May Mon Post

Biography

May Mon Post is an associate Deasey Mahoney Valentini & North, Ltd., where she represents corporations, municipalities, officers, directors, and senior members of management in federal and state labor and employment matters, and on civil rights litigation where she represents municipalities and their management. Prior joining the firm, May Mon focused her practice in all aspects of labor and employment litigation in private practice. Prior to this, she worked as an assistant city solicitor with the labor and employment unit of the City of Philadelphia Law Department in its honors program.

In 2010, 2011, and 2012, Pennsylvania Law & Politics named May Mon as a “Rising Star Super Lawyer,” a distinction awarded to 2% of eligible attorneys based on peer surveys. In August 2007, Pennsylvania Law Weekly named May Mon a “Lawyer on the Fast Track,” placing her in the top 1% of attorneys in her peer group. In 2010, May Mon was awarded Best Lawyers Under 40 recognition by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, a distinction given to only 18 Asian American attorneys across the United States.

In 2012, May Mon was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter as a Commissioner on the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs. Currently, she also serves as Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Civil Rights Committee. She has served as the president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (“APABA-PA”), chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Committee on Minorities in the Profession, vice chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division’s executive committee, and treasurer for Campaign for Qualified Judges.

Ms. Post often provides lectures and commentary on labor and employment law, diversity, and immigration to print media, panel discussions, and legal education classes. Her articles have appeared in Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, The Legal Intelligencer, and the newsletters for APABA-PA.

May Mon received her J.D. from Temple University School of Law, where she was Editor of Notes & Comments for the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal and received the outstanding oral advocacy award for Trial Advocacy I and the Albert P. Friedman Prize for research and writing. May Mon received her Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor's degree from Haverford College.

In her free time, May Mon enjoys cooking, traveling, skiing, and spending quality time with her family and dog.

EDUCATION

Haverford College (B.A. 1995) University of Pennsylvania (M.A. 1998) Temple University Beasley School of Law (J.D. 2001)

EXPERIENCE

Deasey, Mahoney, Valentini & North, Ltd. (2012-Present) Wong Fleming, P.C. (2010-2012) The Post Law Firm (2008-2010) Cohen, Fluhr & Gonzalez, P.C. (2007-2008) City of Philadelphia, Law Department (2002-2007)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association

AWARDS & ELECTIONS

Pennsylvania Rising Star Super Lawyer for Employment Litigation (2010, 2011, 2012) Best Lawyer Under 40 (2009) Lawyer on the Fast Track (2007) President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (2009) Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (2005 & 2006) Vice Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division (2007) Executive Committee Member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (2001– present) Executive Committee Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division (2005 – 2008)

APPOINTMENTS

Appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter as a Commissioner on the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs (2012) Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Solo & Small Firm Committee (2011 & 2012) Editorial Board Member of the Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine (2006 - present) Philadelphia Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral and Information Service Committee (2009-present) Philadelphia Bar Association’s Committee on Judicial Selection and Retention (2009) Treasurer of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Campaign for Qualified Judges (2008 & 2009) Philadelphia Bar Association’s Elections Committee (2008) Chair of the Minorities in the Profession Committee (2006 & 2007)

PUBLICATIONS

10 Questions for Carl E. Singley, THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER, Vol. 73, No. 1 (Spring 2010). Question of Authority, THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER, Vol. 72, No. 1 (Spring 2009). Curbing Cyberbullying at School and on the Web: Fertile Ground for New Rules, New Laws, and New Clients, THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER, Vol. 71, No. 2 (Summer 2008). The Next Level: Firms Invest in Strategies to Increase Diversity, THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Fall 2007). How to Survive Your First Year as a Government or Public Interest Attorney, THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER, SUPPLEMENT: FIRST-YEAR ASSOCIATES, p. 6 (September 4, 2007). Sweatshop Conditions: The T Visa Offers Trafficking Victims in American Samoa Hope for a Better Life, THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER, Vol. 65, No. 2 (Summer 2002). Human Cloning: New Hope, New Implications, New Challenges, INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW JOURNAL, 15 TEMPLE INT’L & COMP. L. J. 171 (2001).

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

Faculty, “The Nuts & Bolts of (Discrimination) Litigation in Federal Court,” Jenkins Law Library, Philadelphia, PA (October 26, 2011). Faculty, “Preparing for Your First Federal Trial,” Jenkins Law Library, Philadelphia, PA (September 29, 2010). Faculty, “Practical Pointers for Use of Depositions in the Courtroom,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (December 8, 2009). Course Planner, “The Pursuit of Justice: the Murder of Vincent Chin and the Origins of a Civil Rights Movement,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, PA (November 6, 2009). Speaker, “Labor & Employment Law Update: Develop Your Game Plan for 2009 and Beyond,” National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Northeast Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA (April 25, 2009). Speaker, “Help: I Think I’m Going to Lose My Job: Employment and Job Security,” Asian American Women’s Coalition Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (February 28, 2009). Speaker, "Welcoming New Refugees: Discussion on Burma/Myanmar," HIAS and Council, 126th Annual Luncheon Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (September 24, 2008). Course Planner, "Young Guns: Procedures for Motion Practice in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas," Pennsylvania Bar Institute/Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division, Bench Bar Conference, Atlantic City, NJ (September 28, 2007). Faculty, "Fundamentals of Labor & Employment Law," Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division, People’s Law School, Philadelphia, PA (September 2007). Faculty, "Fundamentals of Labor & Employment Law," Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division, People’s Law School, Philadelphia, PA (September 2006). Faculty, "Primer on Retaliation," National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA (September 2005). Faculty, "My First Federal Trial," Pennsylvania Bar Institute/Philadelphia Bar Association’s Federal Courts Committee & Young Lawyers’ Division, Philadelphia, PA (October 7, 2004).

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: PA