Tara Singh Param
Partner

Overview
Tara Singh Param is an experienced trial lawyer and trusted advisor who helps public and private companies navigate complex labor and employment issues. She partners with clients to design and implement strategies that mitigate risk, safeguard business interests and support corporate transactions.
As a trusted advisor, Ms. Param provides day-to-day counseling, as well as crisis management on sensitive personnel decisions, helping employers maintain compliance, mitigate risks and preserve company culture. This includes sensitive workplace terminations and discipline, structuring executive compensation packages, drafting incentive plans and negotiating severance agreements. Ms. Param brings a strategic perspective and an in-depth understanding of market trends to help ensure that her clients attract and retain top talent.
As an experienced investigator, Ms. Param has led numerous internal workplace investigations involving all types of employment-related matters for high-level employees and executives. This includes leading investigations involving sensitive sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations.
Additionally, Ms. Param conducts trainings for company employees and human resources departments on all types of employment-related topics, including several Title IX sexual harassment trainings for higher education and academic medical center clients.
As a skilled trial lawyer, Ms. Param has tried cases to verdict in federal court and before an administrative law judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). From all types of wrongful termination claims to enforcing restrictive covenants and protecting trade secrets, Ms. Param litigates complex matters that safeguard a company's competitive edge. This includes:
- high-stakes/high-profile litigation
- employment discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Section 1981), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and their state counterparts
- wrongful termination, tortious interference and breach of contract claims
- restrictive covenant and trade secret matters
- Title IX claims against institutions of higher education
- whistleblower claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA)
- wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Ms. Param also dedicates a portion of her practice to pro bono matters, including representing a client with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Param worked as an attorney at large international law firms in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, where she defended corporations in various types of employment litigation.
While in law school, Ms. Param served as president of the Briggs Society of International Law and was managing editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Ms. Param also participated in the Attorneys for Children Clinic, where she assisted with the representation of children and parents in family law matters involving child abuse and neglect, parental rights and custody.
Credentials
- Cornell Law School, J.D.
- Durham University, M.A.
- McGill University, B.A.
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Support Center for Child Advocates, Board of Directors, 2024-Present
- South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of Philadelphia, Board Member, 2018-Present
- Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine, 2024-2025
- Dean's List, Cornell Law School, Spring 2015, Spring 2016