FELLOWS IN THE NEWS

  • Ruben Garcia (Las Vegas, NV) has been named the Ralph Denton Professor of Law at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. “A named professorship is the highest honor a faculty member can attain and is based on a long-term record of recognized excellence,” said UNLV Dean and Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law Leah Chan Grinvald. Ruben teaches and writes on employment law and constitutional law. His scholarship has appeared in more than twenty leading law reviews and peer-reviewed publications. Professor Garcia’s latest book, Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice is Race Justice, was published in July 2024 by University of California Press.
  • Jospeh Slater (Toledo, OH), Distinguished University Professor and Eugene N. Balk Professor of Law and Values at the University of Toledo College of Law, was named the recipient of the 2024 Arvid Anderson Public Sector Labor and Employment Attorney of the Year Award for lifetime contributions in the field of public sector labor law. This award, presented annually by the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, recognizes an attorney whose career substantially contributed to the development and advancement of public sector labor law.
  • A new scholarship fund has been established at New York Law School by Howard C. Edelman (’82) and Rosemary A. Townley (BLS ’91) to support students in NYLS Pro, which is the part-time evening division program, who have an interest in labor and employment law career. Both Howard and Rosemary were graduates of their respective schools’ evening law programs and appreciate the responsibilites and challenges of part-time, evening division students. They also made separate donations to support NYSL’s ADR program.
  • Gail Golman Holtzman has been nominated to serve as a Member of the ABA Board of Governors. The ABA Board of Governors oversees the management and administration of the ABA. Their key functions include implementing policies from the House of Delegates, managing finances, setting strategic direction, overseeing governance, evaluating programs, and promoting ethical standards within the legal profession. Gail is a partner at Taylor English in Tampa, FL.
  • Frank Mamat, a partner with Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills, MI, was recently reelected to the Board of Directors of the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan, of which he is a founding member. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, JBAM provides and unifies Jewish and other like-minded attorneys, judges, paralegals and law students in Michigan by offering educational, social and charitable activities.
  • Javier Ramirez, newly elected Honorary Fellow, was honored with the 2024 LERA Outstanding Practitioner Award by the Labor and Employment Relations Association. Javier is the Deputy Director for Field Operations at the FMCS. This prestigious award recognizes his exceptional contributions to the field of labor and employment relations, reflecting his dedication to the values and mission of LERA throughout his distinguished career.
  • Congratulations to Deborah Willig who was selected to serve on a presitigious five-person advisory committee for the WNBA as players navigate their collective bargaining agreement which is set to expire in 2027.
  • The College congratulates Joe Torres, who assumed the office of Chair of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law at the close of the Annual Meeting which took place earlier this month in Chicago. Fellows were also elected to a number of Officer positions as well as to the Council. Congratulations to all!
Jason Marsili – Chair-Elect
Eric Iskra – Vice Chair, Employer
Julie Richard-Spencer – Vice Chair, Union and Employee
Nicole Porter – Secretary
Denise Clark – Immediate Past Chair
Daniel Schwartz– Board of Governors Liaison
Samantha Grant, Alan Symonette and Gary Bailey – Section Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates		George Washington, Jr. and Yona Rozen– Section Governance Liaison
Don Slesnick – Senior Lawyers Division Liaison
Council Members –
Lisa Banks, Eric Barnum, Melinda Burrows, Angie Davis, Lori Ecker, Michele Fisher, Hon. Stephanie Jones, Danny Kaufer, Mark Mallery, Emily Martin, Hope Pordy, Mark Risk, Diane Smason, Amy Shulman, Michael Subit, Anna Wermuth and Melissa Woods

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