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Robert J. Tribeck Rob Tribeck is Chairman of Rhoads & Sinon’s Litigation Group, which encompasses the firm’s Business Litigation, Employment and Labor, Construction Litigation, Environmental and Land Use Litigation, Education Law, Bankruptcy & Workout Strategies, Appellate, and Fiduciary and Trust Litigation Practice Groups. He regularly represents clients in complex business and employment litigation. He has defended cases before Federal and State Administrative Agencies, State Trial and Appellate Courts, and Federal Bankruptcy, District, and Appellate Courts throughout Pennsylvania, and in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico, California, and Texas. Mr. Tribeck has particular expertise in the area of federal litigation. From 1994 through 1996, he served as a Federal Law Clerk with the Honorable William W. Caldwell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Since joining Rhoads & Sinon, he has served as lead counsel in a variety of complex federal litigation disputes, including insurance coverage, intellectual property, check-kiting and bank fraud, employment discrimination, wage and hour and lender liability litigation. His practice also includes the counseling of clients on employment matters and, when necessary, the defense of litigation, in matters arising under Federal and State laws such as Title VII, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, ERISA, the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Mr. Tribeck counsels clients on employment and business matters, including intellectual property rights, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, licensing issues, contract disputes, and internet business and security issues. EDUCATION Ohio Northern University School of Law (J.D., with highest distinction, 1994)
Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1991) PUBLICATIONS Co-Author, The Impact of Cyberculture on Administrative Litigation, in 6th Annual Administrative Law Symposium, Penn. Bar Inst. (2001) Co-Author, The Practitioner's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, in Recent Developments in Federal Practice, Penn. Bar Inst. (1995, 1998) ONLINE PUBLICATIONS A (Temporary?) Victory For Employers: Employees Cannot Use Company Email for Union Organizing The Tables Get Turned: EEOC Must Pay Legal Fees for "Frivolous" Suit Libel, Slander and Defamation: Banks Beware! Piercing The Corporate Veil: A Lender's Last (And Potentially Rewarding) Resort A New Threat Emerges: Lenders Can Be Held Liable For A Debtor Corporation's WARN Act Violations Wage & Hour Issues: When is Time Spent in “Training” Compensable? Good News for Employers: Commonwealth Court Adds Bite to Internet Usage Policies Are They Independent Contractors or Employees?: The Wrong Answer Could Cost You Millions Protecting Trade Secrets Just Got Easier: Pennsylvania Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act Supreme Court Says No Claim for Reverse Age Discrimination By Employees Over 40 School Districts and IUs as “Health Care Providers” Under HIPAA: Fact or Fiction No Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims Against Public Employers in Pennsylvania My Friend Sued For Disability Discrimination: Can I Sue Too? Sure Says The Third Circuit Amendments to the Municipality Authorities Act Spark Controversy over Authority Board Membership Software Piracy: Don't Let Your Company Become An Example
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BAR ADMITTANCE Admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS "Forty Under 40" Award, Central Penn Business Journal (2008) Pennsylvania Super Lawyers “Rising Star” Pennsylvania, Federal and Dauphin County Bar Associations Board of Directors, Pennsylvania e-Commerce Association Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Capital Region Leadership Harrisburg Advisory Board, Kutztown University Small Business Development Center Lecturer, Pennsylvania SBDC Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Lecturer, Sterling Education Services Lecturer, Council on Education in Management
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