Background
PALEFSKY, CLIFF was born on May 25, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
PALEFSKY, CLIFF was born on May 25, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
State University of New York at Buffalo (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Member, American Criminal Law Review, Georgetown University, 1976-1977.
Worked at McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, A Professional Corporation (San Francisco, California) specializing in Employment Law, Business Litigation, Personal Injury. Admitted to the bar, 1977, California. Member, American Criminal Law Review, Georgetown University, 1976-1977.
Author: "Wrongful Termination Litigation: Dagwood & Goliath," Paper presented to the Labor Section of the American Bar Association, August, 1983.
"Employer Regulation of Office-The Job Conduct," Paper presented before the "American Bar Association Committee on the Development of the Law of Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Work Place," February, 1983. "Corporate Vice Precedents: California Constitution & San Francisco Privacy Ordinance," Nova Law Journal, Volume II, Number.
2, 1987 (p. 669 ff.). "Random Testing: Employees or Parolees," BNA Employees Relations Weekly, Volume(s) 5, Number.
17, April 27, 1987; "Invasion of Privacy Claims: The Plaintiff"s Perspective," National Institute on Litigating Wrongful Discharge & Invasion of Privacy Claims, 1986.
Company-Author: "Wrongful Employment Termination Practice," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1986. "Assessing the Impact of Shoemaker v. Myers and Rojo v. Kliger," presented to Southern California Labor Law Symposium, February, 1992.
"Arbitrary Arbitration, The Founders Would Frown on Mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution," San Francisco Daily Journal, March 1, 1994.
"Credibility is Everything In Designing an Alternative Dispute Resolution Program," The Recorder, November 20, 1996. Panel Chairman, American Bar Association Sponsored "Employment At-Will on Trial," Conference, March-April, 1986.
Chair, Mandatory Arbitration Task Force, 1995. Moderator: "Selected Issues in Employment Law," California Continuing Education of the Bar Seminars, 1991, 1992, 1993.
Member, Board of Experts, Employment Litigation, Lawyers Alert Magazine, 1985-1992.
Company-Chairman, National Employment Lawyers Association Privacy Task Force, 1991. Chairman, National Employment Lawyers Association Committee on Securities Industry Arbitration. Panelist: "Sexual Harassment: Can We Do A Better Job," Bar Association of San Francisco, February 1994.
"Sexual Harassment in the 90"s Workplace," Barrister"s Club, March 1994.
"Ethical Issues in Alternative Dispute Resolution," Lawyer"s Club of San Francisco, June 1994. "Current Development in Alternative Dispute Resolution," Bar Association of San Francisco, 1994.
Moderator: "Constitutional Values in the Private Workplace," NELA Annual Convention, 1994. "Privacy in the Workplace," NELA Annual Convention, 1994.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
State Bar of California. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. National Employment Lawyers Association (Executive Board, 1985).
California Employment Law Association (Advisory Board, 1987.
Executive Board, 1995).
Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association (Company-Founder, Executive Board, since 1985).
California Employment Law Association Advisory Board (Member, Advisory Board, 1987).