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Kevin M. Gold Kevin Gold is the Administrative Chair of Rhoads & Sinon LLP's employment and labor practice. His practice focuses on representing public and private employers in all aspects of employment and labor law, including the defense of discrimination and wrongful discharge claims; negotiation, drafting and enforcement of employment contracts; drafting of employment handbooks and policies; and providing advice and counsel regarding wage and hour issues, unemployment compensation claims, labor arbitrations, union elections and unfair labor practice cases. Mr. Gold has litigated employment and labor matters before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, U.S. Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board as well as Pennsylvania’s state and federal courts. Mr. Gold also serves as a founding member of the technology/intellectual property law group, where he advises clients on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights under trademark, trade secret and copyright law and on emerging technology issues involving the Internet. He is also an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor and the creator and publisher of the website longsnap.com, an award-winning site dedicated to football longsnapping. Mr. Gold has been featured in the national media for his sports representation practice, including the USA Today, Los Angeles Times and New York Daily News. Mr. Gold is a member of the firm's Entertainment & Sports Law Practice Group, which has a growing list of celebrity clientele. Mr. Gold is also a frequent lecturer and writer and has spoken and written on both labor and employment and intellectual property and technology issues for such organizations as the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Council on Education in Management, National Business Institute, Small Business Development Center and Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers. While attending law school, Mr. Gold was Circulation Manager of Widener’s law review, the Widener Journal of Public Law. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Gold served as a staff attorney in the Office of United States Congressman George W. Gekas. Mr. Gold joined Rhoads & Sinon LLP in 1995. EDUCATION
State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1989) PUBLICATIONS “Representing Players on the Fringe: An Agent’s Perspective” Football Rising to the Challenge: The Transition from College to Pro, Jones and Bartlett Publishers (2005) “Protecting the Names of Financial Institutions Under Trademark Law and on the Internet” The Legal Intelligencer, Intellectual Property Supplement, November, 2002 “Note, Trinsey v. Pennsylvania: State Discretion to Regulate United States Senate Vacancy Elections and the Standards for Judicial Scrutiny.” 2 Widener J. Pub.L.199 (1992) ONLINE PUBLICATIONS Employment Law / Human Resources Monthly Update Kevin M. Gold Recognized For Pro Bono Success Defending A UC Challenge (pdf) Kevin M. Gold Authors Chapter For Book On Transition From College to Professional Football Keeping Secrets: Using Agreements To Protect Confidential and Proprietary Information Independent Contractor Or Employee? HIPAA: Employers Must Learn Another Acronym When Dealing With Employment Records FLSA Alert: DOL Issues "Fair Pay" Regulations Military Leave Counts Towards FMLA Eligibility U.S. Supreme Court Hands Down First FMLA Decision Supreme Court Approves the Use of Private Arbitration Agreements to Resolve Employment Disputes Software Piracy: Don't Let Your Company Become An Example |
BAR ADMITTANCE
Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations
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