Peter L. Frattarelli

Peter chairs Archer’s Labor & Employment Group and represents management and employers in employment litigation, labor proceedings and workplace counseling. His litigation practice includes defending employers and individuals against harassment and discrimination claims involving race, gender, sex, disability, national origin and age. He also handles claims arising from discipline and termination, retaliation and whistleblowing, and alleged failures to accommodate people with disabilities. His experience includes cases seeking to extend disability protections against employers and places of public accommodation.

Peter’s labor practice spans routine wage and salary questions, collective bargaining and disputes involving labor organizations. Before the National Labor Relations Board, he has defended and prosecuted unfair labor practice charges, and he has represented employers during union election campaigns. He has successfully represented employers in state and federal court proceedings seeking to enjoin union picketing. His work also includes representing employers in employee grievance proceedings before neutral arbitration panels and negotiating collective bargaining agreements for private- and public-sector management.

Alongside his litigation and labor work, Peter advises employers on workplace issues as they arise. He conducts harassment and discrimination training for employers across the country and works to keep clients informed as matters develop. He is also a national lecturer and author who has spoken at dozens of seminars on labor and employment topics for professional organizations including the National Business Institute, Sterling Education Services and Lorman Education Services.

• Received defense verdict in New Jersey state court for employer and owner in disability harassment and discrimination case against medical practice.
• Received defense verdict in federal court for District of New Jersey in whistleblowing case brought by employee of energy subsidiary of Fortune 500 electrical and energy utility company.
• Received defense jury verdict in New Jersey state court in three-week whistleblower case filed against Fortune 500 laboratory testing company.

• Received defense jury verdict in New Jersey state court in race discrimination case against Fortune 500 utility company.
• Currently Solicitor for fire district in New Jersey, a local governmental body, providing labor and corporate advice.
• Received favorable and novel reported decision from New Jersey Federal District Court interpreting provisions of a Federal law offering long term care insurance to employees and retirees, which rejected a retiree’s claim that the Federal law violated disability discrimination laws Currently Labor Counsel for electrical contracting organization of union contractors for Southern New Jersey.
• Received favorable and novel reported decision from New Jersey Federal District Court upholding protections of attorney-client privilege in employer in-house investigation of discrimination complaints Received favorable decision from New Jersey Federal District Court dismissing age and disability discrimination claims of former employees involving comments not previously addressed by the Federal Courts in the applicable Circuit.
• Received favorable decision from New Jersey Federal District Court dismissing reverse race discrimination and family leave claims asserted against Fortune 500 company.
• Represented a multi-state chemical company in binding commercial arbitration arising out of the sale of chemical plants and the alleged breach for the failure to provide several promised chemical supply contracts. Assisted client in receiving arbitration award in excess of $10,000,000 following weeks of hearings.*

• Widener University Delaware Law School, JD, magna cum laude
• Drexel University, BS, Phi Beta Kappa

• Delaware
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Supreme Court

• Named to New Jersey Super Lawyers list for Employment & Labor (2021-2027)

• New Jersey State Bar Association (including Executive Committee position with Labor and Employment Law Section)
• Delaware State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Camden County Bar Association
• Barrister and Treasurer, Sidney Reitman Labor and Employment Law Inns of Court
• Justinian Society (Italian-American attorneys’ organization)
• Board Member, Societa da Vinci (Wilmington, DE), Italian-American philanthropic group
• Coordinator, Camden County High School Mock Trial Competition
• President of the Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity, South Central New Jersey Chapter
• Adjunct Professor, Rowan University, Legal Aspects of Human Resources (2017-present)

• “Reminder: Significant Changes to New Jersey’s Family Leave Act Take Effect on July 17, 2026,” Archer Client Advisory (July 2026)
• “Pennsylvania Federal Court is Latest Court Refusing To Halt FTC’s Non-Compete Ban,” Archer Client Advisory (August 2023)
• “NLRB Signals Intent to Invalidate Many Employee Non-Compete Agreements,” Archer Client Advisory (June 2023)
• “A Five-Figure Paycheck and Six-Figure Annual Compensation is Not Enough to Avoid the FLSA’s Overtime Requirements,” Archer Client Advisory (2022)
• “Delaware Court Latest to Point the Twitter Finger: Tweets Can Constitute Actionable Expressions of Fact,” MediaLawLetter (January 2022)
• “New Jersey Passes Law to Eventually Increase Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour,” Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey Newsletter (2019)