Bernard T. King

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Bernard T. King: Attorney with Blitman & King LLP
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Biography

Order of the Coif. Member, Justinian Honorary Society. Associate Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1958-1959. Recipient: Distinguished Alumni Award, LeMoyne College, 1979; American Arbitration Association Whitney M. Seymour Award, 1986; Distinguished Industrial Relations Alumni, LeMoyne College, 1994; Hiawatha Council Boy Scouts - Silver Beaver Award, 1987. Lecturer: Labor Studies Program, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1974-1985. Member: Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution; Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Author: "Recognitional & Organizational Picketing," Syracuse Law Review, 1957; "Union Democracy A Case Study," Syracuse Law Review, 1958; "The Taylor Act, Experiment in Public Employer-Employee Relations," Industrial Relations Review, 1968 and Syracuse Law Review, 1969; "Pre-Election Conduct - Expanding Employer Rights and Some New and Renewed Perspectives," Industrial Relations Law Journal, School of Law, University of California-Berkeley, 1978. Co-Author: "Current Trends in Construction Industry Labor Relations - The Double-Breasted Contractor and the Pre-hire Contract," Syracuse Law Review, 1979; "Labor Relations and Antitrust: Developments After CONNELL," 3 Industrial Labor Relations Law Journal, 1979; "The Rising Costs of Labor Arbitration: A Symposium," Labor Law Section Newsletter, New York State Bar Association, Vol. 4, No. 1, March, 1980; "Procedural Problems in Arbitration and Some Proposed Remedies," 1980 Annual Meeting of Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution; "Structuring Employee Benefit Plans Under the ADEA," Age Discrimination In Employment Act, A Compliance & Litigation Manual, 1982; "New Antitrust Developments Affecting Labor Law," Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 4, Fall, 1982; "The Aging Workforce And Health Care Cost Containment," The 1988 Commerce Clearing House Labor and Employment In Symposium, November 17, 1988; "Current Issues In Collective Bargaining," Labor Law Developments 1988, 34th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1988; "Recent Developments Under ERISA," Labor Law Developments 1990, 36th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1988; "Recent Developments Under ERISA," Labor Law Developments 1990, 36th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1990; "The Continuing Explosion of ERISA Litigation," Labor Law Developments 1991, 37th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1991; "ERISA - Recent Litigation and Other Significant Developments," Labor Law Developments 1992, 38th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1992; "Current legal Developments Under ERISA," Labor Law Developments, 1993, 39th Annual Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1993-2003. National CLE Conference, Colorado Bar Association "Employee Benefits and ERISA Judiciary Update" Annually, 2000-2015; Co-Editor: "The Developing Labor Law, Cumulative Supplement, 1971-1975," and Editor-In-Chief of 1976, 1977 and 1978 Annual Supplement, Section of Labor Relations Law, American Bar Association; "New Antitrust Developments Affecting Labor Law," Legal Notes & Viewpoints, Vol. 3, No. 4, August, 1983. Editor: "The Developing Labor Law, Second Edition," BNA-ABA, 1983. Member, Editorial Board of "The Labor Lawyer," Journal of the American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law, 1983-1990. Co-author: "Considerations for Fiduciaries Choosing Target Date Funds as Qualified Default Investment Alternatives in 401(k) Plans", Pension & Benefits Daily, 85 PBD, 05/02/2013. Secretary, Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, 1978-1981. Member, Board of Directors, Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation, 1972-1975. Member, LeMoyne College, Board of Regents, 1973-, Secretary, 1983-1989 and Member, Board of Trustees, 1984-1990, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988. Member, 1974-1980, Vice President, 1977-1979, President, 1979-1980, Board of Trustees, Manlius Pebble Hill School. Corporate Member, United Way of Central New York, 1971-1975. Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1987. President, Alumni Association, LeMoyne College, 1974-1977. Committee Member, 33rd Congressional District, Naval Academies Selection Board, 1980-1983. Committee Member, American Arbitration Association Regional Advisory Council, 1982–2000. Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, 1988-2001. Member, Syracuse University Law School Board of Visitors, 1985-2004. Founding Co-Chairman, Central N.Y. Chapter, Labor and Employment Research Association, 1985-. Member, Salvation Army, Syracuse Advisory Board, 1995-. Recipient: Onondaga County Bar Association Distinguished Lawyers Award, October 27, 2005. Listed, New York Magazine, Summer Issue 2006, the New York Area's Best Lawyers. Listed, Who's Who in the East 2007, 34th Edition. Listed, New York Super Lawyers, Upstate Edition, 2008; Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2013, 2014. Listed, Who's Who in American Law 2014-2015, 18th Edition.

American Bar Foundation; College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (1995—).

Areas of Practice (3)

  • Labor and Employment
  • ERISA
  • Employee Benefits

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Le Moyne College, B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, 1956
Law School Attended:
Syracuse University, J.D., cum laude, 1959
Year of First Admission:
1959
Admission:
1959, New York; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Memberships:

Onondaga County, New York State (Member, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section 1976— and Chairman, 1980-1981, Council Member, 1979 to present) and American (Member, Labor Law and Employment Law Committee, 1963); Chairman of Labor and Employment Section of American Bar Association, 1987-1988; Co-Chairman, Committee on Development of the Law Under The NLRA, 1977-1979; Member, ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, 1982 to present, Chair, 2003-2004; ABA Board of Governors, 2015-2018, Liaison to Health Section, Liaison to Public Education Division; Co-Chairman of PLI Program presenting Construction Industry Labor Relations, 1977 and 1979, Council Member, Section of Labor Relations Law, 1979—; Co-Chairman, Publications Committee, 1982-1987; Member: Liaison Committee on Developing Labor Law, 1982-1992; Employee Benefits Committee, 1982 - 2016; Delegate to ABA House of Delegates, 1991-1997; Member, ABA Committee on the Drug Crisis, 1992-1995; Liaison, 1995 – 2010; Member, ABA Committee on Prepaid Legal Services, 1996-2000; ABA Former Committee Member (Trustee) on the A-E-F-C Pension Plan, Bar Associations; American Judicature Society.

Military:
With: USAF, 1961-1962; Air National Guard, 1959-1965
Birth Information:
Gouverneur, New York
ISLN:
905881537
Hobbies & interests:
Golf, tennis, hiking, running, skiing

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