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Joseph Degiuseppe
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
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Education
- Fordham University School of Law
- J.D. (1977) | Law
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- Honors: Editor-in-Chief of Volume V of the Fordham Urban Law Journal.
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- Fordham University
- B.A. (1974) | Sociology
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Professional Experience
- Partner
- Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
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- Advise clients on all aspects of labor and employment law including employment terminations and discipline, reductions-in-force, personnel policies and practices, employee benefit cases, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advise corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
- Of Counsel
- Jackson Lewis
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- Advised clients on all aspects of labor and employment law including employment terminations and discipline, reductions-in-force, personnel policies and practices, employee benefit cases, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advised corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
- Of Counsel
- Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
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- Advised clients on all aspects of labor and employment law including employment terminations and discipline, reductions-in-force, personnel policies and practices, employee benefit cases, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advised corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
- Associate
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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- Advised clients with respect to all aspects of employment, equal employment opportunity, and labor law, including issues involving plant closings, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, reductions-in-force, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advised corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
Publications
Articles & Publications
- "New Anti-Retaliation Standards Extend Employee Protection Beyond the Workplace"
- 34 Westchester B.J. No. 2, 79
- "Effect of Laws & Decisions Concerning Vacation & Compensatory Time"
- 6 Benefits L.J. 83
- "Flexible Work Arrangements: An Emerging Area of Law"
- 5 Benefits L.J. 25
- "The New York 'Whistleblower' Law: A Ten Year Perspective"
- 19 Westchester B.J. 309
- "Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.: Ten Years After"
- 19 Westchester B.J. No. 3, 227
Awards
- Peer Review Rating: AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
- Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations
- Lorman Education Services Inc.
- Employment Law From A to Z Conference
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- Activities: Speaker, Wage and Hour Compliance
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- Lorman education Services, Inc.
- Employment Law From A to Z Conference
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- Activities: Speaker, Personnel Documents and Records Retention
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- Sterling Education Services, Inc.
- Fundamentals of Employment Law in New York Conference
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- Activities: Speaker, Basic Labor Law
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- Sterling Education Services, Inc.
- Fundamentals of Employment Law in New York Conference
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- Activities: Speaker, Immigration Compliance Issues for Employers
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- Westchester County Bar Association
- Municipal Law Section
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- Activities: Speaker, Investigation and Defense of Employment Claims Against Municipalities and Public Officials
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- Westchester County Bar Association
- Municipal Law Section
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- Activities: Speaker, Update on Retaliation in the Workplace
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- Orange County Bar Association
- Member
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- Westchester County Bar Association
- Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member
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- New York City Bar Association
- Member
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- New York State Bar Association
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- New York
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- 2nd Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Practice Areas
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
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- Website
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