Jean E. Novak

Jean E. Novak is an Adjunct Professor of Law and a director at Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, where she co-chairs the Employer-Employee Relations practice. She specializes in providing practical, business-oriented solutions to labor and employment challenges, with a focus on discrimination, overtime disputes, and talent management trends. Her expertise spans litigation in state and federal courts, administrative representations before agencies such as the EEOC and NLRB, and negotiating executive contracts and severance agreements.

• Education: JD from University of Pittsburgh School of Law, MS from Carnegie-Mellon University, BS from West Virginia University

Her work emphasizes training managers on policy development and compliance, as well as advising growing businesses through seminars addressing management challenges. She holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for her excellence in labor and employment law.