| Biography:
Edward A. Brill, a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department of Proskauer Rose LLP's New York office, is a 1972 graduate of Yale Law School.
Ed has represented employers in collective bargaining, arbitration and administrative proceedings before the EEOC, state civil rights agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and the National Mediation Board. He has also represented employers in all types of employment litigation, both in New York and a number of other jurisdictions, including Washington, D.C., Florida, Texas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, California, Georgia, Tennessee and Puerto Rico.
Ed also provides guidance to clients, on an on-going basis, on a wide range of employment and labor law matters, including employee discharge and discipline, equal employment opportunity obligations, development of personnel policies and downsizing and reduction in force.
Ed has devoted a significant amount of time over the past few years to representing educational institutions, including Columbia University, New York University, and Yale University. He has served as lead counsel in employee representation and unfair labor practice proceedings before the National labor Relations Board, and employment litigation, involving both faculty and senior administrators. He has also represented each of these institutions in widely publicized disputes involving union efforts to organize graduate student teachers and research assistants.
Ed is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. He also served from 1995 to 1999 as a member of the National Advisory Committee, established to provide advice to the Department of Labor under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) labor accord. He is also the past Chair of the International Employment Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association.
Ed received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1969.
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