Profile

Thomas represents school districts in, and has lectured on, a wide variety of employment law matters including: tenure, seniority and excessing rights of teachers, §3020-a hearings, labor arbitrations, collective bargaining and civil rights compliance.

  • Listed in:
    • The Best Lawyers in America®, Education Law; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment, 2003-2025 (listed for more than 20 years) 
      • Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Education Law, 2022, 2023
      • Lawyer of the Year (Syracuse), Employment Law - Management, 2020
    • New York Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor, 2024 (listed for more than 10 years)
    • Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent Rated
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; Labor Committee on Pension, Welfare, and Related Plans
  • Onondaga County Bar Association
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Society for Human Resource Management
  • Order of the Coif

  • The NLRB General Counsel’s Aggressive Agenda, May 2024
  • Implications of the NLRB’s Tesla Decision, December 2023
  • Biden’s NLRB Reshaping the Labor Relations Landscape, September 2023
  • NY Employers Face Expanded Liability for Negligent Supervision, August 2023
  • 2022 NYS Significant Legislative Developments, January 2023
  • Conducting Workplace Investigations, November 2022
  • Managing Through the Current Labor Staffing Shortage, Fall 2021
  • Pay Equity: Legal & Practical Considerations for Employers, Fall 2019
  • Marijuana Legalization: Impacts on the Workplace, October 2018
  • Preventing Workplace Bullying and Violence, March 2013

  • “The Risks Presented by Employment Retaliation Claims Require Employers’ Focused Attention,” Law360, October 12, 2023
  • "The Employment Impacts of Marijuana Legalization in New York," Inside: A Publication of the Corporate Counsel Section of the New York State Bar Association, 2021 | Vol. 39 | No. 2
  • Co-Author, 2019 Chambers USA Regional Employment Guide, New York Chapter
  • “Pension Fund Rescue Plans Pose Employer Predicaments,” Law360, September 7, 2016
  • Quoted in "Union pension fund plans 30 percent cut to retiree benefits," Albany Business Review, August 19, 2016
  • “Monday Morning Quarterback: 4 Lessons from Deflategate,” Law360, September 14, 2015
  • "Employment Law in New York," Syracuse Law Review, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Contributing Author, Corporate Counseling

  • Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
  • President, Huntington Family Centers, Inc., 1998-2002