Caroline M. Austin

concentrates her practice in employment litigation, employment policy development, preventative counseling and training designed to avoid litigation, unionization and employee attrition. Appearing before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, Ms. Austin represents clients in connection with a broad range of labor and employment matters, including age, race, gender, national origin and disability discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, restrictive covenants, breach of contract, and wage-and-hour laws.

Ms. Austin served as law clerk to Honorable Daniel H. Huyett, 3rd, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Austin is a 1994 graduate of Temple University, Beasley School of Law, where she was associate research editor of The Temple Law Review, and a graduate of Lehigh University.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2009-present
•WolfBlock LLP
- Partner, 2003-2009
- Associate, 1998-2002
•Hoyle, Morris & Kerr
- Associate, 1994-1997, 1998
•Law Clerk, Honorable Daniel H. Huyett III
- Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1997-1998

Honors and Awards

•Recipient of the firm's Cheryl Bryson Leadership Award, 2017

•Listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2012-2014, 2017-2019

•Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2005 Employment Litigation
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Memberships

•Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, 2016-present

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Career Center (MCC), 2003-2007, a non-profit educational institution, offering education and individualized support services to adults with limited access to academic resources with the objective of preparing individuals for employment and economic independence.

•Head Coach, Cherry Hill FC Girls Travel Soccer, 2009-2019

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Co-author, White House Issues Guidelines on Relaxing COVID-19 Precautions, Duane Morris Alert, April 17, 2020

•Co-author, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Employers Have a Legal Duty to Protect Employees’ Personal Information from Data Breaches, Duane Morris Alert, November 28, 2018

•Co-author, New Delaware Law Broadens Protections for Workers Against Sexual Harassment, Duane Morris Alert, September 4, 2018

•Co-author, Supreme Court's Same-Sex Wedding Cake Decision Avoids Constitutional Issues, Focuses on State Commission's 'Hostile' Conduct, Duane Morris Alert, June 6, 2018

•Co-author, Some, But Not All, of Philadelphia's Wage Equity Ordinance Declared Unconstitutional, Duane Morris Alert, May 8 2018

•Author, Supreme Court Rules Car Dealership Service Advisors Exempt from FLSA Overtime Pay, Exemptions Should Be Plainly Construed, Duane Morris Alert, April 10, 2018

• The Risky Business of Using Contingent Workers, Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2009
• Civil Rights: Title VII Protection for Centerfold, 66 Temple L. Rev. 1039, 1993

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Reopening the Workplace During the COVID-19 Pandemic - What Employers Need to Know, Duane Morris Institute Webinar, May 12, 2020

•Speaker, Nipping Retaliation Claims in the Bud, Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law and Practice, Philadelphia, May 7, 2019

•Instructor, Cybersecurity: A New Legal Duty to Protect Personal Information, Duane Morris Institute, January 16, 2019

•Moderator, Lessons from the Magistrate Judges, Pennsylvania Bar Institute 24th Annual Employment Law Institute, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, April 26, 2018

•Speaker, Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law and Practice, Philadelphia, May 3, 2017
•Speaker, Dealing with the Problem Employee, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, September 2015
•Speaker, Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law and Practice 2015, Philadelphia, May 14, 2015
•Presenter, Religious Discrimination - Your Faith or Your Job, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 28, 2015
•Speaker, Developments in Workplace Law and Practice, Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law and Practice 2014, Philadelphia, May 8, 2014
•Speaker, Title VII Essentials, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 25, 2014

•Speaker, Entrepreneurial Law Clinic - Interns, Consultants, and Employees: The Costs of Misclassification, Drexel University, The Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship, December 3, 2013

•Speaker, Dealing with the Problem Employee, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, September 2013
•Speaker, Title VII Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute 19th Annual Employment Law Institute, April 2013
•Moderator, 2011 Labor and Employment Roundtable, The Legal Intelligencer, September 26, 2011
•Speaker, Making Sense of Age Discrimination Laws, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 2011
•Speaker, Developments in Employment Discrimination Statutes and Cases, Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law and Practice 2010, Philadelphia, April 29, 2010
•Speaker, Protecting Your Business: Cutting Edge Issues Relative to Non-Competes, Non-Solicitation Clauses and Confidentiality Provisions, Association of Corporate Counsel, DELVACCA Chapter, April 2010
•Speaker, Defense Lawyer's Golden Oldies, PBI 15th Annual Employment Law Institute, Defense Strategies to Employment Litigation, April 2009