Mr. Patrick Michael McKenna, Esq.
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 YorkMediation 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 UniversityOther Dispute Resolution Training
December 7, 2011 Labor Arbitration Institute Conference on Labor Law and LaborNovember 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 CouncilFlorida 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 1976Graduate 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)