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Mr. Ira Steven Cure

Arbitrator/Mediator
Member National Academy of Abritrators
161 Remsen Street
Apt. 4c
Brooklyn, New York  11201

Professional Work History

BAR MEMBERSHIP Admitted to the New York State Bar, March 1984; New Jersey State Bar, December 1989; also admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court and the bars of the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Third Circuit and Fifth Circuit, and the bars of the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey. LEGAL EXPERIENCE Arbitrator and Mediator Self-employed July 2010 – present Resolution of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements individual employment contracts, and in the securities industry. Member of the following panels: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; American Arbitration Association’s Labor Panel; American Arbitration Association’s Employment Panel; New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission; New York State Public Employment Relations Board’s Public and Private Sector Panels; New York City Office of Collective Bargaining Arbitration Panel; New Jersey State Mediation Board’s Labor Panel; National Mediation Board’s Roster of Arbitrators; TEACHNJ Arbitration Panel; New York State Education Department’s 3020-a Panel; Port Authority Employment Relations Panel; the FINRA arbitration and mediation panels; Commercial Mediation Panels of New York State Supreme Court in New York, Westchester, Nassau and Queens Counties; United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York Mediation panels. Private Mediations concerning all aspects of employment law including claims of discrimination under Federal and State law, and wage and hour claims under Federal and State law. Certificate in Employment Law Mediation Training, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University, ILR School. Writers’ Guild of America, East, Inc. Senior Counsel February 2008 – June 2010 Worked closely with the governing Council of the Guild to enforce collective bargaining agreements with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers and with the major television networks. Provided counsel on a wide variety of issues, including disputes arising under the various collective bargaining agreements, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, the National Labor Relations Act, New York State Law, and questions concerning intellectual property. Broach & Stulberg, LLP Counsel September 2005-February 2008 Representation of both public and private sector unions in a variety of industries, including entertainment, construction, and public utilities. Representation of individuals in employment disputes. Kennedy Schwartz & Cure, PC Partner September 1995-September 2005 Union-side labor, employee benefit and employment law firm. Representation of clients in both Federal and State courts and before the NLRB and PERB and extensive litigation and negotiation experience Lewis Greenwald Kennedy Lewis Clifton & Schwartz Partner September 1991-September 1995 Associate March 1984-September 1991 Labor and employment practice devoted to litigation in both Federal and State courts; significant experience in a variety of procedural settings, including class actions and Article 78 proceedings.

Dispute Resolution Experience

Neutral Experience National Academy of Arbitrators June 2016 – present Vice-Chair Region 2 - 2019-2020 American Arbitration Association Labor Panel, 2010-present Employment Panel, 1995- present - Co-Chair of the Panel 2015-present Storm Sandy Mediation Panel, 2013 Arbitration of disputes arising under individual contracts of employment and collective bargaining agreements, tenure disputes arising under New York State Education Law §3020-a. Mediation of insurance disputes arising from a major storm. Permanent Panels Local 177, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service; Local 827, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Verizon (Discharge and Suspension Panels); New York State 3020a Panel; TEACHNJ Arbitration Panel; Local 701 Welfare Fund; Roofers Local 4 Funds; UFCW Local 2013 and DO & CO New York Catering. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Panel member, 2010-present Arbitration of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements. National Mediation Board Roster member, 2010-present Arbitration of disputes under the Railway Labor Act. Port Authority Employment Relations Panel Hearing Officer, 2016-present Adjudicate disputes between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and its constituent unions. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Arbitration Panel member, 2002-present Mediation Panel member, 2014-present Arbitration and Mediation of disputes arising in the securities industry. New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission Panel member, 2011-present Interest Arbitration Panel member 2014-present Arbitration of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements in the public sector of the State of New Jersey. Mediation of contract disputes in the public sector. Member of the Interest Arbitration Panel issuing Interest Arbitration Awards for police and fire department bargaining units. New Jersey State Board of Mediation Grievance Panel member 2004-present; Member Withdrawal Liability Panel, 2015 - present Arbitration of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements. New Jersey TEACHNJ Arbitration Panel Panel member, July 2016-present Arbitration of teacher tenure disputes. New York City Office of Collective Bargaining Panel 2010-present Arbitration of disputes concerning New York City public employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. New York State Public Employment Relations Board - Public and Private Sector Panels Panel member 2008-present; Member of the Mediation Panel 2016 - present Arbitration of disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements in both the public and private sectors. Mediation of collective bargaining agreements. New York State Division of Human Rights Per Diem Administrative Law Judge 1996-1998 Heard cases involving allegations of employment discrimination. Supreme Court State of New York Commercial Mediation Panels Member of the Commercial Mediation Panels of the Supreme Court State of New York in New York, Queens, Nassau, and Westchester Counties. United States District Court, Southern District of New York Civil Mediation Panel October 2011-present Mediation of cases referred by the Court; with an emphasis on employment matters. United States District Court, Eastern District of New York Civil Mediation Panel July 2017 – present Mediation of cases referred by the Court; with an emphasis on employment matters. Storm Sandy Mediation Panel May 2014 – present Mediation of insurance disputes arising from Super Storm Sandy.

