Lorena E. Ahumada

Lorena E. Ahumada



Lorena is Of Counsel and Employment Compliance Officer to the Firm. She also is a member of the Litigation Department. Lorena practices in the areas of complex commercial litigation, employment litigation and counseling, and insurance coverage. Lorena also serves as a Judge Pro Tempore in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ Mandatory Settlement Program.

Lorena has extensive experience in business litigation. She also regularly counsels private and public employers on a broad range of employment and human resources issues, including compliance with civil rights and equal employment laws, hiring and firing practices, compliance with wage and hour and FMLA requirements, and racial and sexual harassment investigation practices. Lorena also drafts and reviews employment policies, handbooks, and other contracts.

Lorena is fluent in Spanish. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Petrese B. Tucker in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was an associate in the employment group of a large national law firm. Before attending law school, Lorena was a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where she served as a congressional liaison in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation. Before joining HHS, she served in the Environment Division of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.

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