Jay W. Waks

Background

Waks, Jay W. was born in 1946.

Education

Cornell University (Bachelor of Science, 1968. Juris Doctor, 1971).

Career

Worked at Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation, representing United States. and foreign corporate clients. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New New York Company-Chair, Kaye Scholer Labor and Employment Department Chair, Health Law Practice Group.

Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, National Law Journal"s "Business Watch" columnist on Employment Litigation, 1991—(topics: Sex Harassment, Religious Harassment, Employment Alternative Dispute Resolution, Age Bias, Extraterritorial Reach of United States.

Discrimination Laws, Workers" Rights Overseas, Same Actor Inference Defense, Surreptitious Taping Evidence). Principal author of Code of Professional Responsibility Institute Foreign Dispute Resolution"s 1995 report "Employment Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Dispute Resolution Program Foreign Corporate Employers." Faculty "Annual General Counsel Conference," Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1988—(topic: Key Developments in Labor and Employment Litigation).

Chair, "Annual Employment Law and Litigation Conference, Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1992—. Faculty, American Employment Law Council"s Annual Conference (topics: New Federal Rules.

Salary Test Basis for Exempt Status).

Executive Editor, "Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report," Leader Publications, 1995—. Company-Chair, Cornell Law School Dean"s Special Leadership Committee, 1996—. Featured "Among Nation"s Best Litigators in Employment Law" (National Law Journal, 1992), and as being among the "more than 100 of New York"s most effective attorneys" and among the seven leading "Labor and Employment" lawyers representing corporate clients, in "The Best Lawyers in New York," New York Magazine (March 20, 1995).

Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair of Committee on Labor and Employment Law, 1990-1993).

New York State (Chair, Employment Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee) and American (Litigation Section Committees on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management and Economics, Employment and Labor Relations Law. Employment Law Section Committee on Individual Rights) Bar Associations.

The State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Law Section). New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Incorporated.

(Chairman, Advisory Panel on Employment Litigation, 1986—).

Code of Professional Responsibility Institute for Dispute Resolution (Chairman, Employment Disputes Committee, 1991—). Work in America Institute, Incorporated. (Executive Committee Member, General Counsel and Secretary to Board of Directors).

Achievements

• Jay W. Waks has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair of Committee on Labor and Employment Law, 1990-1993). New York State (Chair, Employment Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee) and American (Litigation Section Committees on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management and Economics, Employment and Labor Relations Law. Employment Law Section Committee on Individual Rights) Bar Associations.

The State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Law Section).

New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Incorporated. (Chairman, Advisory Panel on Employment Litigation, 1986—).

Code of Professional Responsibility Institute for Dispute Resolution (Chairman, Employment Disputes Committee, 1991—). Work in America Institute, Incorporated.

(Executive Committee Member, General Counsel and Secretary to Board of Directors).