Joseph DeGiuseppe, Jr.

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Biography

Mr. DeGiuseppe is the head of our Labor and Employment and Immigration Practice Groups. He has almost 30 years' experience in representing and advising Fortune 500 companies and other corporate clients in labor, employment and immigration law including his 14 years of experience at Skadden Arps, and more than 6 years of experience at Jackson Lewis.

Mr. DeGiuseppe advises 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. He has acted as lead counsel on significant employment discrimination law cases, wage and hour cases and collective actions, non-competition cases, and arbitration proceedings.

Mr. DeGiuseppe also advises 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); Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Urban L.J. (1976-77)
• Fordham University (B.A., 1974)

Memberships

Mr. DeGiuseppe is a member of the New York State, Westchester and Orange County Bar Associations. He is also a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Mr. DeGiuseppe has served as a member of the Independent Judicial Screening Panel for the New York State Supreme Court, New York County (1985).

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court