Background
LaVaute, James R. was born on October 7, 1947 in Syracuse, New York, United States.
LaVaute, James R. was born on October 7, 1947 in Syracuse, New York, United States.
Le Moyne College College (Bachelor of Science, 1969). Syracuse University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1972).
Worked at Blitman and King Limited Liability Partnership (Syracuse, New York) specializing in Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Employee Benefits Law, Labor and Employment, Personal Injury, Trials and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1973, New New York 1975, United States. District Court, Northern District of New New York
1977, United States.
District Court, Western District of New New York 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1982, United States. Supreme Court.
1990, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1991, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor: Syracuse Law Review, 1971-1972.
Member, Justinian Society.
Editor, "The Developing Labor Law," Third Edition (P. Hardin, Education in Chief, 1992). Associate Editor, "The Developing Labor Law," Chief Justice Morris Edition, 1983, Editor-in-Chief, Fifth Supplement, 1982-1988 and Associate Editor, 1982-1984, 1982-1985 and 1982-1986 Supplements Contributor, Cumulative Supplement 2nd Edition, 1971-1975 and Company-Editor, 1976, 1977 and 1978 Supplement to "The Developing Labor Law" (Chief Justice Morris Education, 1971).
Author: "Alternative Dispute Resolution and Enforcement of Statutory Rights," 6 The Labor Lawyer 107 (American Bar Association, 1990). "Development of the Alter Ego Doctrine in Double-Breasted Cases and Its Application in Non-Construction Industries," 1 The Labor Lawyer 721 (American Bar Association, 1985).
Company-Author: "Current Trends in Construction Industry Labor RelationsThe Double-Breasted Contractor and the Pre Hire Contract," 29 Syracuse Law Review 901, 1978.
"Labor Relations Law," 1984 Survey of New York Law, 26 Syracuse Law Review 409, 1985. Faculty Member, "Labor Law for the General Practitioner," Company-sponsored by New York State Bar Association, Labor Law Section and Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 1977 and 1979 Programs. Faculty Member, New York State Bar Association Labor and Labor and Employment Law Sections, National Labor Relations Board Regional Conference, Buffalo, New York, 1982, 1985 and 1989.
Company-Chair, New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, National Labor Relations Board Regional Conference, New York, New York, 1992 and Buffalo, New York, 1994.
Faculty Member, Multi-State Labor Law Seminar especially for the Labor Practitioner, presented by Southern Methodist University School of Law and Labor Law Sections of the State Bar Associations of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, Dallas, Texas, 1984. Speaker: 1989 American Bar Association Annual Meeting Program, Honolulu, Hawaii, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Enforcement of Statutory Rights.
1990 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Impact of Government Regulation on Collective Bargaining Agreements. 1994 American Bar Association Developing Labor Law Committee Midwinter Meeting, Kohala, Hawaii, The Information Demand in Decision and Effects Bargaining.
1995 American Bar Association 60th Anniversary Celebration of the National Labor Relations Acting, Washington, District of Columbia, Injunctions under the NLRA. Moderator and Speaker, 1991 American Bar Association Annual Meeting Program, Atlanta, Georgia, Developments at the National Labor Relations Board.
Program Chair, 1993 American Bar Association National Institute, Basic Labor and Employment Law Today. Speaker, The Age Discrimination in Employment Acting as Applied in the Context of Reductions in Force, Chicago, Illinois. Company-Chair, 1994 American Bar Association National Institute, Basic Labor and Employment Law Today, Arlington, Virginia.
Member: Onondaga County (Member, Civil Rights Committee, 1974-1975), New York State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section.
Member, Executive Committee 1987. Chair, Committee on Internal Union Affairs and Administration, 1987-1990.
Chair, Committee on Labor Relations Law, 1990) and American (Member: Section of Labor and Employment Law. Section Council Member, 1995.
Institutes and Meetings Committee, 1990-1995.
Committee on Development of Law under the National Labor Relations Acting, 1974, Company-Chair, 1988-1991. Program Company-Chair, 1985-1988, Subcommittee Company-Chairman, 1981-1988) Bar Associations. Industrial Relations Research Association (Member, Central New York Chapter).
Fellow and Governor, The College of Labor Employment Lawyers, Incorporated., Washington, District of Columbia, 1995.
Working for a better workplace since 1933, Blitman & King Limited Liability Partnership concentrates on the exclusive representation of labor organizations, fringe benefit funds and employees. We represent pension plans, health and welfare plans, apprentice plans and other trust funds which provide fringe benefits to employees.
We also represent individuals in wrongful termination matters.
Member, Justinian Society. Editor, "The Developing Labor Law," Third Edition (P. Hardin, Education in Chief, 1992). Associate Editor, "The Developing Labor Law," Chief Justice Morris Edition, 1983, Editor-in-Chief, Fifth Supplement, 1982-1988 and Associate Editor, 1982-1984, 1982-1985 and 1982-1986 Supplements Contributor, Cumulative Supplement 2nd Edition, 1971-1975 and Company-Editor, 1976, 1977 and 1978 Supplement to "The Developing Labor Law" (Chief Justice Morris Education, 1971).