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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Joseph
Licata
Bergen Cty, NJ
Full Time Arbitrator/Mediator/Fact-finder
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:
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.
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 $
2,100
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
Minimum of Fourteen (14) Days From Hearing Date.