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Carol A. Mager

Carol A. Mager is a class action, commercial, employment and ERISA litigator. Her practice includes employment discrimination, civil rights, ERISA and complex commercial class actions, including antitrust, securities and fraud litigation. She also has an active practice as an arbitrator and mediator of employment and commercial disputes and as an advisor on matters of employment and education law. After serving as a partner, and practice group co-chair of two large Philadelphia defense firms, in 1992 Ms. Mager co-founded an all female litigation and labor law boutique firm.

Litigation Background and Notable Cases

She was a partner and co-chair of the Labor and Employment Group of the Litigation Department at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia from 1988 to 1992. She practiced at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads in Philadelphia as a partner in the Labor and Employment Department from 1980 to 1988, eventually serving as vice-chair, and before that, as an associate from 1973 to 1980. Also a trained mediator for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Donaldson, et al. v. Exelon Corporation, et al. (E.D.Pa.) race discrimination on behalf of white male employees, represented plaintiffs
Crespo, et al. v. Citizens Financial Group, Inc., et al. (E.D.Pa.) representative age discrimination action
Aaron, et al. v. Century Indemnity Company, et al. (American Arbitration Association) severance pay claims of 82 former employees
Koebert, et al. v. PECO Energy Company, et al. (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas) bonus compensation and PA Wage Payment and Collection Law action, represented plaintiffs
Huber, et al. v. Taylor, et al. (W.D.Pa.) legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty class action, represented plaintiffs
Kaminski, et al. v. First Union Corp. (E.D.Pa) representative age discrimination action, represented almost 200 opt-in plaintiffs)
Osgood, et al. v. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc., et al (D.NJ) race discrimination on behalf of white employees, represented plaintiffs
Rudolph v. Adamar of New Jersey, Inc. (D.NJ) race discrimination on behalf of white employees, represented plaintiffs
Feret, et al. v. First Union Corporation (E.D.Pa.) ERISA action, represented plaintiffs
Royal v. Aramark and Moilan (E.D.Pa.) race discrimination action, represented individual defendant
Williams v. HBE Corp. (E.D.Pa.) race discrimination action, represented defendant
Bunnion v. Conrail, et al. (E.D.Pa.) ERISA and ADEA action, represented plaintiffs
Johnson v. Pullman-Standard (D.Minn.) ERISA action, represented defendant
Dept. of Public Welfare v. The Budd-UAW Consolidated Plan (E.D.Pa.) represented defendant
Murphy v. The Employee Pension Plan of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. (E.D.Pa.) ERISA action, represented plaintiffs
Nedd (Abromovage) v. United Mine Workers (3d Cir. 1984) pre-ERISA pension action, represented defendant
Participation in prosecution f pending antitrust class actions: plaintiffs’ counsel teams: In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation (D.NJ); Behrend v. Comcast Corp. (E.D.Pa.); in re ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.); in re Pulse Oximetry Antitrust Litigation (C.D.Cal.)
Co-Counsel for relator, Van-A-Care of the Florida Keys, in Medicaid fraud litigation relating to the prices charged by pharmaceutical manufacturers to state governmental agencies fro drugs covered by Medicaid.
Individual employment: representation of plaintiffs in individual actions brought under the various statutes prohibiting sex, race, age & disability employment discrimination against major corporations in the financial, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors as well as representation of defendant corporations in the same business sectors, the not-for-profit sector and educational and critical care institutions; and
Business tort: non-competition and business tort advice and litigation, including injunction actions in the health care, financial and software development sectors.

Bar and Court Admissions

United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Memberships

American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel since 1983

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School , 1973
University of Michigan - B.A. with distinction, and honors in American Studies

Special Honors

Ms. Mager is an elected Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (1997-)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2004-2007) by Philadelphia Magazine
Selected as a TOP 50 Female Pennsylvania Lawyers by Philadelphia Magazine
Selected as a TOP 100 Philadelphia Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine
Named one of 56 Leading Female Pennsylvania Lawyers by American Lawyer Media/The Legal Intelligencer
Recognized as a leading employment litigator by inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2007