Cliff Palefsky

Labor, Mediation
535 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, California 94133


Labor

Admitted

1977, California

Law School

Georgetown University, J.D., 1977

Law School Graduation Year

1977

College

State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1974

Memberships

Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Employment Lawyers Association (Executive Board, 1985-1998); California Employment Lawyers Association (Executive Board, 1994—); National Employee Rights Institute (Member, Advisory Committee, 1997—)

Biographical

Member, American Criminal Law Review, Georgetown University, 1976-1977. Consulting Editor, Wrongful Employment Termination Practice, CEB. Author: Employer Regulation of Off-The Job Conduct, Paper presented before the American Bar Association Committee on the Development of the Law of Individual Rights and Responsibilities in the Work Place, February, 1983; Corporate Vice Precedents: California Constitution & San Francisco Privacy Ordinance, Nova Law Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, 1987 (p. 669 ff.); Random Testing: Employees or Parolees, BNA Employees Relations Weekly, Vol 5, No. 17, April 27, 1987; Invasion of Privacy Claims: The Plaintiff's Perspective, National Institute on Litigating Wrongful Discharge & Invasion of Privacy Claims, 1986. Co-Author: Wrongful Employment Termination Practice, California CEB, 1986; In Dispute, California Law Business, Feb. 24, 1997; Assessing the Impact of Shoemaker v. Myers and Rojo v. Kliger, presented to Southern California Labor Law Symposium, February, 1992; Arbitrary Arbitration, The Founders Would Frown on Mandatory ADR, San Francisco Daily Journal, March 1, 1994; Credibility is Everything In Designing an ADR Program, The Recorder, Nov. 20, 1996; The Civil Rights Struggle of the 90's - From ‘Separate But Equal’ To ‘Just Another Forum’, The Recorder, May 1999. Chair, NELA, Mandatory Arbitration Task Force, 1995—; Forum, The Member, Board of Experts, Employment Litigation, Lawyers Alert Magazine, 1985-1992. Co-Chairman, National Employment Lawyers Association Privacy Task Force, 1991-1998 . Chairman, National Employment Lawyers Association Committee on Securities Industry Arbitration. Panelist: Sexual Harassment: Can We Do A Better Job, Bar Association of San Francisco, February 1994; Sexual Harassment in the 90's Workplace, Barrister's Club, March 1994; Ethical Issues in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Lawyer's Club of San Francisco, June 1994; Current Development in ADR, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1994. Moderator: Constitutional Valu

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