Mr. Richard S. Zackin joined the firm in 1975, and has, for many years, engaged in general commercial litigation with a concentrated practice of employment law in the areas of litigation and client counseling. He has been particularly active in discrimination and wrongful discharge matters and has focused extensively on reduction in force, and other employment termination related issues. He has also handled a wide variety of ERISA and wage and hour issues both in terms of litigation and counseling.
In addition, Mr. Zackin has authored numerous articles dealing with some of these more timely issues. He is also an editor of Gibbons on Federal Practice in New Jersey, published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
EDUCATION:
- Rutgers School of Law – Newark (J.D.)
- Managing Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1969-1970
- Rutgers University (B.A.)
PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
- State of New York
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Gibbons on Federal Practice in New Jersey(published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Section on Labor & Employment
- American Bar Association
- Section of Litigation
- Committee on Appellate Practice Litigation
- Committee on Employment and Labor Relations Law Litigation
- New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee, 1995-1999
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP(S):
- Law secretary to the Honorable Lawrence A. Whipple, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 1970-1971
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