Can’t We Just All Get Along? When Religion, Culture, and DEI Collide in the Workplace, National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, Speaker (Phoenix, March 10, 2025)
Addressing Politics and Political Speech at Work, Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), Presenter (Virtual, October 23, 2024)
Navigating Religion, Culture & Politics at Work: Tackling Antisemitism and Islamophobia, KSBranigan Law P.C., Speaker (Virtual, January 23, 2024)
Impact of Culture and Religion on Labor and Employment, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Speaker (Virtual, November 15, 2023)
“An Evolving Workforce Poses New HR Compliance Challenges,” Corporate Compliance Insights (April 2018)

Trending Topics

Artificial Intelligence and Bias, KSBranigan Law P.C., Speaker (Virtual, February 27, 2025)
Navigating Workplace Changes Under Recent Executive Orders, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Panelist (Virtual, February 13, 2025)
Navigating Anticipated Workplace Changes During Trump’s Second Term, KSBranigan Law P.C., Speaker (Virtual, January 23, 2025)

Wellness & Well-Being

Mental Health in the Legal Profession, NJICLE 2024 Employment Law Roundtable, Speaker (New Brunswick, December 12, 2024)
“Tackling the Mental Health Crisis in the Legal Profession,” New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (February 2024)

AAA Panels

Arbitrator, Employment Panel, American Arbitration Association

Academic Roles

Adjunct Professor, Master of Science in Jurisprudence Program, Seton Hall University School of Law

Leadership, Recognitions & Associations

National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), Investigation Committee; Labor and Employment Practice Area Committee; CLE & Webinars Sub-Committee
New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
Rising Star, New Jersey Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor Law 2009-2011