New York Law Firm

Peter A. Jones (Full bio) counsels and represents employers of all types and sizes in a variety of labor and employment-related contexts, including employment litigation in Federal and State courts and before the EEOC and Division of Human Rights, collective bargaining negotiations, wage and hour compliance and proceedings before administrative agencies and the courts, labor arbitrations, union organizing campaigns, strikes and picketing, and representation and unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. He also represents a number of colleges and universities in labor matters and student discrimination claims. Email: pjones@bsk.com

Craig L. Olivo (Full bio) practice includes all aspects of Labor and Employment Law in both the public and private sector. He has represented public sector clients throughout New York. His experience in the public sector has included every form of litigation under New York's Taylor Law, as well as collective bargaining, disciplinary proceedings and arbitrations. Mr. Olivo has extensive experience representing public employers in Civil Service Law Section 75 hearings, Section 3020-a disciplinary proceedings, employment litigation matters and labor relations counseling. He has also provided legal representation to numerous towns, villages, cities and special districts in their labor matters involving police, fire, sanitation, blue collar and white collar employees, teachers, administrators and non-instructional staff, with units ranging from as few as seven in number to several hundred employees. Mr. Olivo presently serves as labor counsel to the many of the firm's public sector clients in Westchester County and on Long Island. Email: colivo@bsk.com

James J. Rooney (Full bio) has practiced labor and employment law for almost twenty years, starting in Washington, D.C. and now in Buffalo, New York. He represents both public and private sector employers in a wide variety of employment-related matters, including labor arbitrations, union negotiations, and proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the New York State Public Employment Relations Board. Mr. Rooney also litigates employment disputes in trial and appellate courts in New York State and other areas of the country. In this capacity, he represents management in litigation involving, among other matters, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, and contract disputes. Email: jrooney@bsk.com

Firm Practice Areas: Administrative, Legislative & Regulatory; Business Law and Transactions; Business Restructuring, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy; Collegiate Sports; E-Discovery and Information Management; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Environmental and Energy; Immigration Law; Intellectual Property Law and Technology; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; OSHA Law; Property Law; Public Finance; Securities Law; Tax Assessment, Condemnation & Property Valuation; Tax Law; Trust & Estate

Number of Attorneys: 200

Office Locations: Albany, NY; Buffalo, NY; Garden City, NY; Ithaca, NY; Oswego, NY; Rochester, NY; Syracuse, NY; Utica, NY; Overland Park, KS; Naples, FL

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