VIMAL K. SHAH is an experienced trial and appellate litigator in employment lawmatters. He represents employers' interests in all areas of labor and employment lawincluding: employment discrimination claims involving disability, race, sex, religion, age,and sexual harassment; ERISA class action litigation; FLSA class action litigation; contractand discharge arbitrations; employment handbooks; workers' compensation discrimination;employment law torts; and individual and collective bargaining contracts. He is also anexperienced mediator in employment and commercial law matters.

Mr. Shah is admitted to the bars of the states of Illinois, New Jersey and New York, theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third, Seventh and Ninth Circuits, and the UnitedStates District Courts for the District of New Jersey, the Southern and Eastern Districts ofNew York, and the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois.

Mr. Shah has served on numerous elected and appointed positions including: President ofthe Asian-Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (2003 - 2005); Member ofthe New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character (2003 - 2007); Member of the NewJersey Supreme Court Committee on Minority Concerns (2005 - 2007); Member of the NewJersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Rules Committee (1998 - 2004); Director of theAlternative Dispute Resolution Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (1998 -2000); Vice Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Essex County BarAssociation (1999 - 2001); and Member of the Advisory Board of the Asian PacificAmerican Lawyers Association (2005 – present).

In June 2003, Mr. Shah received DuPont Corporation's J. Michael Brown Award for hisefforts on diversity issues. He also received a Professional Lawyer of the Year Award fromthe New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in 2000. Mr. Shah has also been listed inSuper Lawyers®, (2005-2007,2011) a Thomson Reuters business, in the areas ofEmployment Litigation: Defense, Employment & Labor, and General Litigation. Adescription of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be foundHERE (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court).

Mr. Shah’s speaking engagements and publications include “Advanced MediationTechniques,” presented at the 2011 Northeast Regional Conference of the National AsianPacific American Bar Association; "New Jersey Courts Should Adopt the Hicks Rationale,"published in the New Jersey Labor and Employment Quarterly, which he co-authored withJohn J. Peirano; and "Americans With Disabilities Act as it Relates to AIDS in the

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Workplace," published in the CBA (Chicago Bar Association) Record.

Mr. Shah received his B.S.E.E., with high distinction, from Ohio Northern University, andhis Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from the University of Illinois. While in law school,he served as Topics Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. Mr. Shah served asLaw Clerk to Honorable Harold A. Baker, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois.

Education

University of Illinois College of Law (J.D. magna cum laude, 1989) Ohio Northern University (B.S.E.E. with high distinction, 1983)

Admissions

State of IllinoisState of New JerseyState of New YorkU.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, 7th CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals, 9th CircuitU.S. District Court, CDILU.S. District Court, District of New JerseyU.S. District Court, EDNYU.S. District Court, NDILU.S. District Court, SDNY

Judicial Clerkships

Hon. Harold A. Baker

Publications

"Americans With Disabilities Act as it Relates to AIDS in the Workplace," published in theCBA (Chicago Bar Association) Record

"New Jersey Courts Should Adopt the Hicks Rationale," published in the New Jersey Laborand Employment Quarterly.

Speaking Engagements

“Advanced Mediation Techniques,” presented at the 2011 Northeast Regional Conferenceof the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Awards & Recognitions

In June 2003, Mr. Shah received DuPont Corporation's J. Michael Brown Award for hisefforts on diversity issuesReceived a Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Jersey Commission on

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Received a Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Jersey Commission onProfessionalism in 2000Listed in Super Lawyers® (2005-2007, 2011), a Thomson Reuters business, in the areas ofEmployment Litigation: Defense, Employment & Labor, and General Litigation. Adescription of the standard or methodology on which the accolade is based can be found HERE (No aspect of the advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court).

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