Holly C. Frey
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Current Position
- Lead Intake Attorney
Practice Areas
- Employment Law
Biography
Ms. Holly C. Frey is a Lead Attorney with Karpf, Karpf & Cerutti, P.C. Holly meticulously vets prospective cases, drafts and files complaints for administrative agencies (including the EEOC and PHRC) and in state and federal court in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Holly is very skilled in negotiating and resolving cases pre-litigation, often for high-level executives. Holly also assists in drafting internal policy documentation for employers, and provides counseling to employers for sensitive legal issues. In addition to her role on the intake side, Holly is experienced in litigation, pursuing unemployment matters from hearing through appeal, and has litigated numerous claims under federal and state civil rights statutes, including Title VII, Section 1981, the FMLA, the ADA, the ADEA, the PDA, the PWFA, CEPA, the NJ LAD, the PHRA, the PFPO, and the Pennsylvania Adult and Older Adult Protective Services Acts.
Ms. Frey has also worked as an adjunct professor for the Widener University Delaware Law School, teaching Legal Problem Solving (LPS).
Prior to her career at Karpf, Karpf & Cerutti, P.C., Ms. Frey graduated summa cum laude and as valedictorian from Widener University School of Law. During her time at Widener Law, she was Editor in Chief of the Widener Law Review, a Widener student mentor, and a research assistant for both her Torts and Environmental Law Professors (providing research, content, and editing for both respective teachers’ published books). During law school, Ms. Frey received multiple awards including the prestigious Dean’s Award, Dean’s List, and 10 certificate of achievement awards. Following law school, Ms. Frey was a New Jersey Supreme Court Law Clerk for the Honorable Lee A. Solomon and a Staff Attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Education
- Widener University Delaware Law School, Wilmington, Delaware
- J.D.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Valedictorian (Ranked First in Graduating Class)
- Honors: Academic Scholarship
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: Dean’s Award
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA – Torts
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA - Legal Methods I
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA - Legal Methods II
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA - Legal Methods III
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA - Professional Responsibility
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA - Employment Law
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA - Family Law
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement - Highest Class GPA – Supreme Court Seminar
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA – Wills and Trusts
- Honors: Certificate of Achievement – Highest Class GPA – Interviewing and Counseling
- Law Review, Widener Law Review, Editor in Chief
- Peirce College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- B.S., Legal Studies
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: Full Scholarship
- Honors: Leadership Award
- Honors: Valedictorian
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Past Positions
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Staff Attorney, 2016 to 2018
- Justice Lee A. Solomon of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 2015 to 2016
