Barry A Hartstein
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : Labor & Employment
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About
Provided by Barry A Hartstein
Practice Areas
Background Checks; Class Actions; Discrimination and Harassment; Retail; Wage and Hour
Career
Barry A. Hartstein has earned a national reputation for a career that includes more than 30 years of counseling and representing employers in a broad range of labor and employment matters. He is a frequent writer, commentator, and lecturer on workplace issues.
Hartstein also has extensive experience as a litigator and has defended employers nationwide in individual and class action claims and wage and hour collective actions. He has particular expertise dealing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on both a local and national level, which included an invitation by the EEOC chair to address the Commission at a recent meeting in Washington D.C., on the legal standards governing employers’ consideration of criminal arrest and conviction records.
Hartstein serves in numerous leadership roles for Cornell University's ILR School, including his position on the Dean's Advisory Council, and as a board member of the Scheinman Institute, in which he recently completed his term as president of ILR's Alumni Association.
Additionally, Hartstein has served for many years in a national leadership role for the American Bar Association in its section devoted to labor and employment law focusing on EEO issues, including serving as a management co-chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association - Finance Committee Co-Chair; American Bar Association - EEOC Liaison Committee Co-Chair; American Employment Law Council; Cornell ILR Alumni Association - Executive Committee Member; Cornell ILR School - Dean’s Advisory Council; Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution - Board of Directors Member
Personal
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; B.S., Cornell University