Practice Overview

CEPA & Wrongful Termination

Wrongful Termination and CEPA Lawyers

New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act
Where there is a Wrong, there is a Remedy

At Begelman & Orlow, our employment attorneys have an extensive record and excellent reputation for helping New Jersey whistleblowers gain the protection they are entitled to under New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). When employees face wrongful termination or any other retaliation for doing what is right, we are well qualified to represent them.

CEPA was enacted to protect employees who refuse to take part in work they believe to be against the law. For example:

• Did you refuse to take part in an activity at work that you believed violated the law?
• Did you refuse to engage in work activities that you believed to be fraudulent or criminal?
• Did you refuse to take part in a work activity that harmed the public health, safety, welfare, or the environment?
• Did you provide information to a court or prosecutor or other public entity in an investigation concerning your employer’s possible violation of the law?

Often when clients come to us about a wrongful termination claim, they do not realize they have a CEPA claim. They do know they were terminated for acting according to their own good consciences. New Jersey’s CEPA protection is not limited to fighting for people who are wrongfully terminated. It protects employees from any retaliatory action related to the disclosure of an activity that the employee reasonably believed to be in violation of the law. That retaliation can include firing, demotion, and failure to promote.

When a CEPA claim involves a company that has federal government contracts, there is a potential for a Federal False Claims Act qui tam case. Our qui tam lawyers are well versed in state and federal claims related to whistleblowers, and we have the skill and experience to protect the current and future interests of employees who pursue these cases.

If you have been wrongfully terminated, demoted, or been denied a promotion for refusing to participate in or for reporting an illegal activity, please contact the Begelman & Orlow employment law firm.

The Begelman & Orlow law firm represents clients in New Jersey (including the counties of Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, Salem, Mercer, Atlantic, Ocean, and Middlesex) and Pennsylvania (including the counties of Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, and Bucks).