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| | Location: The Powers Building, Suite 207, 16 West Main Street, Rochester, New York 14614, (Monroe Co.) | | Blitman & King LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Labor and Employment, Union Labor Law, Labor Law, Labor Arbitration, ERISA, Employee Benefits, ERISA Compliance, ERISA Collections, ERISA Litigation, Litigations, Employee Rights, Civil Rights Defense, Tax Law. | Firm Profile:
Working for a better workplace since 1933, Blitman & King LLP concentrates on the exclusive representation of labor organizations, fringe benefit funds and employees. We represent pension plans, health and welfare plans, apprentice plans and other trust funds which provide fringe benefits to employees. We also represent individuals in wrongful termination matters. Blitman & King LLP enjoys a solid reputation throughout the United States. With offices in Syracuse and Rochester, the firm represents workers in all sectors, including: construction, manufacturing, transportation and public employment and service industries. | | Firm Size: 15 |
Other Office Locations of Blitman & King LLP
Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Latham, New York, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | Jules L. Smith (Partner) born New York, N.Y., October 7, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1971). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Editorial Board, Syracuse Law Review, 1970-1971; Justinian Society. Author: "Understanding How to Apply the DSM - IV to a Case Under the ADA," 17 The Labor Lawyer 449 (2002); "An Employee Compliance Checklist, The Employment Provisions of the ADA," 39 Federal News & Bar Journal Vol. 1, pg. 81, (January, 1992); "Accommodating the Americans With Disabilities Act to Collective Bargaining Obligations Under the NLRA," Volume 18, No. 2, Employee Relations Law Journal, page 273 ff. (Autumn, 1992). Faculty Member and Lecturer: National Academy of Arbitrators, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, Tough Calls in Arbitration Symposium, 2008; AFL-CIO, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, Update on Anti-Discrimination Laws, 2008; Georgetown University Law Center Employment Law & Litigation Update 1998—; Juxtaposition of FMLA, Workers' Compensation and the ADA, April 16-17, 1998; American Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education TeleConference—Employee Leaves of Absence: at the Crossroads of the FMLA, the ADA and Worker's Compensation, March 26, 1996, National Teleconference; Practicing Law Institute, Sexual Harassment Litigation Program - Plaintiff's Perspective: Motion Practice in Sexual Harassment Litigation, New York City, June 22, 1994; Building and Construction Trades Attorneys' Conference, April 4, 1994, Seattle Washington: The Americans With Disabilities Act: Application of Title III, Public Accommodations, to Unions in the Construction Trades; Program Co-Chair, 25th Pacific Coast Labor Law Conference: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs, Creating Equity in the Workplace and Avoiding Disaster in the Courts; The Americans With Disabilities Act: Adjustments for Collective Bargaining - Reality Replaces Rhetoric, May 15, 1992, Seattle, Washington. Member, 1975—, Secretary, 1978, President, 1979 and Vice President, 1983, Board of Directors, Onondaga Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. Member, Executive Board, 1990-1994, Rochester Fights Back. Vice-Chair, Greater Rochester Fights Back, 1992-1994; Chair, Prevention Partners, 1994-1996; Co-Chair, Rochester Committee on Foreign Relations, 1992-1998. Member, Board of Directors, United Way of Rochester, 1991-1996; Listed, New York Magazine, Summer Issue 2006, The New York Area's Best Lawyers; Member, Board of Directors, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008—. Member: Monroe County (Trustee, 1994-1995; Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Committee), Onondaga County, New York State Bar (Member: House of Delegates, 1989-1994; Labor and Employment Law Section, Chairman, 1984; Equal Employment Opportunity Committee) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Co-Chairman: Labor and Employment Section, Ad Hoc Committee to Comment on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Americans With Disabilities Act Regulations, 1990—; Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 1985-1988) Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; Industrial Relations Research Association (Co-Founder, IRRA of Central New York, 1978-1979; Vice-President, 1981). Fellow: New York Bar Foundation, 1992—. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; ERISA; Civil Rights Litigation. Email: Jules L. Smith | | Melvin H. Pizer (Partner) born Ilion, New York, November 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Oklahoma; 1969, New York; 1978, Florida and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Rochester (B.S., 1965); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1970). Member: Monroe County, Onondaga County, New York State (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Tax Section). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Tax Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Melvin H. Pizer | | Timothy R. Bauman (Partner) born Rochester, New York, January 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, New York; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 2002, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with high honors, 1990; J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Notre Dame Law Review, 1991-1992. Research and Projects Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1992-1993. Contributing Editor, 1997-1999, "The Developing Labor Law," 3d Edition, Cumulative Supplement; Author, "The Fiduciary Duty to Disclose Proposed Changes in Employee Benefit Plans," New York State Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 3 (September 1998); Contributing Editor, 2001-2008, "Employee Benefits Law," 2d Edition, Cumulative Supplement; Co-Author, "Developments in Employee Benefits 1999 - Litigation, Legislation Regulations," 46th Annual Institute, Southwest Legal Foundation, 1999; Co-author, "ERISA Update-Year 2000 Status Report," 47th Annual Institute, Southwest Legal Foundation, 2000; Co-Author, "ERISA Update: Year 2001 Status Report," 48th Annual Institute, the Center for American and International Law, 2001. Member: Monroe County, Onondaga County, New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member: Employee Benefits Committee and Co-Chair, Qualified Plans Subcommittee, Labor and Employment Section; Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section; and Health Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment. Email: Timothy R. Bauman | | ASSOCIATE | | Edward J. Steve (Associate) born Rochester, New York, April 1, 1964; admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts; 2000, New York; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: St. John Fisher College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); New England School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Member: Monroe County, New York State, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employee Benefits Law; Litigation. Email: Edward J. Steve | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Syracuse, New York Office: Franklin Center, Suite 300, 443 North Franklin Street. Telephone: 315-422-7111. Fax: 315-471-2623.
Latham, New York Office: 800 Troy-Schenectady Road, 2nd Floor. Telephone: 518-785-4387. Fax: 518-785-9264.
| (For biographical data on Syracuse personnel, see Professional Biographies at Syracuse, New York) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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