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Randi W.
Kochman

Member |She/Her/Hers

Office 201.525.6309
Email rkochman@coleschotz.com
Aishling Brennan |Legal Practice Assistant
201.489.3000 ext. 5008
abrennan@coleschotz.com
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Randi W. Kochman is a co-managing shareholder and chair of the firm’s Employment Law Department.

She is dedicated to helping employers understand and navigate complicated and ever-changing employment laws so they can effectively manage employees, avoid costly mistakes, and focus on their core business.

 

Experience

Randi brings more than 25 years of employment law experience to work closely with her clients in all types of employment-related contexts including wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour compliance, contract disputes, restrictive covenant, unfair competition and trade secret matters in state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Randi routinely provides guidance on all types of policy, procedure, and personnel issues, including preparing employee handbooks, policies and agreements, and conducting harassment and discrimination awareness training. When disputes arise, Randi is tenacious in litigating employment and business tort issues in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Randi lectures and writes regularly on all aspects of employment law. Randi is also regularly called upon to conduct independent workplace investigations into allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and related issues.

 

Representative matters include:
  • Secured temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on behalf of insurance broker client barring prior employee and new employer from soliciting company accounts and engaging in other unfair competition. Ultimately secured extremely favorable settlement.
  • Successfully resolved wage and hour class action with the U.S. Department of Labor for NJ-based transportation logistics company, saving company hundreds of thousands in fees and costs.
  • Obtained complete dismissal of breach of contract, wage payment and related claims brought by former CEO against private equity group that had ownership interest in employer and secured dismissal of all non-contract claims against employer.
  • On behalf of New York-based professional services company, secured temporary restraining order prohibiting competition by former employee who violated restrictive covenant and improperly retained confidential and proprietary information when leaving.
  • On behalf of manufacturing client, obtained complete pretrial dismissal of independent contractor trucker’s claims brought against the company under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act.
  • Following trial, secured complete dismissal of former employee’s claims of racial and gender discrimination and retaliation against chauffeured transportation company client.
  • Secured summary judgment ruling as to liability of several former employees who breached duty of loyalty and unlawfully competed with elevator contractor employer.
  • Successfully obtained the dismissal of a child care service provider’s lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, alleging retaliation under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, wage and hour violations, breach of contract, and violations of the New Jersey Constitution.

 

Networks & Affiliations

Randi has been significantly involved with the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, as a member of the Steering Committee for its Human Resource Council. She has also been actively involved with the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association (NJWLA), holding various leadership positions, including President, President-Elect, Vice President and Secretary. She currently serves as the NJWLA representative on the Supreme Court Committee on Gender in the Courts. Randi received the 2013 New Jersey Commission In the Law’s Professional Lawyer of the Year Award. Randi has also been honored with the 2019 New Jersey Women Lawyers Association WILL Platinum Award, Private Sector.

Randi is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Bergen County Bar Association. She has also served as a Barrister of the Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court.

 

Honors & Awards

Randi has been repeatedly recognized for her high quality legal work and professionalism.

  • Named in the 2016-2020 Chambers USA Guide for Labor and Employment
  • Named a Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneur by LWE
  • AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals
  • 2015 Leading Women Entrepreneur & Intrapreneur Finalist
  • New Jersey “Super Lawyer” since 2011
  • Top 50 for 2015-2017 & 2020 Women New Jersey Super Lawyers
  • Included in the Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2015-2016
  • Top 50 Women in Business recognized by NJBiz in 2011
  • KSB Presidential Leadership Award, presented by the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association in 2015
  • Professional Lawyer of the Year Award, presented by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law in 2014

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Areas of focus

    Practices
  • Employment
  • Employment Litigation 
  • Employment Counseling 
  • Employee Handbooks & Workplace Policies 
  • Employment Arrangements & Separation Agreements 
  • Workplace Safety Protocols 
  • Workplace Audits & Investigations
  • Workplace Training
  • Analysis of Worker Classification
  • Government Investigations & Charges
  • Litigation
  • Professional Services Litigation
  • Employment Litigation 

Education

The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
Emory University, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions

New York
New Jersey
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Honors & Awards

Chambers USA
Innovator, New Jersey Legal Awards
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023
Top 50 Women and Top 100 Attorney, New Jersey Super Lawyers
"Randi is extremely approachable with great communication skills. "
Chambers USA
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Blogs

  1. 01

    New York Finalizes Updates to Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy and Training Materials

    April 20, 2023
  2. 02

    The End of At-Will Employment in New York?

