Siobhan Beere is a shareholder with the firm concentrating on local government law, airport law, employment law, litigation defense, along with maintaining a prominent role in the firm’s hospitality practice. 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. With over twenty years experience at the firm, Ms. Beere has developed a wealth of 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.
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Ms. Beere has extensive experience in advising local governments regarding compliance with State and Federal laws, including compliance with matters involving the Open Public Meetings Act and the Open Public Records Act. Ms. Beere also has experience advising both individual, local government, and corporate clients on the development, implementation, and enforcement of employment related policies and practices, labor relations, and defending labor grievances.
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, she has gained significant experience in the prosecution of employment related matters, including discrimination matters for individual plaintiffs, and has represented corporate clients in the defense of employment and labor related matters. She has also represented County Prosecutors’ representatives, as assigned by the New Jersey Attorney General, in 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 previously was employed as a Visiting Professor of Ethics at DeVry University and Adjunct Faculty in the Paralegal Program at Raritan Valley Community College.
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Post Polak counsels national and locally-based clients in the hotel and restaurant industries as well as alcoholic beverage distributors, manufacturers and retailers on a wide range of issues in the alcoholic beverage and hospitality fields. Our practice includes coordinating and processing liquor license transfer applications, license application amendments and license renewals.
Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of administrative law, transactional law, land use and litigation relevant to the representation of airports and airport users.
When litigation is inevitable, the aim should be to handle it with skill and an eye towards cost-effectiveness, having a clear set of goals and objectives.
Whether it is advising a client on day-to-day business decisions or structuring a complex transaction, we are committed to providing counsel that helps each client.
Regularly advising our clients on employment practices and in the drafting of policies and procedures, employee handbooks and employment contracts.
Our attorneys have a broad range of experience representing nearly every level and type of governing body. Several of our attorneys have earned the designation of Diplomate.
