Background
Zatzkis, Ralph Joel was born on February 27, 1947 in New Orleans. Son of Henry and Ruth (Daube) Zatzkis.
Zatzkis, Ralph Joel was born on February 27, 1947 in New Orleans. Son of Henry and Ruth (Daube) Zatzkis.
Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Juris Doctor, 1971); New York University (Master of Laws in Labor Law, 1975). Member, Moot Court Board, Louisiana State University, 1970-1971.
Worked at Fisher & Phillips. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Louisiana. 1974, District of Columbia.
1995, Texas.
Member, Moot Court Board, Louisiana State University, 1970-1971.
Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. The District of Columbia Bar.
State Bar of Texas.
Fisher & Phillips, a national law firm founded in 1943, practices labor and employment law exclusively, representing management. The firm offers preventive advice and litigation defense in such areas as airline and railway law, alternative dispute resolution, business immigration, collective bargaining and arbitration, reductions in force, compensation, disability, employment discrimination, leave statutes, labor/employee relations, mergers, acquisitions, and closings, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, pensions and benefits, personnel policies, privacy/workplace monitoring, security, sexual harassment, training, wage-hour, whistleblower claims, and wrongful discharge litigation.
Captain United States Army, 1972-1975. Member American Bar Association (labor and employment section, member subcommittee state law, past member equal employment opportunity committee, litigation section, past member committee employment and labor relations law, past member employment at will subcommittee), Louisiana Bar Association, (labor law section, past member public information/law for laymen committee, past member IOLTA implementation committee, past member public relations and education committee), Louisiana State Law Institute (past member conflicts law committee), New Orleans Bar Association, New Orleans Legal Aid Bureau (board directors, president 1981-1983).
Married Sherrill Herman, December 22, 1977 (divorced). 1 child, Michele E.