Law Office Of
Paul S. McDonough

Mission

To Provide Representation, Mediation, Arbitration and Neutral Evaluations in Employment and Labor Law to Organizations and Individuals.

Profile

An experienced Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator and Negotiator.

Information

Paul S. McDonough has counselled and represented major multinational corporations and individuals in courts, administrative agencies and alternate dispute resolution proceedings, and served as a neutral mediator, arbitrator and neutral evaluator in matters relating to the law of the workplace, including discrimination, sexual harassment, human resources policies and union/management issues.

Products/Services

Representation in Courts, Administrative Agencies, Arbitrations & Mediations

Service as an Arbitrator, Mediator, Impartial Investigator

Advise on human resources issues and policies

Provide management and employee training on labor and employment topics

Assist management in remaining union free

Negotiate union contracts and respond to grievances

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EDUCATION and ADMISSIONS:

FORDHAM University SCHOOL OF LAW. J.D. 1977. Honors: Law Review, Dean's List. American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure. Class President.
QUEENS COLLEGE. CUNY. B.A. 1972: Economics Major.

BAR ADMISSIONS, APPOINTMENTS and MEMBERSHIPS: State of New York; United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States Supreme Court. Court Appointed Mediator, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Mediator, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators and Member of the Employment Committee, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Arbitrator and Mediator, Employment Dispute Resolution Panel, Nassau County Bar Association. Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association.

PUBLICATIONS and PUBLIC SPEAKING: Chapter, “Advocacy in Mediation- Defendant’s Side” in How ADR Works, to be published by the American Bar Association in 2002; "ADR for Employment Disputes: An Idea Whose Time Has Come." Corporate Legal Times, September 1994; "Maintain a Union Free Status." Personnel Journal, April. 1990; Note. "Union's Duty of Fair Representation Held to be Breached by Negligent Failure to Act on Behalf of Members." 44 Fordham L. Rev. 1062 (1976).
Addressed numerous legal and business groups on various topics, including speaking at the annual meeting of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ Industry Liaison Group on Alternate Dispute Resolution; a seminar for the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations on Employee Participation Programs and the National Employment Lawyers Association on Alternate Dispute Resolution. Serve as faculty on management and professional programs including; “The Use of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) To Avoid Workplace Lawsuits” sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management, the CPR Institute and Executive Enterprises; “On The Edge: New Trends In Resolving Sexual Harassment/ Sexual Discrimination Claims” and “What’s New in Employment Law” sponsored by the Nassau Academy of Law and the Nassau County Bar Association; and “Industrial Relations Workshop- Effective Strategies in Union and Union Free Environments” sponsored by the Siemens Executive Development and Education Center.