Gary Rothman
Partner

Gary Rothman became a partner in O'Dwyer & Bernstien, LLP in 2006, and has been a practicing Labor, Employment and Benefits Funds lawyer for nearly thirty years, during which time he has represented and counseled labor and management clients in the private and public sectors in New York and New Jersey. During his nearly twenty years with the Firm, and an additional decade of accomplishments while associated with other firms, he has served Unions, as well as unionized and unorganized employers in industries as diverse as the construction trades, commercial baking, trucking, nursing homes, warehousing, police and fire departments; sanitation, building services, home heating oil and pet supplies.

Mr. Rothman has worked with unions on all matters of union organizing, contract administration, negotiations, arbitration, employment practices and wage and hour matters, as well as their affiliated benefit funds to ensure their proper administration in accordance with applicable plan documents and attention to participant communications and appeals; and the diligent collection of delinquent benefit fund contributions. In all of this work, Mr. Rothman ensures our labor and benefit fund clients fulfill their duties of fair representation and meet their fiduciary duties under the law.

Mr. Rothman has also represented clients in the defense of discrimination claims at the EEOC, the various state human rights agencies and in State and Federal Court litigation. He is proud to say his philosophy of lawyering is to team up with our clients to provide the high quality professional service union members and benefit fund participants deserve.

Mr. Rothman is committed to educating and training our clients in matters of importance to them and developments in the law. In this regard he has spoken publicly to business and trade groups on such issues as the union's duty of fair representation; the Supreme Court's developing law on supervisory status under the NLRA; the status of the inflatable rat in union organizing campaigns; bannering and secondary activity; and other developments in NLRB law. He has also worked with our clients to develop and present shop steward training programs.

Mr. Rothman is a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, where he is a regular participant in its annual collection institute.