James B. Shrimp
Employment Law Attorney

• Montgomery Bar Association, Member (2002 to present)
  – Labor and Employment Committee, Vice Chair (2016)
  – Labor and Employment Committee, Member (2002 to present)
  – Civil Rules Committee, Member (2012, 2013)
  – Franchise Committee, Member (2010-2012)
  – Young Lawyers Committee, Vice-Chair (2005)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member (1999 to present)
• American Bar Association, Member (1999 to present)
  – Forum on Franchising, Member (2009 to present)
  – Labor and Employment Division (1999 to present)
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Member (2015 to present)
• Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA), Member (2015 to present)
• American Association of Franchisee and Dealers, Member (2015 to present)

Honors 

• AV Preeminent Ranking, Martindale Hubbell
• Elected to Super Lawyers, 2007 – 2008, 2010 – 2013
• Elected to “Best Lawyers in America©, 2016-2019
• Lawyer of the Year The Best Lawyers in America© Philadelphia Region, 2017-2018
• Main Line Today – Top Lawyer, 2019

Activities

• Central Chester County Rotary Club
  • President (2017-2018)
  • President Elect (2016-2017)
  • Chair, Foundation Committee (2016-2017)
• Misericordia University Alumni Association, Class of 1996 Representative (2005 to present)
• Glenmoore Eagle Youth Association, Coach, Baseball (2012-present)
• St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, Member of Council (2018-present)
  • Chairman, Associate Pastor Call Committee (2014)

Noteworthy Cases

• TEQ Lease, Inc. v. Soloman Charter School, et al, Philadelphia County, No. 14-0201045 (obtained $221,820.76 judgment at trial)
• Munoz v. NutriSystem, Inc., 2014 WL 3765498 (E.D. Pa. July 30, 2014)
  Allen v. Nutrisystem, Inc., 546 Fed. App’x. 98 (3d Cir. 2013)
  Grosso Enterprises, Inc. v. Domino’s Pizza LLC, 2011 WL 816620 (E.D. Pa. March 9, 2011)
• Henderson v. NutriSystem, 634 F.Supp.2d 521 (E.D.Pa., 2009)
• Schneider v. The Arc of Montgomery County, 497 F.Supp.2d 651, (E.D.Pa. 2007)
• Kelly v. Harcum College, 2007 WL 712416 (E.D.Pa. March 7, 2007)
• Mochan v. The Arc of Montgomery County, 2007 WL 655604 (E.D.Pa. March 2, 2007)

Publications & Presentations

• Co-Presenter, “Implementing a Paperless Office,” Independence Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators, 2019
• Co-author, “Walking the Line: Best Practices for Advising Franchise Clients on Avoiding Employment Risks,” American Bar Association, 38th Annual Forum on Franchising (October 2015)
• “Management Lessons from Jonathan Papelbon,” Philadelphia Business Journal (October 2, 2015)
• “Uber and the Heightened Scrutiny of Independent Contractor Status, ” The Legal Intelligencer (September 30, 2015)
• “Working at Amazon: Delivery of Discord in Under Twelve Hours, or Just Normal?”, Law 360 (September 2015)
• “Yes to Arbitration, but Did I Also Agree to Class Action and Consolidated Arbitration?”, Franchise Law Journal, ADA Quarterly Journal of the Forum on Franchising, Vol. 30, Num. 3 (Winter 2011)
• “Supreme Court Assists Employers by Limiting Pay Discrimination Claims”, Schuylkill Alliance Business Advisor, July-August, 2007
• “Open Government Guide, Open Records and Meeting Laws in Pennsylvania” Reporter Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2006
• “Properly Documenting an Employee’s Discharge with Respect to Unemployment Compensation”, Lorman Educational Services, Employee Discharge and Documentation in Pennsylvania seminar, 2001