First Name: Initial: Last Name: Suffix: Arbitrator Since: David J. Weisenfeld 2005

Arbitration/Mediation Experience

Full time neutral since 2005, including service as arbitrator, mediator, and (part-time) law professor. Also serves on arbitration panels at: AAA, FMCS, NYS Employment Relations Board. Mediation panels include: EEOC, EDNY, SDNY.

Panels/Permanent Arbitrator

SSA/AFGE

Issues/Industries

Issues include: Attendance, Arbitrability, Bargaining Unit Work, Benefits Eligibility & Administration, Conduct, Discipline & Discharge, Discrimination, Drug & Alcohol Use, Job Classification & Pay Rate, Job Posting, Lay Off & Bumping, Overtime, Past Practice, Promotion and Demotion, Safety & Health, Wages & Wage Payment, Working Conditions. Experience in public and private sect.

Work History

Judicial Law Clerk, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1981 - 1982; Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP, 1982 - 1988; Associate, Stroock & Stroock & LLP , 1988 - 1991; Associate/Partner, Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP, 1991 - 1995; Partner, Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, 1995 - 2004; Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law, 2004 - 2007; Adjunct Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, 2007 - present.

Education

B.A., Trinity College (Hartford, CT), with honors in Political Science, Economics, & General Scholarship, 1978; J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1981.

Professional Affiliations