Elizabeth A. Dalberth enjoys a varied practice, with 29 years of litigation experience in labor and employment law, including hostile work environment, discrimination and Americans with Disability Act claims, professional liability, contracts, insurance coverage, property damage, personal injury, auto liability, and premises liability. Liz also practices in the area of cannabis law, with an emphasis on its application to insurance coverage and labor and employment law. Liz has the benefit of representing a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors, including corporations, insurance companies, municipalities, small businesses, and private individuals.
In addition to litigation, Liz provides presentations to companies, insurance company representatives and attorneys on a myriad of topics tailored to their needs, including complying with state and federal employment and discrimination laws, the importance of updating employer manuals and handbooks to reflect changes in state and federal laws and training of insurance adjusters and company and municipal employees. She has also authored articles for national, state and local organizations addressing cannabis and cannabis-related topics.
Liz practices in a wide range of venues, and is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Venues of practice include state and federal courts and administrative agencies in all three states.
Being involved with organizations is important to Liz as it allows her to connect with the legal and non-legal communities. With regard to cannabis law, Liz founded and chairs the Cannabis Law Committee for the New Jersey Defense Association and is a co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Business Law Section Cannabis Law Committee. In addition, Liz is a member of the Public Policy Committee, Women’s Business Network Planning Committee and Legal Professionals Referral Network of the Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce. She is also on the advocacy committee for the South Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and a member of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association.
- Granted summary judgment with prejudice on two separate motions in Philadelphia state court dismissing a 25 million dollar catastrophic injury claim against a construction company/employer.
- Judgment in favor of defendant insurance carrier on counterclaim for insurance fraud against plaintiff claiming damages due to fire at business property.
- Third Circuit upheld New Jersey District Court’s grant of summary judgment in case involving county employee alleging numerous instances of discrimination spanning several years.
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted motion to dismiss a drug lab testing company in case involving wrongful termination of private sector employee.
- Obtained summary judgment in natural origin discrimination case venued in New Jersey District Court involving police officer trainee and training camp.
- Obtained summary judgment in New Jersey Superior Court for tenant in case involving liability expert opinion and worker seriously injured by shattered glass in commercial building entranceway.
- Obtained summary judgment in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania case involving slip and fall and out of possession landlord.
- Managing suspected Cannabis Use in the Workplace, Fall 2025 USLAW Magazine
- Overview of Potential Claims Against Cannabis Businesses, New Jersey Defense Association, Spring 2024
- Cannabis Insurance: Coverage and Considerations, USLAW, Summer 2023
- Trending Topics, New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act, Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce, July 13, 2023
- Cannabis, Consumer Fraud and Beyond, USLAW, Winter 2023
- Employer Responsibility for Medical Marijuana Costs, CCBA, June 2021
- My Business is Your Business: Hot Issues in Business and Transactional Practice that EVERY Lawyer Should Know!, Philadelphia Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference, Atlantic City, NJ
- Crash, Fall, Cha-Ching – Using Experts to Defend BI Claims, New Jersey Defense Association, Webinar
- A History of Cannabis and Cannabis Regulation, New Jersey Defense Association’s 57th Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
- Cannabis Insurance Coverage Overview, Alloy Silverstein Cannabis Convention, Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mount Laurel, NJ
- Cannabis 101, What’s the Buzz: Hot topics in Cannabis Law, Camden County Bar Association, Camden, NJ
Practice Areas
Education
- New York University — B.S. Music and Technology, summa cum laude, 1988
- The Dickinson School of Law — J.D., 1993
Bar Admission
- Pennsylvania — 1993
- New Jersey — 1994
- New York — 1994
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
