practice areas
practice accolades
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
bar admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- Princeton
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502 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540-6289
Phone: 609.919.6692
Fax: 609.919.6701
Heather J. Baker is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Attorneys in this practice regularly advise clients on virtually every type of labor and employment issue, from international counseling to management relations and labor disputes. Attorneys include the former chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and fellows in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Ms. Baker served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Jaynee LaVecchia of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Ms. Baker earned her J.D., cum laude, from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, in 2010, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she was a Harold & Reba Martin Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, participated in the Eric R. Neisser Pro Bono Service Program, and served as editor-in-chief of the Women's Rights Law Reporter. Ms. Baker earned her B.M.E. in music education with a minor in Spanish from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts in 2007.
Ms. Baker is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
education
- Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, 2010, J.D., Cum Laude
- Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, 2007, B.M.E.