Jennifer LaPorta Baker

.NEPA SHRM Legal Update Seminar 2008

Attorney Profile

Jennifer LaPorta Baker, Esq.
Ufberg & Sileo

Jennifer LaPorta Baker has exclusively represented Management in labor and employment matters and litigation since her admission to the Pennsylvania bar in 1995. Ms. Baker began her professional career with the Labor and Employment Law section of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart in Pittsburgh, PA. In 1997 she joined the Labor and Employment Practice group of McNees, Wallace and Nurick in Harrisburg, PA with whom she practiced until joining Ufberg, Tressler and Sileo, L.L.P. in 2002.

Ms. Baker provides advice and counseling to employers on a wide range of labor and employment law issues, including compliance with federal and state employment discrimination laws; leave laws; immigration; wrongful discharge; wage and hour compliance; privacy concerns, OSHA, and unemployment compensation. She represents employers in employment discrimination cases before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the courts. She regularly advises employers on personnel matters, such as preparation and revision of personnel policies and employee handbooks, hiring procedures, leaves of absence, and discipline/termination. Ms. Baker develops interactive training programs dealing with the issues that are of greatest concern to companies today. She has counseled and trained supervisors, managers and Human Resources Professionals on topics such as workplace diversity, sexual harassment, discrimination, equal opportunity, litigation avoidance, immigration compliance, and many other substantive employment areas.

Ms. Baker received a Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications from Ithaca College (with minors in Sociology and Writing), and her Juris Doctor degree cum laude from The Catholic University Columbus School of Law in Washington, DC in 1995. At Catholic, she was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in both evidence and torts and served as Associate Editor of the Law School’s Health Law Journal. Ms. Baker regularly writes for legal and other specialized employment-related publications and frequently presents seminars and continuing education courses on employment topics to legal, business, professional and human resources organizations. She is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Sections of both the Pennsylvania and the American Bar Associations and was presented with the 2006 Exemplary Service Award by the Lackawanna Bar Association.