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Washington, DC Office:
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 400 South
Fax 202.416.6899
Practice Area:
Labor & Employment
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| Education: |
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D., 1970 |
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BROOKLYN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, B.A., 1967 |
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| Bar Admissions: |
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11/20/1970 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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03/26/1971 NEW YORK |
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| Court Admissions: |
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1970 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIR. |
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1970 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
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1976 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES |
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1983 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, SOUTHERN DISTRICT |
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1985 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, EASTERN DISTRICT |
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1987 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FIFTH CIRCUIT |
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1990 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD CIRCUIT |
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1995 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SIXTH CIRCUIT |
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| Bar Affiliations: |
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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER |
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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, CO-CHAIRMAN, FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS COMMITTEE, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION, 1996-1998 |
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BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MEMBER |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER |
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| Other Affiliations: |
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SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HONORARY LIFE MEMBER, 1985 |
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U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MEMBER, LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE - CHAIRMAN EEO SUBCOMMITTEE; VICE CHAIRMAN FLSA SUBCOMMITTEE |
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, MEMBER, LABOR LAW ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 1991-1997 |
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U.S ARMY RESERVES, CAPTAIN, 1970-1976 |
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| Honors and Awards: |
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FELLOW, COLLEGE OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS |
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| Biography:
Lawrence Z. Lorber, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Proskauer Rose
LLP, is an experienced employment law practitioner, who counsels and represents
employers in connection with all aspects of labor and employment law. He advises
employers with respect to equal employment opportunity issues, affirmative action,
including Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Department of Labor
audits, wage and hour issues, wage and hour audits, employment aspects of corporate
mergers and acquisitions, employee discipline and in the preparation of employee
handbooks and human resource policies. Mr. Lorber also represents employers
and executives with respect to employment contracts and severance arrangements.
Mr. Lorber has represented a wide variety of employers in all aspects of employment
law, including trial and appellate litigation and employment restructuring.
He argued the landmark Bourselan v. Aramco case in the Fifth Circuit
regarding the extraterritorial reach of Title VII, and filed briefs in several
landmark Supreme Court employment law cases, including Johnson v. Santa Clara
County; Watson v. Ft. Worth Bank; Atonio v Wards Cove Packing;
Gunther v. Washington County; NLRB v. Detroit Edison and Circuit City
Stores v. Adams. In 1995, Mr. Lorber was one of five labor attorneys selected
and approved by Congress as a member of the first Board of Directors of the
Office of Congressional Compliance, the Congressional agency established to
administer and adjudicate the Congressional Accountability Act, which applied
eleven labor and employment laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act to
the Congress. Mr. Lorber represented the Society for Human Resource Management
and the National Association of Manufacturers in the legislative activity leading
to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and was chief counsel
to the Business Roundtable for the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
Mr. Lorber was formerly the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director
of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs during the Ford Administration.
In this capacity, he issued the first regulations under section 503 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and enforced Executive Order 11246, requiring affirmative action
for federal contractors. In addition, Mr. Lorber served as Executive Assistant
to the Solicitor of Labor with special responsibilities in the areas of labor
legislation, wage and hour, equal employment, and occupational safety and health.
Mr. Lorber was also Executive Assistant to Michael H. Moskow, Assistant Secretary
of HUD for Policy, Development and Research, where Mr. Lorber had special responsibilities
for the Housing Policy Study of 1973 and for the operation of the HUD Research
programs. Mr. Lorber frequently has testified before Congress on a wide variety
of proposed employment legislation including the 2005 FLSA 541 regulation revisions
and various employment and benefit initiatives, and has written on employment
and discrimination issues. Mr. Lorber also has appeared on the BBC, NPR, ABC
and various radio and cable broadcasts.
Mr. Lorber is a member of the New York and District
of Columbia Bars and the Labor Relations Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
He was elected a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, served
as co-chair of the Federal Legislative Development Committee of the Labor and
Employment section of the ABA, is an honorary Life Member of the Society for Human
Resource Management and is Chairman of the EEO Subcommittee of the Labor Relations
Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lorber received
his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College in 1967 and his Juris Doctorate
from the University of Maryland Law School in 1970.
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