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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Robert
L.
Douglas
Nassau County, NY
Arbitrator-Mediator-Attorney
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Experience in all aspects of public sector and private sector issues. Experience at state and local levels in uniformed services (police, firefighting, corrections, and sanitation); primary, secondary, and higher education including tenure disputes; municipal employees; toll facilities; transportation; health care facilities; utilities including nuclear facilities; construction; airlines; railroads; communication; entertainment including venues; hospitality industry; food industry; veterans facilities; newspaper industry; and retail industry.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
All phases of dispute settlement including sole mediator for New York City teachers and NYC Board of Education, Transit PBA and NYPD; local school districts and units of teachers, custodians, and clerical employees; firefighters and fire department; and so forth.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
B.S. Cornell University (NYSSILR); J.D. Hofstra University (Managing Editor, Law Review); LL.M in Labor Law, New York University School of Law
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Academy of Arbitrators, AAA, FMCS, NYS PERB, NYC OCB, and NMB. Member, NYS Bar and District of Columbia Bar. Admitted, United States Supreme Court.
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Senior Assistant Dean and Special Professor of Law (in labor arbitration, employment law, dispute settlement, and sports law), Hofstra University School of Law 1982-1994. Assistant Executive Director, Service Employers Ass'n, 1979. Full-time law clerk, NLRB Board Members (1976-1977); Union Committee Chair, NLRB Professional Ass'n, 1976-1977; Apprentice Electrician, Local 3 IBEW and NYC Construction Industry, 1972; Business Manager, Cornell Varsity Football Team, 1969-1972. Secretary, NYS Bar Ass'n Labor and Employment Law Section, 1991-1992. Frequent lecturer in arbitrator ethics for AAA and for Cornell University.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $
1,900
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
1 per diem if less than 15 full business days prior to the date of the hearing.