EPT Legal is now a certified Women Business Enterprise!
EPT Legal is proud to be certified by the New York State Department of Economic Development, Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE)!
Need to Get to the Bottom of it? Use Our Workplace Investigations: Training Presentation
Do you need to train your team on how to conduct an effective workplace investigation? EPT Legal released their newest train-the-trainer course on how to conduct effective workplace investigations, in partnership with LexisNexis. The training program covers topics such as complaint intake and protocol, planning an investigation, preserving confidentiality, witness interviews, document requests, report writing,…
Men and their Mental Health
Check out this blog post from our international affiliate Byrne Dean, “Men and their mental health.” It highlights some of the struggles men face in their mental health and how we all can step up and support them more in the workplace. https://www.byrnedean.com/our-thinking/men-and-their-mental-health
Building Your Career in a Masculine Environment Webinar
Check out this stellar webinar entitled “Building Your Career in a Masculine Environment” featuring Victoria Lewis, the CEO of our International Affiliate Byrne Dean. It is incredibly enlightening and worth the listen (regardless of gender) to learn about the importance of authenticity, compassionate leadership, and the value of emotions in the workplace. Click on the…
EPT Legal President, Elena Paraskevas-Thadani, has been celebrating this holiday season with the “shiny band-aid” that is the end of the COVID isolation period!
I was recently on a long line at a pharmacy with other individuals queuing up for a flu shot. Although I was at the back, the piercing screams from the vaccination room cut through my thoughts loud and clear. Had I not known the context, I would have thought a child was being slowly dismembered….
Congratulations on Passing the Bar Exam Najmah!
Please join EPT Legal in congratulating our colleague, Najmah James, on passing the NY bar exam! Najmah has been an integral part of EPT for 5 years, working as a Paralegal and then an investigator all through law school. We are very proud and excited to see what she accomplishes next!
Coming Out at work as LGBTQ and inclusive workplaces
Our colleague Jessica Rinaldi recently recorded a podcast with our colleagues Richard Thompson and Mark O’Grady from our international affiliate Byrne-Dean. It is an 18-minute program on “Coming Out at work as LGBTQ and inclusive workplaces” and is worth listening to as professionals in the workplace. Click on the link below to access the podcast…
And, I STILL punch like a girl.
I started taking a boxing class in December in the hopes of improving my fitness. I don’t consider myself an incredibly coordinated individual, but I do my best. One of my boxing classmates, perhaps seeing my desire to improve, approached me after one of my first classes. “Can I give you some feedback?” he asked….
Sometimes we need to take a step back and remember the basics.
Once, when my son was six, he and I were walking briskly, and I was drinking my coffee from my signature on-the-go mug. In my rush, I took a gulp of coffee a bit too enthusiastically and began to choke. As I was coughing and gasping to recover, my son stopped walking, looked at me…
The old way of approaching tasks isn’t always the best way.
Recently, I took a trip abroad. Because I knew I’d be doing a lot of walking, I wore what I thought were my most comfortable shoes—a pair of hiking boots I’ve had since I was seventeen. These boots were tried and tested, and we’ve walked many miles together over the course of many decades. They…