Background
Blank, Ira L. was born on August 4, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Blank, Ira L. was born on August 4, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
University of Alabama (Bachelor of Science in Business. Administrator, 1972); Cornell University (M. Indus. and Labor Relations, 1974). Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft, Professional Corporation (Saint Louis, Missouri) specializing in Human Resources and Labor Relations Law, Collective Bargaining, Employment, Labor Relations, Employee Benefits Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Missouri. 1980, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri and United States.
Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit.
1983, United States. Claims Court. 1989, United States. Supreme Court.
1990, United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee.
1991, United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma.
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law.
Author: "Managing the Difficult Employee," National Human Resources Institute, 1990. "Wrongful Discharge Litigation and the Employment At Will Rule In Missouri," 40 Journal of the Missouri Bar 161, 1984.
"The Settlement of the American Railway Union Strike Against the Great Northern Railway in 1894," 9 Industrial and Labor Relations Forum 69, 1973. Company-Author: "Business, Legal and Human Resources Considerations in Drafting, Implementing and Enforcing Non-Complete Agreements," Saint Louis Bar Journal 4, Fall, 1990.
"At-Will Termination in Missouri," Federal Publications, Incorporated., 1984.
Adjunct Professor, Washington University School of Law, 1981-1984. Program Leader, Council on Education in Management, Personnel Law Update Seminars, 1987. Program Leader, National Business Institute, Incorporated.
Labor and Employment Law Seminars, 1995.
Instructor, Mid-Level Labor-Management Leadership Training Program, Labor-Management Council of Greater Kansas City, 1992-1993. Member: American (Member, Section of Labor and Employment Law) Bar Association.
The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis (Member, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee). The Missouri Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee).
Human Resource Management Association of Greater Saint Louis.
Human Resource Management Association of Greater Kansas City (Company-Chairman, Seminar Series Committee, 1992-1996. Chairman, Continuing Education Committee, 1991-1992). Society for Human Resource Management.
Member: American (Member, Section of Labor and Employment Law) Bar Association. The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis (Member, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee). The Missouri Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee).
Human Resource Management Association of Greater Saint Louis.
Human Resource Management Association of Greater Kansas City (Company-Chairman, Seminar Series Committee, 1992-1996. Chairman, Continuing Education Committee, 1991-1992).
Society for Human Resource Management.