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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Abigail
R.
Levy
New York County, NY
Arbitrator/Mediator
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Issues: arbitrability, contract interpretation, discharge, discipline, sexual harassment, discrimination, holiday pay, layoff, management rights, sick leave use, subcontracting, seniority, wages and benefits
Permanent panels include:
AAA Labor Arbitration Panel
; NJ State Board of Mediation; FINRA; Compass Group/Unite HERE Local 100 contract panel; NYS Education Dept Teacher Tenure hearing unit; Port Authority Employment Relations Panel (hearing officer); AAA Consumer Arbitration Panel (arbitrator).
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Mediates public sector disputes as Deputy General Counsel at the NYC Office of Collective Bargaining; NYS Court-appointed mediator, May 2020-present
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Fordham Law School, JD
University of Pennsylvania, BA, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
NYSBA, Labor & Employment Section; LERA (NYC & NJ)
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Deputy General Counsel, NYC Office of Collective Bargaining (OCB), 2014-present; Trial
Examiner, NYC OCB,
2011-2014;
Associate, Gorlick, Kravitz & Listhaus, 2009-2011;
Associate, Seyfarth Shaw, 2009; Associate,
Epstein
Becker & Green, 2008-2009;
Associate, Friedman & Anspach (f/k/a Friedman & Wolf), 1999-2008.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $
2,100
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
One day per diem for each cancelled or postponed within 21 calendar days of hearing date.