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New York Office:
1585 Broadway
Fax 212.969.2900
Practice Areas:
Labor & Employment
Labor Litigation
Wage And Hour Laws
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| Education: |
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EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D., 1982 |
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, B.A., 1979 |
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WITH HONORS |
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| Bar Admissions: |
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GEORGIA |
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NEW YORK |
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| Court Admissions: |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, ELEVENTH CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FOURTH CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SIXTH CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SEVENTH CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, NINTH CIRCUIT |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, COLORADO |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, MICHIGAN, EASTERN DISTRICT |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, EASTERN DISTRICT |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, GEORGIA, MIDDLE DISTRICT |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, GEORGIA, NORTHERN DISTRICT |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, GEORGIA, SOUTHERN DISTRICT |
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1984 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, SOUTHERN DISTRICT |
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1987 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, CONNECTICUT |
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1987 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, NORTHERN DISTRICT |
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1988 U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NEW YORK, WESTERN DISTRICT |
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| Bar Affiliation: |
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NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, MEMBER |
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| Biography:
Elise M. Bloom, a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Department of Proskauer Rose LLP, is experienced in representing and advising clients in a wide range of general employment, disability and wage and hour issues. She also regularly conducts training programs on the full spectrum of employment issues as well as on diversity issues.
Elise has extensive pre-trial and trial experience. She has tried employment law cases in federal and state courts involving allegations of discrimination and state law contract and tort claims.
Elise also is an experienced class action attorney. She has represented employers in class actions brought under the federal and state anti-discrimination laws as well as collective and class actions involving allegations of wage and hour violations under federal and state law. She has also handled several ERISA class actions. Elise has argued appeals before federal circuit and state appellate courts and regularly represents clients in employment arbitrations.
Elise has been recognized as a leading employment lawyer in Chambers USA, as well as in the Guide to the World's Leading Labour & Employment Lawyers and in U.S. Legal 500.
Elise served as a Senior Editor of the CCH Journal of Employment Discrimination, a periodical devoted to the full range of employment discrimination issues. She is co-author of “Managing Employment Risks: New Rulings in Sexual Harassment,” published in the Western New England Law Review, and she authored a chapter titled “Harassment and Sexual Favoritism in the ‘Gay Nineties’” in Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Proceedings of New York University 51st Annual Conference on Labor. In 2007, Elise authored an article titled “Ownership of Email is Not Clear,” which appeared in the National Law Journal, and co-authored an article titled “Disclosures Amid Group Terminations Crucial to Validity of Releases, ” which appeared in the New York Law Journal. A frequent lecturer on employment law issues and issues involving generational diversity, Elise co-chaired the Practising Law Institute program on “How to Handle Your First Discrimination Case” for three years. In February 2008, she was a panelist in PLI’s “Beyond Diversity 101” program.
Elise is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Emory University School of Law. She is a member of the New York and Georgia Bars, as well as numerous federal appellate and district courts throughout the country.
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