LaBella, Anthony J.

Michael W. Kulakowski is a 2007 graduate of Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, where he advanced to the finals of the school's esteemed Moot Court competition. Upon graduation, Mr. Kulakowski served as a law clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Orlando, Jr., Assignment Judge of the Camden County Superior Court.

Mr. Kulakowski handles a wide variety of commercial litigation matters. He also has an extensive background in employment law, including the representation of clients in employment practices liability matters, issues involving trade secret protection laws, non-compete agreements and corporate policies governing the workplace. He regularly counsels business clients on the avoidance of employment-related claims and liabilities, and provides counsel to the MidAtlantic Employers' Association and its members, which includes over 400 companies. Mr. Kulakowski co-authored two sections in the XpertHR Employment Law Manual: Employer Liability and Mediation under Pennsylvania Law, published by Reed Elsevier, Inc., the parent company of Lexis/Nexis.

Mr. Kulakowski has, in addition, litigated a wide variety of commercial matters related to, for example, breach of contract claims, manufacturing and licensing disputes, government regulation of advertising, land use and zoning, consulting companies, and environmental issues. He has also counseled companies in matters involving E.P.A. compliance, and is the author of U.S. EPA Regulation of Nanotechnology, published by the New Jersey Law Journal, December 6, 2010.

Prior to joining Powell Trachtman, Mr. Kulakowski was an associate at a large New Jersey law firm, where his practice focused on a broad range of issues, as well as various aspects of commercial litigation including, for example, breach of contract, construction, land use and zoning, insurance, and eminent domain matters. Mr. Kulakowski later worked as a litigator for a prominent employment litigation firm, handling matters related to employment discrimination, civil rights and whistle-blowing.

Before embarking on his career as an attorney, Mr. Kulakowski received a degree in Geography from the Pennsylvania State University, and later a Masters of Science in Geography from the University of Oregon, specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Cartography, and Environmental Science. Following graduate school, Mr. Kulakowski worked as a faculty research associate for the Pennsylvania State University as a cartographer and GIS developer, and later as a GIS developer for the United States Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Kulakowski is fluent in Polish, is an avid trail-runner and cyclist, and cannot go anywhere without listening to podcast lectures on topics such as math, history and, yes, the law.