Kenneth L. Wagner

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Kenneth L. Wagner: Attorney with Blitman & King LLP
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Biography

Listed: Best Lawyers in America (Litigation–Labor and Employment), 2018-2025 (2021 Lawyer of the Year in Syracuse); NY Super Lawyers 2011-2012, 2014-2025. Chapter Editor, “The Developing Labor Law,” 8th Edition, 2022, 7th Edition, 2017, 6th Edition, 2012. Editor, “The Developing Labor Law,” 5th Edition, 2006. Associate Editor, “The Developing Labor Law,” 4th Edition, 2001. Editor-in-Chief, 2004-2005, Associate Editor, 1998-2003, 2007-2009, Chapter Editor, 2010-2011, 2013-2016, 2018-2020, 2023-2024, and Contributing Editor, 1995-1997, “The Developing Labor Law,” Annual Cumulative Supplement. Co-Chair: ABA Developing Labor Law (DLL) Committee, 2003-2006; Midwinter Meeting Program, 2000-2003. Speaker: NYSBA CLE Conference, “NLRA Limitations on the Scope of Workplace Policies,” October 24, 2014; 2009 DLL Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, CA, “Our Deal Trumps My Bargaining Rights Only if I Said So: The Board’s Reaffirmation of Its Waiver Doctrine in Unilateral Change Cases,” Published 25 ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law 57 (2009); 2003 DLL Midwinter Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, “What Should the Bargaining Rights of a Discriminatory Successor Employer Be?”; 1997 DLL Midwinter Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, “‘No’ Means ‘No’ When a Party ‘Really’ Says So: The NLRB’s Continued Adherence to the Clear and Unmistakable Waiver Doctrine in Unilateral Change Cases,” Published 13 The Labor Lawyer 325, Fall 1997. President, Board of Directors, Legal Services of Central New York, 2000-2002. Member, Central New York Chapter, Labor and Employment Research Association. Member, AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee.

Areas of Practice (3)

