NYC Office of Collective Bargaining
Resume of Neutral
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Arbitration/Mediation Experience | ||||||||||
Full-time arbitrator with nationally based practice in public and private sectors. Extensive experience in all aspects of labor, employment, complex commercial, and class-action arbitrations. |
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Panels/Permanent Arbitrator | ||||||||||
American Arbitration Association (Labor, Employment, Commercial, Large Complex Disputes, and Class Action Panels); FMCS; NYPERB; NYSERB; NYS and CSEA Master Arbitrator, Region 1,;Suffolk County & Suffolk County PBA; UMWA & Bituminous Coal Operators (various districts); Orange County & COBA; State of NY & PEF (Select Patient Abuse Panel); USPS & NALC; State of NY & CSEA (Select Patient Abuse Panel); Coca Cola Bottling & IBT 957; Merck Pharm. and USW; Verizon NJ and IBEW Local 827; MTA Staten Island SIROTA and Sheet Metal Workers Local 1440; nd dozens more. |
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Issues/Industries | ||||||||||
Issues: Full range of issues that arise in labor and employment arbitration, including, as examples of just a few: arbitrability (procedural and substantive), wages, all forms of discipline, overtime, unit work, out of title, discrimination, wildcat strikes, all forms of leave, FMLA, subcontracting, transfer, premium pay, promotions, safety, and ERISA Industries: Numerous and varied, including all sectors of the public sector (law enforcement, health care, fire, corrections, education, higher ed., youth facilities, transportation, IT) and nearly every private-sector industry except professional sports |
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Work History | ||||||||||
40 years of experience in labor relations and employment law. Served as general counsel, executive director, and vice chair of Ohio public sector labor board, practiced law on management side, and worked for several years as a union lobbyist. Adjunct faculty member, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University, and Cornell ILR School (2004 to present); Director, Programs for Neutrals,Cornell ILR/Institute on Conflict Res. (1995-2004); trainer of arbitrators for AAA, Pepperdine Law, and others | ||||||||||
Education | ||||||||||
J.D. with honors, The Ohio State University College of Law; Chief Justice, Moot Court Governing Board B.A. with distinction and honors, The Ohio State University |
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Professional Affiliations | ||||||||||
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; 25-Year Member and former Governor, National Academy of Arbitrators; Chair, Task Force on International Membership Standards; Vice-chair, International Committee; former Chair, Employment Arbitration Committee; Member, Board of Advisors, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution Former member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association and Council of the Association (12 years) ; Former Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, New York State Bar Association; Former Chair, Labor Law and Employment Committee, New York County Bar Association; Former Neutral Co-Chair, ADR Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association |