Colette Labate, JD, MBA, PHR, is a Senior Content Specialist, Legal, for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Before joining BLR, Ms. Labate spent 12 years as a legal writer, editorial manager, content developer, and project manager at LexisNexis Publishing. She has an MBA in Management and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she previously taught Business Law. Ms. Labate graduated Order of the Coif from Drake University Law School, where she served as Editor and Note Editor for the law review.