Frank A Custode is a partner in the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group and Litigation Practice Group. As a seasoned employment law practitioner, he has diverse and wide-ranging experience. Over the course of two decades, Mr. Custode's extensive experience includes the representation of individuals as a solo practitioner and the representation of employers as a management-side attorney at a global labor and employment defense firm. She concentrates his practice in employment litigation and employment law counseling. As a litigator, Mr. Custode represents clients in a wide variety of employment law matters, including cases involving claims of workplace discrimination and retaliation, wrongful termination, workplace harassment and hostile work environment, whistleblower retaliation, family and medical leaves of absence, workplace accommodation requests, and breach of restrictive covenants. As a counselor, he provides advice to businesses of all sizes and individuals on a large scope of employment law issues, including the negotiation of employment-related agreements such as employment, restrictive covenant, and severance agreements, employee discipline and termination, preventative counseling, wage and hour laws, the review and preparation of handbooks, policies, and agreements, and workplace investigations involving claims of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. Recognized for his excellence in the field, Mr. Custode has been listed on the New Jersey Super Lawyers roster from 2017 to 2025, as well as the "Rising Stars" list from 2013 to 2015. In 2025, he was also named an Essex County Top Lawyer in Morris & Essex Magazine.
Frank A Custode's Courses
["New Jersey CLE: 7.2","New York CLE: 7","Pennsylvania CLE: 6"]
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