Siobhan Beere is a partner with the firm concentrating on employment law, local government law, and litigation defense. Ms. Beere began working with the firm in 2004 as a legal assistant/paralegal, and continued to work full-time while completing both her masters and law degrees. This has resulted in Ms. Beere having extensive experience in a variety of practice areas, including appellate practice. While completing her master’s program, Ms. Beere also completed an externship and thereafter became employed at West Bergen Mental Healthcare, where she continued to work part-time while completing her law degree at Rutgers School of Law-Newark.
Ms. Beere has extensive experience in advising corporate and public entity clients on the development, implementation, and enforcement of employment related policies and practices. Her experience has grown substantially in the past year as clients had to navigate the “new normal” of maintaining a business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ms. Beere is also a primary member of our litigation defense practice and currently represents police and state employees throughout the State of New Jersey. To that end, Ms. Beere regularly appears on behalf of clients in federal and state courts. She regularly represents corporate clients and local government agencies in the defense of employment and labor related matters. She also regularly represents state employees, as assigned by the New Jersey Attorney General, in the defense of civil rights and alleged law enforcement misconduct claims.
Ms. Beere holds a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law. She was admitted to the Bars of New Jersey and New York in 2014. Ms. Beere has also been a Visiting Professor of Ethics at DeVry University and Adjunct Faculty in the Paralegal Program at Raritan Valley Community College since 2018.
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Our practice includes coordinating and processing liquor license transfer applications, license application amendments and license renewalsand providing ancillary real estate, leasing and land use counseling.
Post Polak attorneys have collectively been doing just that for decades, and a significant portion of that role has been devoted to handling corporate and commercial disputes in both federal and state courts, as well as before administrative bodies.
In addition to regularly advising our business clients on employment practices and in the drafting of policies and procedures, employee handbooks and employment contracts, Post Polak’s employment litigators have substantial experience in representing both employers and business executives in federal and state courts, before federal and state regulatory entities in New Jersey, and in arbitration and mediation forums.
Our attorneys have represented the largest city in the state, suburban boroughs and even municipalities with special charters. We are experienced in municipal contracting and have substantial experience negotiating agreements for the procurement of potable water and the operation and maintenance of municipal utility systems.
