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Carole lynn
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Partner
Carole@KSBraniganLaw.com

Attorney-at-Law
Investigator
Arbitrator

Experience

Carole Lynn is a seasoned employment law attorney and commercial litigator with more than 20 years of experience. She now applies that experience to serve in her roles as an arbitrator, employment law auditor, employment trainer, compliance trainer, advisor, and independent workplace investigator. Her practice also includes NJ cannabis law and service and assistance animal law.

Carole Lynn has experience with a multitude of employment claims, including discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), retaliation, whistleblowing, wage law, equal pay, earned sick leave, and many more. She also provides advice and counseling services to employers regarding workplace issues, discipline and severances, policies, and employee handbooks.

As an independent investigator, Carole Lynn has served in a wide variety of industries, including the financial industry, food products and shipping industries, beauty products industry, medical profession, and educational institutions, among others. Aside from performing investigations, she conducts training for legal and human resources professionals on how to perform prompt, thorough, and impartial investigations. Carole Lynn also serves as a Title IX Hearing Advisor at the university level.

As a trainer, Carole Lynn conducts employee training on the prevention of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation and employee training on civility and unconscious bias for private and public employers, including large and small businesses and educational institutions. Additionally, Carole Lynn performs compliance audits on a broad range of workplace practices, including equal pay audits, and drafts employment policies.

Carole Lynn also serves as an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) on the Employment, Commercial, and Consumer Panels.

As a litigator, Carole Lynn has represented plaintiffs and defendants in jury and non-jury trials, appeals, and arbitrations in state and federal courts and in alternate disputes resolution forums, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

In the area of commercial law, Carole Lynn has represented corporate entities, medical providers, entrepreneurs, and individuals regarding complex legal claims. She has broad experience, including claims involving breach of contract and other business-related claims, consumer fraud and unfair collection practices, improper insurance billing and self-referrals by medical providers (Stark Law and Codey Law violations), claims related to shareholder and partnership disputes and dissolutions, claims related to white collar crimes such as fraud and civil racketeering (RICO) claims, and land use appeals. Carole Lynn’s experience with fraud claims has included matters involving common law fraud, fraudulent transfers, mortgage fraud, banking fraud, Medicare fraud, insurance fraud, medical billing code fraud, and fraud on the court.

AAA Panels/ADR Roles

  • Arbitrator, Employment Panel, American Arbitration Association

  • Arbitrator, Consumer Panel, American Arbitration Association

  • Arbitrator, Commercial Panel, American Arbitration Association

Academic Roles

  • Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law

  • External Advisor, Princeton University’s Title IX/Sexual Misconduct Grievance Program

CREDENTIALS

Carole Lynn actively publishes on employment law, gender equity, and animal law topics related to employment. She also regularly presents on a variety of employment law topics, including conducting effective investigations.

Education

  • Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., Legislative Journal (Member and Published Author)

  • Rutgers University, Douglass College, B.A. in English, with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Admitted to Practice

  • State of New Jersey (1999)

  • State of New York, Third Department (2003)

  • United States District Court, District of New Jersey (1999)

  • United States Supreme Court (2019)

Leadership, Recognitions & Associations

  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Co-General Counsel (2021-present)

  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Co-Chief Financial Officer (2020-2021)

  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Co-Director of the Women’s Initiative and Leaders in the Law Platinum Gala (2018-2020)

  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Co-Secretary (2017-2018)

  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Co-Director of Marketing Committee (2016-2017)

  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Co-Director of Solo/Small Firm Committee (2010-2016)

  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Quarterly Editorial Board (2019-present)

  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Cannabis Law Committee (2021-present)

  • National Native American Bar Association

  • Association of Workplace Investigators

  • New Jersey State Bar Association

  • Frog Crossing Foundation, Board of Trustees (2021-present)

  • Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court, American Inns of Court Program (2013-2016)

  • Save U.S. Pets Foundation, Board of Trustees (2010-2012)

Community Service

  • Volunteer Judge in numerous mock trial and moot court competitions and student appellate advocacy programs

  • Volunteer Attorney-Coach, Villa Walsh Academy, Vincent C. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition, a statewide mock trial competition run by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation (9 years)

  • Therapy Dog Handler, as part of a Certified Therapy Dog Team with her dog, Beauregard (3 years)