Pete is co-chair of the firm's Higher Education practice. His practice focuses on employment discrimination, labor and employment law, union negotiations and labor contract administration, representation before the NLRB, employer counseling, representation of institutions before the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and student discrimination matters.
Pete has experience in a wide variety of employment litigation matters, including employment-at-will and breach of contract, employment discrimination and harassment, and restrictive covenants and post-employment non-compete and confidentiality matters. He has also handled a wide variety of student accommodation issues.
Pete is a frequent speaker on a variety of labor and employment topics, and has served as a guest lecturer at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He has also written extensively on labor and employment law topics, having authored articles that appeared in the New York State Society for Human Resource Management's HR Review, the Labor Lawyer and the Journal of College and University Law.
The Best Lawyers in America®, Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2009-2025 (listed for more than 15 years)
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Labor Law - Management, 2013; 2018; 2022, 2025
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Employment Law - Management, 2021, 2024
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2020
New York Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor, 2023 (listed for more than 10 years)
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
Top-Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Onondaga County Bar Association
Society for Human Resource Management
CNY SHRM Board of Directors
National Association of College and University Attorneys
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
"New York State Labor Law Review," Iroquois Healthcare Association HR Summit, October 10, 2024
Labor Negotiations in US Higher Education: Bargaining with Student Workers and Non-Traditional Employees, Employment Law Alliance, October 25, 2023
Panelist, Recent Updates in Private Sector Labor & Employment Law, Labor and Employment Law Section Fall Meeting 2023, New York State Bar Association, October 20, 2023
Pete is co-chair of the firm's Higher Education practice. His practice focuses on employment discrimination, labor and employment law, union negotiations and labor contract administration, representation before the NLRB, employer counseling, representation of institutions before the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and student discrimination matters.
Pete has experience in a wide variety of employment litigation matters, including employment-at-will and breach of contract, employment discrimination and harassment, and restrictive covenants and post-employment non-compete and confidentiality matters. He has also handled a wide variety of student accommodation issues.
Pete is co-chair of the firm's Higher Education practice. His practice focuses on employment discrimination, labor and employment law, union negotiations and labor contract administration, representation before the NLRB, employer counseling, representation of institutions before the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, and student discrimination matters.
Pete has experience in a wide variety of employment litigation matters, including employment-at-will and breach of contract, employment discrimination and harassment, and restrictive covenants and post-employment non-compete and confidentiality matters. He has also handled a wide variety of student accommodation issues.
Pete is a frequent speaker on a variety of labor and employment topics, and has served as a guest lecturer at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He has also written extensively on labor and employment law topics, having authored articles that appeared in the New York State Society for Human Resource Management's HR Review, the Labor Lawyer and the Journal of College and University Law.
The Best Lawyers in America®, Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2009-2025 (listed for more than 15 years)
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Labor Law - Management, 2013; 2018; 2022, 2025
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Employment Law - Management, 2021, 2024
Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2020
New York Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor, 2023 (listed for more than 10 years)
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
Top-Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Onondaga County Bar Association
Society for Human Resource Management
CNY SHRM Board of Directors
National Association of College and University Attorneys
College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
"New York State Labor Law Review," Iroquois Healthcare Association HR Summit, October 10, 2024
Labor Negotiations in US Higher Education: Bargaining with Student Workers and Non-Traditional Employees, Employment Law Alliance, October 25, 2023
Panelist, Recent Updates in Private Sector Labor & Employment Law, Labor and Employment Law Section Fall Meeting 2023, New York State Bar Association, October 20, 2023