Rothman Gordon: Louis B. Kushner

Louis B. Kushner
Shareholder
lbkushner@rothmangordon.com

Summary:
Louis Kushner's concentration of practice is in the representation of executives, minority shareholders, and professionals such as attorneys, CPA's, physicians, teachers and college/university professors with respect to their employment matters and the representation of numerous public and private sector unions.

He has an extensive mediation practice, having mediated over 250 cases and is a Mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is also a Mediator for the American Arbitration Association National Panel of Mediators, National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, Inc. and the National Employment Mediation Services Panel. He was previously a Mediator on the panels of Justice ADR Services, JUSTUS Medical Malpractice Group, USA&M and JAMS/Endispute. He served as Senior Editor for a book on alternative dispute resolution in employment law published by BNA.

Engaged extensively in employment and labor law matters and commercial transactions, Louis is considered one of the leading Employment and Labor Relations attorneys in the United States. He has been selected as one of The Best Lawyers In America, a publication which lists lawyers considered by their peers to be the most outstanding attorneys in their area of specialty, in every edition since its inception in 1987, including the current 2007 addition. Louis has been elected as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; rated (AV) in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory ("A" Legal Ability Rating of Very High to Preeminent and "V" General Recommendation Rating of Very High), named to the 2003-2004 edition of Chambers USA Guide to the Legal Profession; was named as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2007 and was named as one of Pennsylvania's Top 100 Super Lawyers and as one of Pittsburgh's top 50 Super Lawyers in the June 2007 issues of Philadelphia magazine and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. Louis has been involved in numerous landmark cases, both on the state and national levels.

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court, Western Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; the Pennsylvania Supreme, Commonwealth and Superior Courts; as well as the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny and surrounding Counties

Other Practice Venues:
The National Labor Relations Board; the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board; the U.S. Department of Labor; the Pennsylvania Department of Labor; the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board; the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission; the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania

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