    March 13, 2023
  3. 03

    NLRB Holds Employers May Not Offer Severance Agreements That Require Employees to Broadly Waive NLRA Labor Rights

    February 24, 2023
  4. 04

    New Jersey Enacts Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights into Law

    February 15, 2023
  5. 05

    Attention Required: Amendments to the New Jersey Mini-WARN Act Will Go Into Effect Shortly

    January 19, 2023
  6. 06

    New York Passes Statewide Pay Transparency Law and New Electronic Workplace Posting Requirements

    January 4, 2023
  7. 07

    New York Enacts Training Requirements for Certain Hospitality Employees and Posting Requirements to Combat Human Trafficking

    December 21, 2022
  8. 08

    Effective Immediately – Federal Prohibition on Nondisclosure and Nondisparagement Clauses in Pre-Dispute Agreements Regarding Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Enacted

    December 19, 2022
  9. 09

    New Jersey Enacts Job Protections for Health Care Workers Following Change in Control of Their Employer

    December 8, 2022
  10. 10

    New York Law to Prohibit Employee Discipline for Legally Protected Absences

    November 30, 2022
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Firm News

  1. 01

    On the Move & After Hours: McCarter & English; Rimon PC; Riker Danzig; Cole Schotz

    December 15, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
  2. 02

    CIANJ Magazine – Raising the Bar, Breaking the Glass Ceiling

    March 1, 2022 | Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
  3. 03

    Epstein Becker Green Snags Littler’s ADR Practice Co-Chair

    January 31, 2022 | Law360
  4. 04

    Cole Schotz’s 1st Female Co-Head Talks COVID, 2022 Plans

    January 19, 2022 | Law360
  5. 05

    Cole Schotz Elects Randi Kochman as Co-Managing Shareholder

    January 13, 2022 | Newsbreak
  6. 06

    Cole Schotz elects firm’s 1st female co-managing shareholder

    January 13, 2022 | ROI-NJ.com
  7. 07

    Cole Schotz Elects New Co-Managing Shareholder, First Female Firmwide Leader

    January 13, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
  8. 08

    Cole Schotz elects NJ attorney as firm’s first female co-managing shareholder

    January 12, 2022 | NJBIZ
  9. 09

    Cole Schotz Elects Randi Kochman as Co-Managing Shareholder

    January 12, 2022 | Spot On New Jersey
  10. 10

    Cole Schotz Elects First Female Co-Managing Shareholder

    January 12, 2022 | Law360 Pulse
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Webinars + Events

  1. 01

    Driving Diversity in Law and Leadership: New York

    April 26, 2023
  2. 02

    New Jersey State Bar Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Convention

    May 17, 2023 | NJSBA
  3. 03

    2022 Annual Meeting and Convention

    May 18, 2022 | New Jersey State Bar Association
News + Insights

Awards + Recognitions

  1. 01

    25 Cole Schotz Attorneys Named 2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers

    May 11, 2023 | Cole Schotz Press Release
  2. 02

    Lawyers for Tri-County Awards

    April 17, 2023
  3. 03

    Celebrate Hope Spring Benefit

    April 17, 2023
  4. 04

    ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023

    March 8, 2023 | ROI-NJ.com
  5. 05

    Six Cole Schotz Attorneys Named to Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America List

    October 4, 2022
  6. 06

    Best Lawyers Recognizes 41 Cole Schotz Attorneys on 2023 List

    August 18, 2022
  7. 07

    Chambers USA Recognizes 27 Cole Schotz Attorneys and Eight Firm Departments

    June 1, 2022
  8. 08

    ROI Influencers: Women in Business

    March 22, 2022 | ROI-NJ.com
  9. 09

    23 Cole Schotz Attorneys Named 2022 New Jersey Super Lawyers

    March 17, 2022
  10. 10

    Cole Schotz Elects Randi Kochman as Co-Managing Shareholder

    January 12, 2022
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