Mr. Patrick Michael McKenna, Esq.

Mediator and Arbitrator
McKenna & Schneier
10 Adair Court
Malverne, NY 11565-1007
Phone:
516-561-7766
Fax:
516-561-7793
Email: Website address:

Professional Work History:

Partner, law firm of McKENNA & SCHNEIER, Valley Stream, N.Y., May 1977-present (Two person general practice with emphasis on labor law, municipal law, and federal civil litigation (ERISA, Title VII, ADEA, ?1983). Rated AV? by Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory) General Counsel and Labor Counsel, Nassau County Bridge Authority, P.O. Box 341, Lawrence, N.Y., August 1999-July 2012 (Legal counsel for public authority and its chief negotiator with Local 1000, Nassau County CSEA, AFL-CIO) Village Attorney and Labor Counsel, Incorp. Village of Valley Stream, 123 S. Central Ave., Valley Stream, N.Y., April 1995-April 2011 (Headed law department of village and was its chief labor negotiator involving three collective bargaining agreements with Local 342, Long Island Public Service Employees Union, United Marine Division, ILA, AFL-CIO) Village Attorney and Special Labor Consultant, Village of Malverne, 99 Church St., Malverne, N.Y., April 1987-April 1991 (Headed law department of village and was its chief labor negotiator involving collective bargaining agreements with Malverne PBA and Local 1000, Nassau County CSEA, AFL-CIO) Member, Board of Directors, North Sea Insurance Company, Valley Stream, N.Y., 1978-2009 (Outside director of privately owned insurance company licensed in the states of New York, North Dakota, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas) Adjunct Instructor, Nassau County Community College, Garden City, N.Y., 1978-1980 (Instructor in Dept. of Business Administration and taught Business Law I and Business Law II) Political Analyst, Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1973-1974; 1976-1977 (Analyst for firm which conducts private political polls for and provides campaign strategy to candidates and organizations)

Dispute Resolution Experience

Mediation Panel, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York Mediation Panel, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York Mediation Panel, United States District Court, Southern District of New York Commercial Mediation Panels, New York State Supreme Court, Counties of Nassau and Queens State of Florida Certified Circuit Court Mediator [Certif. No: 28575R] Arbitration Panel of Nassau County District Court Roster of Neutrals, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University ILR School Labor Mediation and Arbitration Panels, Employment Dispute Resolution Program, Nassau Co. Bar Assn. Mediation Panel, New York State Division of Human Rights

Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)

May 10, 13-14, 1999 Industrial Labor Relations School Employment Mediation Training Cornell University

Other Dispute Resolution Training

December 7, 2011 Labor Arbitration Institute Conference on Labor Law and Labor November 4, 2011 United States District Court Refresher Training for Mediators Southern District of NY October 22, 23, Mediation Training Group, Inc. State of Florida Supreme Court Approved 29, 30, 2011 Circuit Court Mediation Certification Program July 28, 2011 United States District Court Impasse-Breaking in Mediation Eastern District of NY May 10, 13, 2011 Nassau Academy of Law Nassau County Sup. Court Commercial Division Advanced Mediation Training April 1, 4-5, 2011 Nassau Academy of Law Mediation Training For the Sup. Court Commercial Division January 25, 2011 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mediation Exercise (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) December 4, 2009 Labor Arbitration Institute Conference on Labor Law and Labor November 19, 2009 Nassau Academy of Law Discipline in the Digital Age April 1, 2009 Suffolk Academy of Law Understanding the Peace Process: Lessons in Conflict Resolution March 28, 2008 Nat?l Employ. Lawyers Assn/NY A Seminar for New York Neutrals February 29, 2008 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mock Mediation Session (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) March 2, 2007 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mediation Exercise (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) April 10, 2006 Second Circuit Judicial Council Deconstruction of a Mediation in an Employment Discrimination Action February 27, 2006 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mediation Exercise (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) March 1, 2005 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mediation Exercise (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) May 26, 2004 Federal Bar Council The Settlement of Federal Civil Cases: A Judicial Perspective February 27, 2004 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mediation Exercise (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) February 18, 2004 New York University School of Law Lawyering Program: Mediation Exercise (Conducted Mock Mediation w/ Students) October 23, 2003 U.S. District Court Mediating with an Agency or Depart. of Government Eastern District of New York (Panel Speaker) September 2, 2002 Suffolk Academy of Law Discipline and Discharge in the Public Sector November 29, 2001 Nassau Academy of Law Advanced Mock Arbitration of a Statutory Employment Case

Professional Associations

Federal Bar Council Florida Bar Association Nassau County Bar Association Florida Academy of Professional Mediators Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators

Education

Legal J.D. S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo Law School, May 1976 Graduate M.A. George Washington University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 1975 (Major: Political Science) College B.A. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1970 (Major: Government)

References

References will be furnished upon request.

Fee Policy

$375 per hour plus reimbursement for travel costs, or as otherwise agreed. In individual hardship cases, special circumstances, or consumer cases, fees may be reduced when deemed appropriate. When assigned by court order or under governement contract, the fee structure mandated in the rules or contract will be used.