Vincent A. Cino served as the Chairman of Jackson Lewis P.C., where he was responsible for the entire firm’s day-to-day administration and management. Prior to assuming the role of Chairman, he served as the firm’s National Director of Litigation and was on the firm’s Executive Committee and was Counsel to the firm.

Mr. Cino also has served as a mediator in numerous employment law matters. His mediation skills have been sought by plaintiffs’ lawyers due to his reputation for fairness and objectivity. His ability to focus on the relative strengths and weaknesses of a matter and evaluate a case has led to a near perfect record of successful resolutions.

He has vast trial experience, having litigated every conceivable type of employment action in many jurisdictions throughout the United States. From 1987 to 1990, he was Chief of Litigation in the Office of the Essex County Counsel where he supervised a staff of attorneys as well as outside counsel. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Prosecutor for Union County, New Jersey. Mr. Cino was also engaged in private practice where he concentrated on civil litigation, and personally tried over 100 cases. Additionally, he served as a Master of the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Inn of Court. In addition to his litigation experience, he has lectured extensively on trial advocacy.

Mr. Cino’s trial accomplishments have been widely recognized by the legal community. He has been awarded the highest accolade in Martindale-Hubbell, an AV rating, a testament to the fact that his peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. He was also named one of Law 360’s inaugural Trial Aces as one of the elite trial attorneys in the country and he was cited as a Litigation Trailblazer by The National Law Journal.

Other accolades Mr. Cino has received include: being listed as a New Jersey Top 100 Lawyers and a New Jersey Super Lawyer; cited as a Top Ten Leader of Employment Law in New Jersey by the New York Times; recognized as a leading lawyer In the United States by Legal 500; named a “Leader in his Field” in the Chambers USA Legal Guide; and designated as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.” He is also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Subcommittee on Equal Employment Opportunity.