Joseph Degiuseppe

Joseph Degiuseppe

Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
  • Employment Law, Immigration Law
  • New York
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Practice Areas
Employment Law
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Immigration Law
Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New York
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2nd Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
Partner
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
- Current
Advise clients on all aspects of labor and employment law including employment terminations and discipline, reductions-in-force, personnel policies and practices, employee benefit cases, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advise corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
Of Counsel
Jackson Lewis
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Advised clients on all aspects of labor and employment law including employment terminations and discipline, reductions-in-force, personnel policies and practices, employee benefit cases, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advised corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
Of Counsel
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
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Advised clients on all aspects of labor and employment law including employment terminations and discipline, reductions-in-force, personnel policies and practices, employee benefit cases, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advised corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Advised clients with respect to all aspects of employment, equal employment opportunity, and labor law, including issues involving plant closings, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, reductions-in-force, and collective bargaining negotiations. Advised corporations, business executives, professional employees and individual clients with respect to immigrant visa (green cards) applications, U.S. citizenship applications, nonimmigrant work visa petitions, and employment verification and discrimination issues.
Education
Fordham University School of Law
J.D. (1977) | Law
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Honors: Editor-in-Chief of Volume V of the Fordham Urban Law Journal.
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Fordham University
B.A. (1974) | Sociology
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Awards
Peer Review Rating: AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations
Lorman Education Services Inc.
Employment Law From A to Z Conference
- Current
Activities: Speaker, Wage and Hour Compliance
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Lorman education Services, Inc.
Employment Law From A to Z Conference
- Current
Activities: Speaker, Personnel Documents and Records Retention
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Sterling Education Services, Inc.
Fundamentals of Employment Law in New York Conference
- Current
Activities: Speaker, Basic Labor Law
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Sterling Education Services, Inc.
Fundamentals of Employment Law in New York Conference
- Current
Activities: Speaker, Immigration Compliance Issues for Employers
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Westchester County Bar Association
Municipal Law Section
- Current
Activities: Speaker, Investigation and Defense of Employment Claims Against Municipalities and Public Officials
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Westchester County Bar Association
Municipal Law Section
- Current
Activities: Speaker, Update on Retaliation in the Workplace
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Orange County Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Westchester County Bar Association
Member
- Current
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American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member
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New York City Bar Association
Member
- Current
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New York State Bar Association
Member
- Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
"New Anti-Retaliation Standards Extend Employee Protection Beyond the Workplace"
34 Westchester B.J. No. 2, 79
"Effect of Laws & Decisions Concerning Vacation & Compensatory Time"
6 Benefits L.J. 83
"Flexible Work Arrangements: An Emerging Area of Law"
5 Benefits L.J. 25
"The New York 'Whistleblower' Law: A Ten Year Perspective"
19 Westchester B.J. 309
"Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.: Ten Years After"
19 Westchester B.J. No. 3, 227
"ERISA Pre-emption of New York Labor Law Raises New Issues Concerning Employer Severance Pay Policies"
11 N.Y.S.B.A. Labor Law Newsletter No. 4, at 30
"The Recognition of Public Policy Exceptions to the Employment-at-Will Rule: A Legislative Function?"
11 Fordham Urb. L.J. 721
"The Effect of the Employment-at-Will Rule on Employee Rights to Job Security and Fringe Benefits"
10 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Contact & Map
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
1 N. Lexington Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Telephone: (914) 949-2700
Fax: (914) 683-6956