Alumni Council Member
CATHERINE I. R. PONTORIERO
Class of 2010
Of Counsel
Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C.
[email protected]
Specializing in Employment and Labor Law
Catherine I. R. Pontoriero is Of Counsel at Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, a firm dedicated
to representing employers in employment law matters. Catherine’s practice focuses
on counseling clients on a broad spectrum of employment issues, including hiring,
performance management, terminations and separation agreements, employment policies
and handbooks, changes in employment laws, leaves of absence, accommodations, and
discrimination and harassment. Additionally, she conducts internal investigations
of employee claims and advises clients on best practices relating to workplace investigations.
Catherine relies on her background in employment litigation in counseling clients.
Previously, Catherine worked at Proskauer and McElroy, Deutsch. She also served as
a law clerk to the Honorable Joel A. Pisano in the United States District Court, District
of New Jersey and the Honorable Clarkson S. Fisher Jr., in the New Jersey Superior
Court, Appellate Division.
Catherine was a Distinguished Scholar at Seton Hall Law and a recipient of the Joseph
P. Lordi Memorial Scholarship and the Rodino Scholarship. While in law school, Catherine
was the Managing Editor of the Seton Hall Circuit Review, participated in the Immigrant
Workers' Rights Clinic, where she obtained political asylum for her client, and was
co-president of the Rodino Society. She also interned at the United States Attorney's
Office, District of New Jersey. Catherine received her B.A. magna cum laude from Georgetown
University where she majored in government and minored in Italian and in theology.
Catherine is married to fellow Seton Hall Law alumnus, Joseph Fischetti.
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