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Joel Clymer
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Joel represents clients in defense-side employment litigation and workplace counseling, helping employers navigate complex legal challenges while fostering compliance and mitigating risk. His litigation experience encompasses the investigation, evaluation and litigation of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and other employment law statutes. He provides retaliation and whistleblower defense under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) and related laws. 

Joel represents employers in wrongful termination claims, breach of contract disputes, and in matters involving restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements. His clients include public universities and large educational institutions, government agencies, healthcare facilities and providers, and corporate entities ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. His practice spans pre-litigation status through trial in state and federal courts, including the defense of clients in appellate court proceedings.

In the area of employment counseling, Joel proactively counsels clients on employment-related best practices, assisting in the development and implementation of protective workplace protocols and providing preventative training for management and employees to mitigate risks before they escalate into legal disputes and costly litigation. He provides guidance on a variety of employment issues in the workplace, including accommodation requests, employee benefits, leaves of absence, workplace investigations, workplace procedures, employee handbooks, severance agreements, policy development, and compliance. He advises clients on legal issues arising under the Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Joel’s experience with employment-related workplace investigations is broad-based. He conducts prelitigation investigations to determine the likelihood of successful litigation, providing guidance to clients to avoid litigation when possible. In matters where employment litigation is already underway, he conducts workplace investigations to assess the validity of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and whistleblower complaints during all stages of the litigation process, from initial filing through trial.   

Joel also represents clients in commercial matters and has represented businesses in the litigation of shareholder/member disputes, breach of contract actions, and other business tort matters in state and federal courts.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 2013
  • Pennsylvania, 2013

Education

  • Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 2013
  • Temple University, B.A.,  summa cum laude, 2009

Clerkships

  • Former judicial law clerk to The Honorable M. Christine Allen-Jackson, Superior Court of New Jersey, Criminal Division

  • Garden State Bar Association: President (2025-2026), President-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary; Labor & Employment Law Committee; Gala Fundraising Committee; Board of Directors (past Member)
  • New Jersey Supreme Court; Practice Committee; Committee on AI
  • African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey
  • National Bar Association
  • Joel is a member of the firm's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leadership Team and the Recruitment & Retention Focus Group
  • Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, Inc. (past Vice President of Finance)
  • Juveniles Active in Science & Technology (JASTECH) Recording Secretary
  • Temple Law Alumni Association
  • Joel has served the West Philadelphia community as an AmeriCorps state and national volunteer
  • While attending law school, Joel served as President of the Black Law Students Association and was the recipient of an Archer & Greiner Diversity scholarship, a Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, Inc. scholarship, a Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Diversity scholarship, a Sandy M. Brown Memorial scholarship, a Conwell scholarship, and the Jacqueline E. Davis Award

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