practice areas

Labor & Employment Complex Employment Litigation ERISA Litigation Noncompetition Agreements & Trade Secrets Life Sciences

bar admissions

Pennsylvania

court admissions

U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits

Joseph J. Costello

Email: jcostello@morganlewis.com

Philadelphia
1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5295
Fax: 215.963.5001

practice accolades

Labor & Employment

The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012

Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011

Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)

Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)

Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)

Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey

ERISA Litigation

Listed in the highest tier for National ERISA Litigation Practice in Chambers USA 2011

education

Stanford Law School, 1985, J.D.

Cornell University, 1980, M.I.L.R.

Pennsylvania State University, 1978, B.A.

Publications

Date	Title	Publication
09/01/00September 2000	Retirement Plan Investment Decisions Attacked in Class Actions Threatening Financial Services Industry View White Paper	White Paper
11/16/9911/16/99	Recent Attacks on HMOs and the Implications for Employers, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
02/01/9902/01/99	When Is an Individual an Independent Contractor and Not an Employee, presented to Roadway Package Systems, Inc. and Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp., at the Midwinter Meeting of the Development of the Law under the NLRA Committee, ABA's Section of Labor and Employment Law, Ixtapa, Mexico View Presentation	Speech
11/01/9811/01/98	Employee Benefits Update, presented at the ML Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
06/01/9806/01/98	Employee Benefits Update, presented at the Labor and Employment Law Seminar for Healthcare Providers, Harrisburg	Speech
02/01/98February 1998	Pennsylvania Regulations for New Hire Reporting in Conformance with Welfare Reform View White Paper	White Paper
11/01/9711/01/97	Employee Benefits Update, presented at the Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
11/01/9711/01/97	ERISA Class Actions - The Defendant's Perspective, presented to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Program: Class Actions in State and Federal Courts, Philadelphia	Speech
05/09/9705/09/97	The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine in ERISA Practice, presented at the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
11/18/9611/18/96	Employee Benefits Update, presented at ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
10/10/9510/10/95	Employee Benefits Update, presented at a Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
05/23/9505/23/95	Avoiding Liability in Connection with Reductions-in-Force, presented at the Seventeenth Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar for Health Care Providers, Wildwood Conference Center, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg	Speech
10/12/9410/12/94	Avoiding Liability in Connection with Reductions-in-Force, presented at a ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
10/04/9310/04/93	Labor and Employment Issues Affecting International Operations, presented at a ML&B Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
03/01/9303/01/93	Toledo Blade and Colorado-Ute: When Is Bargaining To Impasse Not Enough? Presentation made at American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Committee on the Development of the Law Under the NLRA, 1993 Midwinter Meeting, Ixtapa, Mexico	Speech