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

Employment Law Mediation Training; November 14-18, 2011

Other Dispute Resolution Training

New York State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Commercial Mediation Training Program, 2011; AAA Labor Arbitrator II Workshop, 2011; New York State Division of Human Rights Mediation Training, 2010; AAA - Labor Arbitrator I, 2010; FINRA Chairperson Training, 2010; Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Basic Mediation Training, 2009; AAA Webinar, Understanding and Addressing Bias in the Workplace, 2009; AAA Dealing With Delay Tactics in Arbitration (ACE004), 2008, 2005; AAA Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2007; Attended AAA Neutrals Conference, 2006; AAA Pro Se: Managing Cases Involving Self-Represented Parties (ACE002), 2006; AAA Arbitrator Ethics & Disclosure (ACE003), 2006, 2004; AAA Employment Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2002; FMCS Labor Arbitration Training, 2001; AAA Arbitrator Update 2001; NASD ADR Training, 2000; AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, 1999; AAA Employment Arbitrator Training, 1999; AAA Employment Arbitrator Training, 1997; AAA Employment Orientation Seminar 1996; AAA Human Rights Panel Member Training, 1991.

Professional Associations

American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section
New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Section
New York State Bar Association ADR Section
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
New Jersey State Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee
Labor and Employment Research AssociationPublications “Labor Arbitration v. Employment Arbitration” Brooklyn Barrister, vol. 63, No.9, June 2011 Co-author, Employment Law Handbook for Non-Lawyers, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, August 2006 Comment, Terry: Will it Ever Stop? United States v. Ceballos, 48 Brooklyn L. Rev. 911 (1982) Is there a Need for an Emergency Homeowner Relief Act? Congressional Research Service, 126 Cong. Rec. S.7727 (1980) (inserted by Senator Levin) Speaking Engagements Moderator at National Academy of Arbitrators May 2019 Conference, Wage and Hour Disputes: What Arbitrators and Mediators Need to Know, May 29, 2019 Panelist at New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission Symposium. “Issues in Disciplinary Terminations”, October 16, 2015 Moderator at Brooklyn Bar Association Panel, “Court Mandated Mediation”, March 31, 2014 Faculty Member at United States District Court, Southern District of New York program “Employment Law Training for Mediators”, February 27, 2014 Faculty Member at American Arbitration Association program “Introduction to Labor Arbitration Advocacy”, October 3, 2012 Panelist at Brooklyn Bar Association continuing legal education program “Independent Contractors v. Employees: Who is Covered and How”, May 2012 Panelist at Brooklyn Law School’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society “Developments in Entertainment Law”, November 2009 Panelist at Cardozo Law School’s program entitled “Strike Up the Band; When Entertainment Unions Go on Strike”, February 2009 Moderator of Panel at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York entitled: “Ethics in Labor & Employment Law; Issues for Attorneys and Arbitrators”; presented paper “Labor Arbitration v. Employment Arbitration”, June 2006 Other Professional Experience St. John’s University School of Law Adjunct Professor – Fall 2012 and Spring 2014, Class entitled “Labor and Employment Arbitration” Empire State College Instructor January-June 1989, taught class entitled “Trade Unions” Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress Senior Research Assistant to the Senior Specialist in Labor, December 1978-August 1980 International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Southern-Missouri Arkansas District Council Organizer, October 1977-November 1978

Education

Brooklyn Law School
Juris Doctor, June 1983
Member of the Law Review

University of Massachusetts at Amherst
M.S. Labor Studies, May 1977
Instructor for Orchard Hill Residential College; developed and taught course entitled:
?A History of Machine Politics?

State University of New York at Binghamton
B.A. Sociology, May 1975

References

Howard Edelman, Esq.
hcearb@gmail.com
119 Andover Road
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
516-764-4316

Rosemary Townley, Esq.
r.townley@verizon.net
4 Collidge Street
Larchmont, NY 10538
914-834-6272

Jeffrey Englander, Esq.
jenglander@morrisoncohen.com
Morrison Cohen
909 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Pearl Zuchlewski, Esq.
pz@kzlaw.com
Kraus & Zuchlewski
500 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10110
212-869-4646

Kraus

Fee Policy

Mediation $300/hour
Employment Arbitration $1800/day $300/hour for pre and post hearing matters
Labor Arbitration $1800/day

Full per diem for cancellations less than ten business days before scheduled hearing.
Expenses if required to travel outside the New York Metropolitan Area