Vanessa P. Avello

Associate

Vanessa P. Avello is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and assists clients in a broad range of labor and employment law matters.

Prior to joining Proskauer, Vanessa attended Rutgers School of Law where she served as a Senior Notes and Comments Editor of the Rutgers Law Review. Vanessa was also a Teaching Assistant for the Rutgers Legal Analysis, Writing and Research Skills program and she held a judicial internship for the Honorable Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. In addition, Vanessa was a clinical law student at the Rutgers Community & Transactional Lawyering Clinic.

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EU Agrees to Set the Floor for Whistleblower Protection Across All Member States

By Erika C. Collins, Daniel Ornstein, Lloyd B. Chinn and Vanessa P. Avello on March 12, 2019 Posted in International, Legislation

According to a press release issued by the European Commission today, the European Parliament and the Member States have agreed to adopt new rules that set the standard for protecting individuals who blow the whistle on breaches of EU law from dismissal, demotion, and other forms of retaliation. This reform, which was first proposed by … Continue Reading