John C. Hegarty has 10 years of experience representing municipalities and employers in labor and employment law. Prior to joining the firm, he began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Ernest M. Caposela, J.S.C. and Carmen A. Ferrante, J.S.C. (retired) in Passaic County. Following his clerkship, he began his legal career in one of Passaic County’s sole labor and employment firms where he gained experience representing both private corporations and public entities such as Passaic County, the City of Bayonne, and the Borough of West Paterson in a wide variety of municipal issues including labor relations. Following his relocation to Southern New Jersey, Mr. Hegarty worked in one of Atlantic County’s largest firms before spending several years as in-house Employment/Labor Relations counsel to the City of Atlantic City. Mr. Hegarty was instrumental in establishing a Labor/Management Committee in an effort to improve labor relations within the City of Atlantic City and the major remodeling of the City’s Policy and Procedure Manual.

Mr. Hegarty has extensive experience in collective bargaining negotiations, administrative law matters, and appearing before PERC as well as representing management at grievances, arbitrations and interest arbitrations. He also counsels both private and public employers on all matters concerning the employer-employee relationship as well as regularly representing employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies in employment discrimination cases and other employment-related litigation.

Mr. Hegarty graduated magna cum laude from Montclair State University receiving the Gang Political Science Award and was a recipient of former United States Senator Bill Bradley’s Outstanding Young Citizen’s Award. He received his J.D. Degree from Rutgers Law School in Newark.