Kevin M. Costello
Costello & Mains, LLC
Kevin Costello was admitted to the Bar in 1991 and is a founding Member of Costello & Mains, LLC, a full-state Employment, Complex Personal Injury, School Bullying and Civil Rights trial firm in Mount Laurel. He’s one of the approximately 5% of trial lawyers Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. He’s currently the President-Elect of the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) and in June of 2019, will be sworn in as President. He is a member of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Council of Presidents.
Kevin is a founding and past chair of NJAJ’s Employment Section, a founding and past Chair of the Camden County Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Committee, has served as a Chair for multiple state and local bar association committees, and has chaired or served as a speaker for in excess of 70 CLE events on trial work, employment, complex personal injury, school rights and civil rights. He has made numerous appearances on local and national radio and television to discuss employment and civil rights and has been published on dozens of occasions on the same subjects. He’s spoken often to organized labor organizations, civic groups, advocacy groups and professional associations on civil and employment rights.
He’s been named to the Million Dollar Advocates’ Forum as well as to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates’ Forum, has been awarded the Roosevelt Nesmith Civil Rights Award by the Southern Burlington County NAACP, the “Champions of Equality” Award” by Garden State Equality, has been named a “Super Lawyer” in Employment Law for over eleven consecutive years, a “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by The National Trial Lawyers’ Association and has been given a “BV Distinguished Rating in Legal Ability and Ethics Standards” and “BV Distinguished Peer Rating” by Martindale-Hubbell.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
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- New Jersey
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Member
- Costello & Mains, LLC
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- Suffolk University Law School
- J.D. (1991)
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- Brandeis University
- B.A. (1988) | Political Science
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- Super Lawyer
- Thomas Reuters
- Roosevelt Nesmith Civil Rights Award
- Southern Burlington County NAACP
- BV Distinguished Peer Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- "Champions of Equality” Award
- Garden State Equality
- Rising Stars, Top Lawyer Under 40
- SJ Magazine, published by Thomas Reuters
- New Jersey State Bar # 024411991
- Member
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- Identifying LAD claims for LGBT Clients
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- The Paralegal’s Role in Employment Cases
- New Jersey Lawyer Magazine
- Preparation of Clients for Deposition in Employment Matters
- New Jersey Lawyer
- Certified Civil Trial Attorney
- Supreme Court of New Jersey
Attorney Kevin Costello on Forced Arbitration in New Jersey
Attorney Kevin Costello of New Jersey employment & civil rights law firm Costello & Mains, LLC speaking on forced arbitration.
Attorney Kevin Costello on H.R.8404 - Respect for Marriage Act
Attorney Kevin Costello of New Jersey employment & civil rights law firm Costello & Mains, LLC speaking on the same sex marriage legislation H.R.8404 - Respect for Marriage Act.
Attorney Kevin Costello on the large layoffs occurring at U.S. companies
Attorney Kevin Costello of New Jersey employment & civil rights law firm Costello & Mains, LLC speaking on the U.S. company layoffs happening in Fall 2022. If you've been fired...
Kevin Costello on Supreme Court Roe Vs. Wade Decision 2022
Attorney Kevin Costello of New Jersey employment & civil rights law firm Costello & Mains, LLC speaking on the Supreme Court Roe Vs. Wade Decision June 2022.
Protecting Employment Rights in NJ
Workers in NJ have the right to work free of discrimination or abuse based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and other classifications.
Transgender Rights In School
Cisgender people are people that are happy and feel correct in the gender that they were born to. Transgender people know usually from a very young age that they are...
