Profile

 

  • Listed in:
    • The Best Lawyers in America® 2020, Education Law; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment (listed for 20 years)
      • Best Lawyers Syracuse Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year, 2020
      • Best Lawyers Syracuse Education Law Lawyer of the Year, 2011, 2017, 2019
    • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
      • Top-Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law
    • New York Super Lawyers 2019®, Employment and Labor (listed for more than 10 years)
      • 2015 Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers
      • 2014 Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers
      • 2013 Top 50 Upstate New York Super Lawyers
    • Who's Who In America
    • Who's Who In American Law
  • American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
  • New York State Bar Association, Past Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section; Executive Committee; Past Co-Chair Committee on Ethics; Past Member; House of Delegates
  • Onondaga County Bar Association
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Law Lawyers
  • Editorial Board, Journal of College and University Law
  • NACUA (National Association of College and University Attorneys)
  • Seventh Circuit and Note Editor, Notre Dame Law Review

  • Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining - Northwestern University: football and beyond, National Association of College and University Attorneys Annual Conference, June 24, 2014
  • Bond, Schoeneck & King's In-House Counsel CLE Series: Ethics Issues for In-House Counsel, December 11, 2013
  • Bond, Schoeneck & King Webinar: 2013 Study of Labor Activity Within Region 3 of the National Labor Relations Board, November 14, 2013
  • New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Frequent Speaker at the Labor and Employment Law Section's Annual and Fall Meetings
  • Past Speaker, Annual CUPA-HR Eastern Region Annual Conferences
  • Past Speaker, Annual NACUA (National Association of College and University Attorneys) Conferences

  • Gaal and DiLorenzo, "Ten Degrees of Separation: How to Avoid Crossing the Line on Witness Preparation," NYSBA Journal, February 2018
  • Gaal and Jones, "Disability Discrimination in Higher Education," 28 Journal of College and University Law 435
  • Gaal, Glazier, Evans, "Gender Based Pay Disparities in Intercollegiate Coaching: The Legal Issues," 28 Journal of College and University Law 519
  • "The Disclosure of Financial Information: Competitiveness and the Current Requirements of the Duty to Bargain in Good Faith," 38 Labor Law Journal 526
  • "The NLRB's Misuse of Witnesses' Statements in Election Objection Proceedings," 33 Labor Law Journal 17
  • "Pre-Hire Agreements and Their Current Legal Status," 32 Syracuse Law Review 581
  • Ferguson and Gaal, "Codetermination: A Fact or a Future in America," 10 Employee Relations Law Journal 176
  • Gaal and DiLorenzo, "The Legality and Requirements of HEW's Proposed 'Policy Interpretation' of Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics," 6 Journal of College and University Law 161

  • Board Member, Crouse Health Foundation
  • Board Member, AccessCNY
  • Past Board Member, Legal Services of Central New York
  • Prior service as Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University College of Law and Syracuse University School of Management