Paula M. Castaldo, Esq. is a Vice President, Corporate Counsel in Prudential Financial’s in-house Law Department, specializing in employment and labor law. In this role, she supports Prudential’s Group Insurance and Enabling Solutions businesses, and many of its corporate centers, including Corporate Human Resources, and the Risk, CIO, Audit, Finance, Actuarial, Marketing, and Communications organizations. She provides counseling and training to these clients regarding: compliance with all federal and state employment and labor laws including laws relating to workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, wage and hour laws, the National Labor Relations Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, family and medical leave laws, laws applicable to federal contractors, and laws relating to restrictive covenants; and best practices relating to workplace reorganizations, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and contingent workforce management.
Immediately prior to joining Prudential in 2012, Ms. Castaldo was a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group of a large New Jersey-headquartered law firm. In private practice, she defended employers in litigation actions involving alleged violations of federal and state employment and labor laws. In addition, she represented employers before administrative agencies, participated in handling grievance arbitrations and arbitrations before the National Association of Securities Dealers, provided counseling to management regarding personnel issues and union relations, and conducted numerous workplace investigations as a third-party investigator. The clients she represented while in private practice included various pharmaceutical companies, major retailers and manufacturers, financial institutions, and institutions of higher education.
Ms. Castaldo earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A (Psychology) from the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences, and a B.S. (Economics) degree from The Wharton School.
