John practices labor and employment law with an emphasis on higher education. He has represented colleges and universities in a wide array of matters, including union organizing (and Yeshiva issues), unfair labor practice proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act, collective bargaining, arbitration proceedings and employment discrimination matters before state and federal courts and agencies (the EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor's Office for Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the New York State Division of Human Rights).
John also has extensive experience advising institutions and providing training on a broad range of student and faculty issues, including policy development and the handling of general student discipline, sexual misconduct and other harassment issues (involving student/student and faculty/student matters) under Title IX and otherwise. He has handled numerous cases involving the U. S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. His experience also extends to affirmative action issues (in both the employment and admissions contexts), Title IX gender equity matters involving athletics, tenure and promotion claims, student and staff accommodation issues under the ADA and Section 504, early retirement/downsizing and program discontinuation issues and faculty/institutional governance matters.
John is an active member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), has spoken frequently at NACUA and CUPA (College and University Personnel Administrators) Annual Conferences, and has served on the Board of Editors of the Journal of College and University Law. Among his publications relating to Higher Education are Gender Based Pay Disparities in Intercollegiate Coaching: The Legal Issues, 28 Journal of College and University Law 519 (2003) and Disability Discrimination in Higher Education, 28 Journal of College and University Law 435 (2003). Among the institutions John represents are St. Lawrence University, Syracuse University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Le Moyne College and Wells College.
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 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
John practices labor and employment law with an emphasis on higher education. He has represented colleges and universities in a wide array of matters, including union organizing (and Yeshiva issues), unfair labor practice proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act, collective bargaining, arbitration proceedings and employment discrimination matters before state and federal courts and agencies (the EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor's Office for Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the New York State Division of Human Rights).
John also has extensive experience advising institutions and providing training on a broad range of student and faculty issues, including policy development and the handling of general student discipline, sexual misconduct and other harassment issues (involving student/student and faculty/student matters) under Title IX and otherwise. He has handled numerous cases involving the U. S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. His experience also extends to affirmative action issues (in both the employment and admissions contexts), Title IX gender equity matters involving athletics, tenure and promotion claims, student and staff accommodation issues under the ADA and Section 504, early retirement/downsizing and program discontinuation issues and faculty/institutional governance matters.
John practices labor and employment law with an emphasis on higher education. He has represented colleges and universities in a wide array of matters, including union organizing (and Yeshiva issues), unfair labor practice proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act, collective bargaining, arbitration proceedings and employment discrimination matters before state and federal courts and agencies (the EEOC, U.S. Department of Labor's Office for Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the New York State Division of Human Rights).
John also has extensive experience advising institutions and providing training on a broad range of student and faculty issues, including policy development and the handling of general student discipline, sexual misconduct and other harassment issues (involving student/student and faculty/student matters) under Title IX and otherwise. He has handled numerous cases involving the U. S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. His experience also extends to affirmative action issues (in both the employment and admissions contexts), Title IX gender equity matters involving athletics, tenure and promotion claims, student and staff accommodation issues under the ADA and Section 504, early retirement/downsizing and program discontinuation issues and faculty/institutional governance matters.
John is an active member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), has spoken frequently at NACUA and CUPA (College and University Personnel Administrators) Annual Conferences, and has served on the Board of Editors of the Journal of College and University Law. Among his publications relating to Higher Education are Gender Based Pay Disparities in Intercollegiate Coaching: The Legal Issues, 28 Journal of College and University Law 519 (2003) and Disability Discrimination in Higher Education, 28 Journal of College and University Law 435 (2003). Among the institutions John represents are St. Lawrence University, Syracuse University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Le Moyne College and Wells College.
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 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
