Attorneys

Kathryn K. McClure began practicing law in 2004 upon her graduation from Rutgers, the State University School of Law, Newark. At graduation, Ms. McClure was awarded the Myron Harkavy Award for greatest promise as a trial lawyer.

Ms. McClure is admitted to practice in the state courts of New Jersey as well as the federal district court for New Jersey. She is a member of the New Jersey and Essex County Bar Associations.

Ms. McClure was Of Counsel to Smith Mullin, P.C. in Montclair, New Jersey, from April 2005 until August 2008. She was an associate with Lowenstein Sandler PC in Roseland, New Jersey, from August 2004 until April 2005. For nearly a decade prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. McClure was a paralegal with Smith Mullin, P.C. during which time she served as second seat to Neil Mullin, Esq., at several trials including Hennessey v. the County of Bergen, a whistleblower case brought pursuant to New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act. In Hennessey, the jury awarded the plaintiff approximately $1.5 million.

In addition to Hennessey, Ms. McClure actively participated in pre-trial litigation and trial support of the following matters which resulted in successful jury verdicts for the plaintiff: de Vries v. Secaucus Fire Dept., et al., Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp, Caggiano v. Fontoura, Zacharias v. Whatman, McConkey v. AON, Gerardi v. Mul-T-Lock, and Kessler v. WWOR-TV. Also during her tenure as a paralegal with Smith Mullin, P.C., Ms. McClure worked closely with a team of attorneys and the ACLU of New Jersey in the prosecution of Morka, et al. v. the State of New Jersey, et al., a civil rights action seeking to eradicate the New Jersey State Police's illegal practice of racial profiling on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Ms. McClure has represented employees in state and federal court in negotiation, mediation and litigation of claims including sexual harassment, sex, age, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, martial status, and pregnancy discrimination. She has similarly represented employees in claims involving whistleblowing under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, retaliation under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, breach of contract and fraud. Ms. McClure has also participated in representing several whistleblower/relators in qui tam actions under the False Claims Act.

Ms. McClure has lectured on employment-related matters including workplace investigations for the Essex County Bar Association. Ms. McClure is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Sections of the New Jersey and Essex County Bar Associations and served as the 2006-2007 co-chair of the Essex County Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section.

Ms. McClure graduated from Montclair State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and journalism in May 2003. After graduation Ms. McClure successfully put these skills to work as a newspaper reporter and photographer from June 1993 until December 1995.