Attorneys
Helena I. Poch Ciechanowski Shareholder
Contact
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Education
- The Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College (B.S., Cum Laude, 1999)
- Temple University, Beasley School of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2002)
Practice Focus
- Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets
- Hiring from the Competition
- Employment Litigation - Employers
- Employment Counseling - Employers
- Employment and Related Agreements
Admitted to Practice
- Pennsylvania, 2002
- New Jersey, 2002
- US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004
- US District Court, District of New Jersey, 2009
Helena Ciechanowski is an AV-rated employment law and employment contract practitioner, who litigates and counsels clients on general employment, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and risk-avoidance matters. Ms. Ciechanowski has specialized experience in the securities and health care industries and is experienced in drafting and negotiating employment agreements, offer letters, and team agreements on behalf of employers. She also manages litigation and arbitration matters involving raid claims, non-solicitation agreements, misappropriation, and the Protocol for Broker Recruiting.
Ms. Ciechanowski’s current practice and approach to employment issues is holistic and client-focused. She recognizes that each client has a unique business model and individual business needs formed by the client’s own history and experiences, as well as industry standards. Ms. Ciechanowski strives to integrate legal and business goals with every client interaction and to anticipate future business needs and risks before they become a problem. Her legal interests include ongoing developments in the financial industry, health care reform issues, electronic discovery obligations and the scope of the attorney-client privilege.
Ms. Ciechanowski’s practice draws upon her past experiences drafting proposed health care tort reform legislation, counseling clients on regulatory issues such as HIPAA, the Peer Review Act, privacy laws, and health care provider reporting requirements, and litigating matters involving health care, medical malpractice, insurance defense, the MCare Act, EMTALA, PPCIGA, housing discrimination, products liability, and pharmaceutical claims. Ms Ciechanowski holds a Bachelor’s degree in nursing, and she has clinical training in various health care settings including acute care, medical-surgical, intensive care, critical care, pediatrics, assisted living, home health, in-patient psychiatric, detention/corrective facilities, private physician offices, and labor and delivery.
Speaking Engagements
- Lessons of a Medical Malpractice Attorney, 2nd Annual Endoscopic Sedation Symposium: Preparing for the Future, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY (November 2005)
- Medical Malpractice Tort Reform, Healthcare Financial Management Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA (2007)
- Medical Malpractice Legal Clinic, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Emergency Medical Residency Program, Grand Rounds (2007)
Awards and Honors
- Best Brief, Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition (2002)
- Samuel L. Polsky Moot Court Competition Honorable Mention (2001)
- Temple Law Review
- The Moot Court Honor Society