Kerin E. Stackpole, SPHR

Kerin E. Stackpole Of Counsel

Ms. Stackpole is the leader of the Employment + Labor Law Group at Paul Frank + Collins. She provides practical and proactive advice to senior leaders and management teams regarding a wide range of labor and employment issues, including workforce planning, hiring and on-boarding, performance management, legal and recordkeeping compliance, leave management, employee engagement, policy development and implementation, union avoidance, and discipline and discharge. Ms. Stackpole firmly believes that the best defense against legal claims begins well before those claims are made – with good education for supervisors and managers, fair and consistent practices, and solid documentation.

Ms. Stackpole is an experienced litigator and a skilled teacher. She has taught at the law schools of Catholic University of America and The American University, as well as at the University of Vermont and Champlain College. Ms. Stackpole regularly designs and presents training programs for businesses seeking to strengthen the skills of their management team. She is a regularly featured speaker for state and local human resource associations, Lorman Educational Services and the Champlain College Management Excellence Series. She holds a certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources and has been recognized by her peers for her skill in labor and employment law through inclusion in Chambers & Partners (USA) and Best Lawyers of America.

Education: Wheaton College, B.A., cum laude, in History; Washington College of Law, The American University, J.D., cum laude. Member, Washington College Law Honor Society. Recipient of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers' Advocacy Award for Outstanding Ability in Courtroom Advocacy. Note and Comment Editor, The Administrative Law Journal

Bar Admissions: Vermont; United States District Court - District of Vermont; District of Columbia (inactive); Maryland (inactive)

Professional Organizations: Chair of Employment Law Section of the Vermont Bar Association, 2000-2004, Society for Human Resource Management, 2006-Present, Vermont Human Resources Association, 2007-Present

Professional Honors: The Best Lawyers in America® 2010, 2011 (for achievement in Labor and Employment Law); Chambers & Partners (USA) (for achievement in Employment Law) 2009-2011

Publications:

Handling Difficult Employees, Champlain Business Journal (June 2000)

Sexual Harassment Law, Where Are We Now? Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest (September 1998)

Back to Law School, The Washington Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (November/December 1992)

The Department of Veterans' Affairs' Regulation on Alcoholism as Willful Misconduct: Some Sobering Thoughts, 3 Admin. L.J. (1990)

Recent Community Involvment: Trustee, Wheaton College (Norton, MA), 2010 - Present; VNA of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties: Board of Directors, 2005-2011, Vice Chair, 2009-2011; Wake Robin Corporation: Board of Directors 2003-Present; Chair of Board of Directors, 2008-2010.