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James J. McGovern, III
Partner

Direct Dial: 973-535-7122
FAX: 973-533-1112
jmcgovern@genovaburns.com

Practice areas:
Labor Law

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James J. McGovern, III, Partner in the firm’s Newark, New Jersey office, is Director of the Labor Law Practice Group.

His legal practice is concentrated exclusively in the area of Labor and Employment Law on behalf of management.  Mr. McGovern has extensive experience in handling labor matters in healthcare, construction, transportation, manufacturing and other industries.  From 2002 to 2010 he served as Labor Counsel to the State of New Jersey.  In such capacity he  negotiated, on behalf of the State, labor agreements with the unions representing some 50,000 State of New Jersey employees.

He is a member of the Executive Board of the Labor & Employment Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and is a member of the Program Committee for the Public Employment Relations Commission Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Since 2006, Mr. McGovern has been listed in New York Magazine's Best Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law. In 2010, he was recognized in New Jersey Monthly Magazine by Super Lawyers in Employment & Labor Law.

Mr. McGovern received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the New England School of Law, and his baccalaureate degree from Seton Hall University in 1985. 

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1989
EDUCATION:
  • New England School of Law, J.D., 1989
  • Seton Hall University, 1985