  • Labor and Employment
  • Employee Rights
  • Union Labor Law

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., with departmental honors, 1984
Law School Attended:
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1990
Year of First Admission:
1991
Admission:
1991, New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2011, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2012, U.S. Supreme Court; 2014, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 2019, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Memberships:
American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section), New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section), and Onondaga County Bar Associations. AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance.
Birth Information:
Norwalk, Connecticut
Reported Cases:
Moore v. AFSCME Local 1095, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 15773 (2d Cir. 2023) (affirming 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86365 (W.D.N.Y. 2022)); Local 97, IBEW v. NRG Energy, Inc., 53 F.4th 42 (2d Cir. 2022); Central Pension Fund v. Ray Haluch Gravel Co., 695 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2012), reversed, 571 U.S. 177, 134 S.Ct. 773 (2014), on remand, 745 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2014); Smith v. New Venture Gear, Inc., 320 Fed. Appx. 33 (2d Cir. 2009) (affirming 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4468 (N.D.N.Y. 2008)); Smith v. New Venture Gear, Inc., 319 Fed. Appx. 52 (2d Cir. 2009) (affirming 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72945 (N.D.N.Y. 2007)); Carter v. New Venture Gear, Inc., 310 Fed. Appx. 454 (2d Cir. 2009) (affirming 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71695 (N.D.N.Y. 2007)); Dow Elec., Inc. v. IBEW Local Union No. 910, 283 Fed. Appx. 841 (2d Cir. 2008) (affirming 500 F. Supp. 2d 148 (N.D.N.Y. 2007)); Jacque v. Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp., 16 Fed Appx. 52 (2d Cir. 2001); Turgeon v. Operating Engineers, Local No. 98, 2 Fed. Appx. 176 (2d Cir. 2001); Upstate N.Y. Engineers Health Fund v. Cambria Constr., Inc., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67560 (N.D.N.Y. 2025); Colacino v. Davis, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122649 (S.D.N.Y. 2020); Moore v. AFSCME Local 1095, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39502 (W.D.N.Y. 2020); Cruz v. UAW Local 2300, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215593 (N.D.N.Y. 2019); International Union of Operating Engineers Local 98 Health and Welfare Fund v. S & R Corp., 95 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D. Mass. 2015), later proceeding, 174 F. Supp. 3d 579 (D. Mass. 2016); Cunningham v. Figurilli, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19854 (N.D.N.Y. 2013); Andrews v. A.C. Roman & Assocs., 914 F. Supp. 2d 230 (N.D.N.Y. 2012); Ferguson v. New Venture Gear, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78111 (N.D.N.Y. 2009); Gallagher v. IBEW Local Union No. 43, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81615 (N.D.N.Y. 2008); Burke v. New Venture Gear, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25155 (N.D.N.Y. 2008); United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Int’l Union, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79383 (W.D.N.Y. 2006); Jones v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44036 (N.D.N.Y. 2006); IBEW, Local 910 v. Roberts, 992 F. Supp. 132 (N.D.N.Y. 1998); New York Air Brake Corp. v. General Signal Corp., 873 F. Supp. 747 (N.D.N.Y. 1995); Palladino v. CNY Centro, Inc., 23 N.Y.3d 140 (2014) (affirming 101 A.D.3d 1653 (4th Dep’t 2012)); Matter of City of Syracuse (Syracuse Police Benevolent Ass’n, Inc., 198 A.D.3d 1322 (4th Dep’t 2021); Palladino v. CNY Centro, Inc., 74 A.D.3d 1909 (4th Dep’t 2010); Ahern v. State, 174 Misc. 2d 123 (N.Y. Ct. Claims 1997), aff’d, 244 A.D. 2d 7 (3d Dep’t 1998); Novelis Corp., 364 NLRB No. 101 (2016), enforced in part, vacated in part, and remanded, Novelis Corp. v. NLRB, 885 F.3d 100 (2d Cir. 2018); Mountainside Farms, a Div. of Worcester Creameries Corp., 2013 NLRB LEXIS 686, Case No. 3-CA-097023 (ALJD 2013); Laborers, Local 210, 1998 NLRB LEXIS 723, Case No. 3-CB-20634 (ALJD 1998); Police Benevolent Ass’n of the N.Y.S. Troopers, Inc., 41 PERB P 3013 (2008); State of New York (Division of State Police), 30 PERB P 3037 (1997); New York State Police Investigators Ass’n, 30 PERB P 3013 (1997), confirmed sub nom., New York State Police Investigators Ass’n v. Public Employment Relations Board, 30 PERB P 7011 (Sup. Ct. Albany Cty. 1997); Syracuse Firefighters Ass’n, Local 280, 47 PERB P 4543 (2014); Onondaga Cty. Dep. Sheriffs’ Police Ass’n, 46 PERB 4596 (2013).
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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Chief Legal Officer on 06/04/13 in Labor and Employment

    I have personaly recommend Ken to all the members of our executive board. In the 30 years I have served as General Counsel I have never reommened any attorney . He has and continues to demonstrate a thourough understanding of the cases we have re... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Principal on 06/02/13 in Labor and Employment

    He is an excellent lawyer, smart, hardworking, effective, compassionate.

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Principal on 05/25/13 in Labor Law

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Sole Practitioner on 05/25/13 in Labor and Employment

    Fine attorney who has appeared before me in arbitration many times. Ethical and competent.

  • 5.0/5.0 Rated by a Member on 07/27/11 in Employment Claims

    Ken is an excellent lawyer who conducts himself consistent with the highest ethical standards.

  • 4.8/5.0 Rated by a Government Counsel on 06/18/13 in Labor Law

    Very professional and competent. I would recommend him for a referral.

  • 1.0/5.0 Rated by a Partner on 06/03/13 in Labor Law

    I have had several cases with Ken, and he is an excellent attorney.

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