Mr. Raff was admitted to the Bar in the State of New York in 1969. He serves as a federal court appointed Special Master in three complex employment and discrimination law cases. He is also an active labor arbitrator, mediator and fact finder on panels from the American Arbitration Association, National Mediation Board, New York State Mediation Board, New York City Office of Collective Bargaining and the New York State-CSEA Disciplinary Panel. He has served as a member of the New York State Human Rights Advisory Council and is presently a member of the American Arbitration Association's National Alternative Dispute Task Force.

As a full-time member of the faculty of New York University School of Law for ten years, Mr. Raff taught labor and employment law, arbitration, administrative law and trial practice. He has served as a consultant to New York City's Bureau of Labor Services, New York State's Financial Control Board and the New York State Deputy Comptroller for New York City Affairs. He has also served as the Chairman of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Civil Rights from 1981 to 1985, and is currently a member of the American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section,  and New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the Society for Professionals In Dispute Resolution. Mr. Raff is listed in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, and Who's Who in The East. In 1996, Mr. Raff was honored by the New York City Chapter of the National Organization for Women, 1998, for his legal work supporting women's rights. In 1998, Mr. Raff was honored by being elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Year Joined Organization

• 1980

Areas of Practice

• Labor and Employment
• Administrative Law
• Contracts
• Age Discrimination
• Disability & Illness Discrimination
• Gay & Lesbian Rights
• National Origin Discrimination
• Race Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Collective Bargaining
• Labor Arbitration
• Labor Disputes
• Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings
• Unfair Labor Practices
• Unions
• Wage & Hour Laws

Litigation Percentage

• 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1969
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1977

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York
  L.L.M.
  Major: Labor Law
  
  
• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
  J.D.
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Labor, Employment Law, Arbitration, Administrative Law and Trial Practice, New York University School of Law, 1970 - 1980

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
• Who's Who in The East
• New York City Chapter of the National Organization for Women, 1996 - Present
• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Arbitration Association
  Labor Arbitrator, Mediator
  
  
• National Mediation Board
  Labor Arbitrator, Mediator, Fact Finder
  
  
• New York State Employee Relations Board
  Labor Arbitrator, Mediator
  
  
• New York State-CSEA Disciplinary Panel
  Labor Arbitrator
  
  
• New York State Human Rights Advisory Council, 1990 - 1997
  Member
  
  
• American Arbitration Association, 1996 - 2002
  Member, National Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force
  
  
• New York State Bar Association, 1981 - 1985
  Chairman, Committee on Civil Rights
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
  Member
  
  
• New York City Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Association for Conflict Resolution
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• New York City's Bureau of Labor Services, Consultant
• New York State's Financial Control Board, Consultant
• Consultant, New York State Deputy Comptroller for New York City Affairs

Birth Information

• January 10, 1945, New York, New York, United States of America