Alexandra Farone is an associate in the Employment and Labor, Litigation, and Emerging Technologies groups of Babst Calland. Ms. Farone has a broad range of experience representing corporate, technology, municipal, and energy clients in all facets of employment law, public and private labor, and complex commercial litigation.
Employment and Labor
Ms. Farone provides counseling and litigation services in employment and labor matters to a wide variety of employers including Fortune 500 companies, startups, public sector organizations, family-owned businesses, health care providers, and the financial services industry. Her practice includes comprehensive human resources counseling concerning restrictive covenants, discrimination and harassment, disability accommodation, grievances, personnel best practices, contract negotiations, wage and hour issues, and collective bargaining. She practices before a variety of administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, and Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
Litigation
Ms. Farone has a broad range of litigation experience with particular emphasis on complex commercial litigation, trade secret disputes, employment discrimination, restrictive covenant enforcement, product liability, and toxic torts. She has additional experience litigating matters concerning technology, insurance, construction, class actions, maritime, environmental, and oil and gas law. Ms. Farone regularly practices before state and federal courts.
Technology
Ms. Farone specializes in supporting the human resources and litigation needs of clients in the technology industry. As outside general employment counsel, she advises clients in establishing broad-scale human resources strategies and policies and provides personnel-related business planning and scaling to meet the dynamic needs of rapid growth and expansion that are common in this industry. In addition, Ms. Farone also supports various clients by acting as in-house human resources counsel to directly manage various employment and labor concerns such as Family Medical Leave Act compliance, international employment issues, harassment training, disability accommodation, onboarding and offboarding support, and wage and hour compliance. For several technology clients she also plans and manages employment-related litigation strategy and oversees local and insurance defense counsel.
Public Sector
Ms. Farone also provides advice to municipalities and other public organizations in managing general employment policies and practices, police personnel issues, collective bargaining negotiations, grievances and labor arbitrations, Loudermill hearings, and contract review. Additionally, she oversees litigation strategy concerning discrimination claims, unemployment compensation appeals, and general tort and contract disputes. She is currently the Assistant Solicitor of Ford City Borough.
