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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Joseph Licata
Bergen Cty, NJ


GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
2000 to present -- serve as ad hoc grievance arbitrator in numerous NJPERC, NJSBM, NMB, FMCS, OCB and NYSPERB cases and as permanent grievance arbitrator on both private sector and public sector arbitration panels. Experience includes arbitrating a wide variety of disciplinary and contractual interpretation disputes in both the private and public sector.

Labor Attorney representing management from 1990-1994.
Labor Attorney representing unions from 1994-2000.
Legal intern – National Labor Relations Board, Region 4, 1989-1990

MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Served as PERC and R. 1:40 Mediator since 2001.
Served as PERC FactFinder since 2002

INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Juris Doctorate, May 1990, Rutgers University
Bachelor of Arts – Economics (summa cum laude), Rutgers College, 1987
President, Economics Organization of Students 1986-1987
Member, Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society) 1986-1987

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Academy of Arbitrators
New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and ADR Sections
Pennsylvania State Bar Association.

OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Served as Interest Arbitrator from 2009-2011
Publication: “The Nuts and Bolts of Interest Arbitration Practice and Procedure” – New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring 1998
ADR Certification: United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Employment Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, May 2001

PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,100INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): Minimum of Fourteen (14) Days From Hearing Date.