Moderator, Linda B. Hollinshead

Linda B. Hollinshead is a partner in the law firm of Duane Morris LLP in its Philadelphia office. Ms. Hollinshead practices in the area of employment law, providing counseling and training to employers throughout the country on a variety of subjects, including diversity and inclusion, leadership and mentoring, harassment and discrimination prevention, wage and hour compliance, termination and hiring practices, performance appraisals and performance management. Ms. Hollinshead advises clients in numerous industries, including financial services, manufacturing, retail, technology, education, healthcare and energy.

Ms. Hollinshead advises on employment issues in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and restructurings, including post-merger integration. She conducts investigations on behalf of employers regarding claims of harassment and discrimination as well as counsels employers concerning their own investigation of and responses to such claims. She also assists employers by drafting employee policies and handbooks, confidentiality and restrictive covenant agreements, employment agreements, termination and severance agreements as well as independent contractor agreements.

Ms. Hollinshead is a 1997 cum laude graduate of Rutgers University School of Law and a graduate of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University (M.S., Public Policy) and Bucknell University (B.A., cum laude).