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James J. Rooney - Higher Education
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With vast experience representing employers in employment-related matters, Jim has established himself as a valued partner to his clients. He represents both public and private sector organizations, including higher education institutions.
Jim’s higher education practice focuses on employment discrimination, labor and employment law, labor contract administration, representation before the National Labor Relations Board and employer counseling.
Additionally, Jim has experience in wide variety of employment litigation matters, including discrimination, harassment and breach of contract claims. He has also negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements for college and university clients.
In addition to his labor and employment practice, Jim oversees the Buffalo office as its managing member and is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment law issues.
Honors & Affiliations
Listed in:
The Best Lawyers in America ®, Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management, 2019-2025 (listed for 5 years)
New York Super Lawyers ®, Employment and Labor, 2024 (listed for more than 10 years)
Buffalo Business First , Legal Elite of Western New York, 2017-2020
Martindale-Hubbell ®, AV Preeminent Rated
Top-Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law
American Bar Association, Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections
New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Erie County Bar Association
Senior Editor, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
Representative Presentations
An Interview with James Rooney, Labor and Employment , Legally Bond Podcast, April 18, 2022
Overlapping Leave Laws, Bond, Schoeneck & King Seminar Series, October 2020
New York State Paid Family Leave Law, Lumsden McCornick 22nd Annual Exempt Conference, November 17, 2016
Representative Publications
Quoted in "Threat to public-sector unions in SCOTUS decision on Janus,"Buffalo Law Journal, July 10, 2018
"Courts grapple with scope of civil rights laws," Buffalo Law Journal, June 19, 2017
Quoted in “Transgender student policies not new in WNY,” Buffalo Business First, August 26, 2016
Other Activities
Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Director
Kaleida Health Foundation, Director
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Director, Former President
The Arc Erie County New York, Former Board Member, Former Vice President
Friends of Night People, Volunteer
News
Bond Announces 14 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2024 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 22, 2024
Bond Announces Buffalo Attorneys Named 2025 “Lawyer of Year” and Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2024
Bond Announces 14 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2023 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 23, 2023
16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 17, 2023
Bond Announces 16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2022 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 23, 2022
16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 18, 2022
Bond Announces 18 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2021 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 20, 2021
16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 19, 2021
Bond Announces Five Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named as 2020 Legal Elite of Western New York
October 5, 2020
Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2020 New York Super Lawyers ® Upstate Edition
August 21, 2020
20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2021 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 20, 2020
Four Bond Attorneys Honored in Buffalo Business First 2019 Legal Elite and Legal Elite Leaders
September 26, 2019
19 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2020 Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2019
Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2019 New York Super Lawyers® Upstate Edition
August 12, 2019
Four Bond Attorneys Honored in Buffalo Business First’s 2018 Legal Elite
September 4, 2018
Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Attorneys Named 2019 Best Lawyers in America®
August 14, 2018
Bond Announces 19 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2018 New York Super Lawyers ® Upstate Edition
August 12, 2018
Bond Names New Buffalo Office Managing Member and Deputy Managing Member
February 6, 2017
Profile
With vast experience representing employers in employment-related matters, Jim has established himself as a valued partner to his clients. He represents both public and private sector organizations, including higher education institutions.
Jim’s higher education practice focuses on employment discrimination, labor and employment law, labor contract administration, representation before the National Labor Relations Board and employer counseling.
With vast experience representing employers in employment-related matters, Jim has established himself as a valued partner to his clients. He represents both public and private sector organizations, including higher education institutions.
Jim’s higher education practice focuses on employment discrimination, labor and employment law, labor contract administration, representation before the National Labor Relations Board and employer counseling.
Additionally, Jim has experience in wide variety of employment litigation matters, including discrimination, harassment and breach of contract claims. He has also negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements for college and university clients.
In addition to his labor and employment practice, Jim oversees the Buffalo office as its managing member and is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment law issues.
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Honors & Affiliations
Listed in:
The Best Lawyers in America ®, Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management, 2019-2025 (listed for 5 years)
New York Super Lawyers ®, Employment and Labor, 2024 (listed for more than 10 years)
Buffalo Business First , Legal Elite of Western New York, 2017-2020
Martindale-Hubbell ®, AV Preeminent Rated
Top-Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law
American Bar Association, Litigation and Labor and Employment Sections
New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Erie County Bar Association
Senior Editor, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
Representative Presentations
An Interview with James Rooney, Labor and Employment , Legally Bond Podcast, April 18, 2022
Overlapping Leave Laws, Bond, Schoeneck & King Seminar Series, October 2020
New York State Paid Family Leave Law, Lumsden McCornick 22nd Annual Exempt Conference, November 17, 2016
Representative Publications
Quoted in "Threat to public-sector unions in SCOTUS decision on Janus,"Buffalo Law Journal, July 10, 2018
"Courts grapple with scope of civil rights laws," Buffalo Law Journal, June 19, 2017
Quoted in “Transgender student policies not new in WNY,” Buffalo Business First, August 26, 2016
Other Activities
Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Director
Kaleida Health Foundation, Director
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Director, Former President
The Arc Erie County New York, Former Board Member, Former Vice President
Friends of Night People, Volunteer
News
Bond Announces 14 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2024 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 22, 2024
Bond Announces Buffalo Attorneys Named 2025 “Lawyer of Year” and Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2024
Bond Announces 14 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2023 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 23, 2023
16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 17, 2023
Bond Announces 16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2022 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 23, 2022
16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2023 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 18, 2022
Bond Announces 18 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2021 New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition
August 20, 2021
16 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 19, 2021
Bond Announces Five Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named as 2020 Legal Elite of Western New York
October 5, 2020
Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2020 New York Super Lawyers ® Upstate Edition
August 21, 2020
20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2021 Best Lawyers in America ®
August 20, 2020
Four Bond Attorneys Honored in Buffalo Business First 2019 Legal Elite and Legal Elite Leaders
September 26, 2019
19 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named 2020 Best Lawyers in America®
August 15, 2019
Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2019 New York Super Lawyers® Upstate Edition
August 12, 2019
Four Bond Attorneys Honored in Buffalo Business First’s 2018 Legal Elite
September 4, 2018
Bond Announces 20 Buffalo Attorneys Named 2019 Best Lawyers in America®
August 14, 2018
Bond Announces 19 Buffalo Bond Attorneys Named in 2018 New York Super Lawyers ® Upstate Edition
August 12, 2018
Bond Names New Buffalo Office Managing Member and Deputy Managing Member
February 6, 2017