Overview

Attorney Frances Kenajian Paladino's experience includes the following:

  • Assisting in defending clients in labor and employment-related litigation in a broad array of matters, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and wage and hour disputes
  • Assisting in the representation of clients in commercial litigation, business disputes, and breach of contract matters
  • Advising employers on complying with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws

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Frances received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Brooklyn Law School Journal of Law and Policy and received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Labor Law and Privacy in the Workplace. While she attended law school, Frances interned for the Honorable Lorna G. Schofield of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and at the New York State Attorney General’s Office, Civil Rights Bureau. She also served as a teaching assistant in Civil Procedure for Professor Maryellen Fullerton and as a research assistant for Professor and Israeli Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein.

Frances earned a master’s degree in Labor and Employment Relations from Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. While she was a graduate student, she interned at the National Labor Relations Board.

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Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America©: “Ones to Watch” in Litigation – Labor and Employment (2025). This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Credentials

Education

  • Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2018)
    • Notes and Comments Editor, Brooklyn Law School Journal of Law and Policy
  • Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations (MLER, 2014)
  • Rutgers University – New Brunswick (B.A., cum laude, 2013)

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York

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