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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Roger Bruce Jacobs
Essex County, NJ

Attorney/Mediator/Arbitrator
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Arbitrator at American Arbitration Association since 1985 for Labor and Employment panels. Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law teaching Collective Bargaining (1991-2002). Prior faculty experience at New York Law School teaching seminar on Discrimination and the Law. Received Jeffords Prize for Distinguished Writing for Adjunct Faculty. Also taught at Cornell/ILR in New York City and currently teaching at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations teaching a class on ADA and the Law. Arbitrator for New Jersey State Board of Mediation (since 1997), United States District Court (since 1991), FINRA (since 2003), and Mediator for New York Supreme Court - Commercial Panel; and United States District Court - Southern District of New York.

Industries: Aerospace, Airlines, Advertising, Agriculture, Aluminum, Automotive, Bakery, Baking, Beverage, Building Products, Brewery, Broadcasting, Canning, Cement, Chemicals, Clothing, Coal, Communications, Construction, Dairy, Distillery, Education, Electrical Equipment/Appliances, Electronics, Entertainment/Arts, Federal Sector-Grievance; Federal Sector-Interest; Feed & Fertilizer, Food, Foundry, Furniture, Glass/Pottery, Grain Mill, Health Care, Hotels/Motels/Casinos/Resorts, Hospital/Nursing Home, Iron, Lumber, Machinery, Maritime, Meat Packing, Metal Fabrication, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Office Works/Clerical, Organizations, Packaging, Paint & Varnish, Petroleum/Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Plumbing, Police and Fire, Printing and Publishing, Prison Guard, Public Sector-Grievance; Public Sector-Interest; Pulp and Paper, Railroads, Real Estate, Refrigeration/HVAC, Restaurants, Retail Stores, Rubber/Tire, Shipbuilding/Dry Dock Sports, Steel, Stone/Quarry, Symphony Orchestra, Textile, Tobacco, Transportation, Trucking and Storage, Upholstering, Utilities, Warehousing

Issues: Affirmative Action, Absenteeism, Arbitrability, Bargaining Unit Work, Conduct, Demotion, Discipline (Non-Discharge), Discipline (Discharge), Discrimination: Age, Disability, Race, Sex, Religion, National Origin, Drug Alcohol Offenses, FLSA, FMLA, Fringe Benefits: Bonus, Holidays, Insurance, Interest Arbitration, Leave Vacation, Grievance Mediation, Health/Hospitalization, Hiring Practices, Job Performance, Job Posting/Bidding, Jurisdictional Disputes, Layoffs/Bumping/Recall, Management Rights, Official Time, Past Practices, Pension and Welfare Plans, Pension Claim (Fed. Statute-ERISA), Promotion, Retirement, Safety/health Conditions, Seniority, Sexual Harassment, Strikes, Lockouts, Work Stoppages, Slowdowns, Subcontracting/Contracting Out, Tenure/Reappointment, Trustee Deadlocks; Union Security, Wages: Cost-of-Living Pay, Holiday Pay, Incentive Pay, Job Classification and Rates, Merit Pay, Overtime Pay, Severance Pay, Vacation Pay, Work Hours/Schedules/Assignments, Working Conditions/Work Orders, Violence or Threats.

Permanent Panels: Contract arbitrator - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Newark, NJ office

Arbitration Rosters:
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
American Arbitration Association Labor Panel
American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel
New Jersey State Board of Mediation
United States District Court - District of New Jersey
FINRA
International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution - Arbitration and Mediation Panels

Significant Publications:
MANDATORY ARBITRATION, Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol. 67/No. 4 (2013);
NOTES ON D.R. HORTON: NLRB LIMITS ARBITRATION RIGHTS, 63 Lab. L.J. 143 (Summer 2012)
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Mediation work has focused on commercial disputes from the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division; cases from federal court including the Southern District of New York and the District of New Jersey; cases from the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Handled approximately 14 Storm Sandy insurance dispute issues in both New York and New Jersey.

Previously served as a contract mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Newark, New Jersey.

Handled hundreds of mediations of disputes involving commercial, construction, real estate, employment, and FINRA cases. The matters in dispute also included intellectual property issues including restrictive covenants and trade secrets.

Have engaged in extensive discovery monitoring of cases. Mediation has primarily been through court appointment in Superior Court of New Jersey or U.S. District Court as well as from FINRA and private parties.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Masters of Law, Labor Law - New York University School of Law (1979)
Juris Doctor - New York University School of Law (1976)
Bachelor of Science - Cornell University (1973)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, Executive Committee
National Association of Distinguished Neutrals
International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
American Arbitration Association
New York County Lawyer's Association
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey Super Lawyers
Garibaldi Inn of Court (ADR)
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators

Certifications:
Approved as a mediator by the Administrative Office of the Courts-New Jersey
Accredited Business and Commercial Mediator, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,000INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): One per diem less than 28 calendar days from the date of hearing. Study Time: For each day spent in preparation of the opinion and award I charge $1,695. Travel Time: When travel time exceeds 7 hours, I charge actual time.