Tina A. Syring

Cozen O'Connor

• Member at Cozen O'Connor where she focuses her practice on labor and employment law
• As a former human resources director and in-house counsel, she uses her experience to counsel employers on labor and employment issues with a business focus
• Works with employers in addressing complex issues such as social media issues; executive terminations; allegations of harassment or discrimination; wage and hour strategies; whistleblower complaints; and long-term succession planning
• Helps clients navigate through wage and hour audits by the Department of Labor and Affirmative Action program reviews by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
• In addition to her labor and employment advice work, she regularly and successfully litigates on behalf of publicly traded and private employers throughout the nation
• Litigation experience includes defending against federal and state discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims; she also regularly handles non-competition and usurpation of trade secrets and confidential business information matters
• Also has extensive experience working with publicly traded and private companies on labor and employment matters associated with mergers or acquisitions; her work includes providing guidance in the due diligence process for the transaction as well as handling executive compensation issues, including drafting and negotiating executive employment and/or severance agreements
• Regularly advises compensation committees concerning both executive and board compensation; she also works with public companies on preparing whistleblower policies and enforcement of the same in conformity with Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank
• J.D. degree, Hamline University School of Law; B.S. degree, Indiana State University