Background
Raskin, Debra L. was born on July 5, 1951 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
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Debra L. Raskin
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Harvard Radcliffe College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1973, Phi Beta Kappa). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Spoken languages: French and Spanish.
Career
Worked at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, Professional Corporation (New York, New York) specializing in Employment and Labor Law. General Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1977, Illinois. 1978, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1980, United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1983, New York; 1984, United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
1985, Florida and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of New New York Law Clerk to Honorary Lee P. Gagliardi, United States.
District Court, Southern District of New York, 1982-1984. Adjunct Faculty: Fordham Law School.
Staff and Supervisory Attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, 1977-1981.
Assistant Attorney General, New York State, 1984-1986. Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, Professional Corporation, specializes in labor and employment law and general litigation. Founded 48 years ago as union-side labor firm, the Firm"s practice has grown significantly.
While it continues to represent unions and related organizations, as well as employee benefits funds in many industries, it has expanded into other areas of employment law, specializing in representing employees, individually and on a class-wide basis, in a wide range of employment issues, including discrimination, breach of contract, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, defamation, constitutional law, and in counselling employees in employment contract matters.
In addition to the labor and employment practices, the Firm represents individuals, small companies and non-profit organizations in general litigation, encompassing commercial, contract, trademark and copyright matters, trusts, estates and real estate matters, as well as civil RICO. The firm also represents claimants in commercial arbitrations and in securities industry arbitrations.
