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Howard G. Estock

 

HOWARD G. ESTOCK (Martindale-Hubbell Profile)
Partner
New York
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HOWARD GORDON ESTOCK has been practicing law at Clifton Budd & DeMaria since his completion of a Juris Doctorate degree in 1973. He has been a partner in the firm since 1979.

In over 25 years of practice, Mr. Estock has dealt with all aspects of employment and labor law. He has significant experience in employment litigation in federal and state courts, as well as proceedings before the NLRB and other administrative agencies. A large percentage of his practice has been devoted to advice regarding and litigation of civil rights matters. He has handled negotiations with all major unions, both as chief spokesman and advisor to management negotiating teams. He also has considerable experience in labor arbitration. Mr. Estock holds a degree in engineering and has extensive experience in Occupational Safety and Health matters. He has also advised both employers and executives in matters of executive compensation.


BAR ADMISSIONS
New York, 1974; United States Supreme Court, 1980.

EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1973; Gannon University, M.A., Labor Economics, 1970; Pennsylvania State University, B.S, Industrial Engineering, 1965.

PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, Litigation Section, Labor and Employment Law Section); New York Bar Association (Employment Law Section); Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

SIGNIFICANT CASES
Interpace Corporation v. United Steelworkers of America, established an employer's right to enjoin the concerted refusal to work overtime; Food International v. Local 79 IBT, a Florida case, established the significant principle that "mass picketing" be defined with regard to the size of the facility; Successfully guided an acute-care hospital through litigation surrounding the longest nurses' strike in New York history and negotiated a back to work agreement that allowed permanent replacements to remain while setting economic terms significantly below the union's "area standards" demands; In Highland Hospital v. N.L.R.B., Mr. Estock guided a federal court challenge to the status of a professional group as a labor organization; Buttercake Bakery v. Local 64, settled an arbitrator's right to award attorney's fees in a union's breach of a no-strike clause; In Westminster Graphics v. New York Tvpographical Union No. 6. Mr. Estock affirmed the right of a member-employer of a multi-employer bargaining association to withdraw from the Association and negotiate individually. The case established and clarified the criteria for such withdrawal.

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New York, New York 10170-0089

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