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).