Meet Richard E. Yaskin, Esquire, Cherry Hill, New Jersey employment law attorney
Richard
E. Yaskin, Esquire, a New Jersey and Pennsylvania attorney,
opened the Southern New Jersey LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD E. YASKIN, A
Professional Corporation in 1995. A 1981 graduate of Rutgers
University - Camden School of Law, Mr. Yaskin primarily represents
individuals who have been wrongfully terminated, discriminated or retaliated
against, or sexually harassed. He also represents victims of personal
injury, nursing home neglect and wrongful death.
Yaskin has been an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and its New Jersey affiliate (NELA-NJ) for 25 years. He was NELA-NJ's Vice President for 1998-2000 and since 2008, has served on the Executive Board and as Amicus Committee Co-Chair.
He presented at the Camden County Bar Association's “Employment Law Update” seminars on May 13, 2010 and May 10, 2011, a NJICLE Seminar addressing "Damages and Attorney Fees in Employment Cases" on June 17, 2011 specifically addressing "Use of Mental Health Experts in Employment Litigation" and moderated a panel on "Discovery Common Tactics and How to Respond" at the NELA-NJ Chapter Annual Conference on September 3, 2010.
Yaskin has taken advanced trial skills training at the The Academy of Advocacy of Temple University School of Law (June 1999), ATLA's Ultimate Trial Skills College at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (March 1997), “Litigating Employment Cases from a Trial Lawyer's Perspective” in Las Vegas, NV (March 2000), and Depositions College in Atlanta, GA (October 2001). He also attended the National Session of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (“NITA”) in Boulder, CO. in July 2003 and in 2005, attended the annual Trial Advocacy summer program at the University of Virginia Law School.
Yaskin is a 30-year member of the Camden County Bar Association and serves on its Professionalism and Labor and Employment Law Committees. From 2003 to present, he has been a Bencher (mentor) of the Sidney J. Reitman Labor and Employment Law Inn of Court.
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes