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| Practice Areas | Labor and Employment; Education Law | | | Education | George Washington University, National Law Center, J.D., 1982, St. Lawrence University, B.A., Government/Psychology, summa cum laude, 1979 | | | Admitted | 1982, Missouri; 1985, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Memberships | The Missouri Bar; State Bar of California (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); American Bar Association; InterPacific Bar Association; International Bar Association; Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); National Association of College and University Attorneys (Former Member, Board of Directors and Former Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section); Society for Human Resource Management; XBHR; DRI; Bucknell University (Member, Parents Board of Directors). | | | Born | Newark, New Jersey, August 9, 1957 | | | Biography | Stephen Hirschfeld is a founding partner with the law firm of Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, in San Francisco, California. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), the world's largest network of labor and employment lawyers. His practice involves labor, employment and higher education law on behalf of management in both the private and public sector. Mr. Hirschfeld advises clients throughout the country on day-to-day legal issues affecting the workplace, including employee discipline and terminations, union organizing, workforce reductions, discrimination claims, proprietary information and trade secrets disputes, substance abuse, workplace privacy, disability accommodations, executive employment contracts, overseeing and conducting internal investigations involving employee, student, and faculty misconduct, faculty tenure issues, and other human resources issues. He regularly assists multi-national corporations by conducting worldwide employment law audits to ensure they are in full compliance with all applicable employment and labor laws. Mr. Hirschfeld has experience working with Boards of Directors to improve their effectiveness and communications. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small, privately-owned businesses. Mr. Hirschfeld represents over 100 colleges and universities throughout the United States. He takes a proactive approach when advising clients, emphasizing creative solutions to employee relations problems. He frequently represents employers in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies on a variety of litigation matters involving the employer-employee relationship. Mr. Hirschfeld routinely counsels management about ways to prevent costly and protracted litigation. He teaches clients' executives, managers, and supervisors how to make sound human resource decisions, while at the same time minimizing wrongful termination, discrimination, and sexual harassment claims. lawyers. Co-Author: Stopping Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: An Employer's Guide,; Conducting An Effective Internal Investigation,; "Sound Investigation: The Key to Defensible Human Resource Action," CUPA Journal, Winter 1994; "Employment References—Navigating A Legal Minefield," Reason and Risk, Summer 1996. Contributing Author: The CEO Contract: Creating a Winning Partnership, Community College Press, 1996; "Special Legal Issues Affecting the Prevention of and Response to Workplace Violence," University of California, San Francisco, April 1996; "Do You Know Who Your Employees Are?" Employment Action, Vol. 1, Spring 1998; "The Discipline of Faculty Members With Sanctions Short of Termination," Higher Education Law Bulletin, vol. V11 No. 1, a publication of the College & University Law Press, Spring 1998; "How ADR Works," BNA, 2002. | | | ISLN | 906460847 | |
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