As a member of the Littler CaseSmart – Charges™ team based in Pennsylvania, Eileen Powers handles charges from investigation to conclusion. She works on client-dedicated service teams, focusing in handling administrative agency charges. She investigates charge allegations, reviews pertinent documents, interviews key witnesses, and provides clients an assessment of the risks associated with the charge. In partnership with the client, she defends the charge by drafting persuasive position statements and responses to the agency’s requests for information.
Prior to joining Littler, Eileen was a labor and employment associate for seven years at a national firm in Princeton. In that role, she counseled employers in wide variety of labor and employment matters with a focus on employment discrimination litigation arising out of claims of age, disability, sex and race discrimination; retaliation; wrongful discharge; whistleblower violations and other common law and statutory claims arising in the employment context. She also routinely drafted employee handbooks and company policies and conducted sexual harassment and diversity training programs. Additionally, Eileen worked on appellate matters in state and federal court and routinely handled matters before state and federal administrative agencies. Previously she was a legal assistant with Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. and a senior legal assistant for a large New York law firm.