Mr. Block has extensive experience in education law and labor and employment law. He has represented our school district clients in collective bargaining, litigation in state and federal courts, in matters before the Commissioner of Education, Public Employment Relations Board, New York State Division of Human Rights, and in teacher disciplinary proceedings, Civil Service Law, Section 75 hearings and impartial handicapped hearings and appeals. He is actively involved in the Suffolk County Bar Association where he has served as Chairperson of the Municipal Law and Newly Admitted Attorneys Committees, as an Officer of the Suffolk Academy of Law and is currently on the Judicial Screening Committee. In addition, Mr. Block has recently been nominated to serve on the Board of Directors and as Co-Chairperson of the Education Law Committee. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section and its Continuing Legal Education Committee. He is admitted to practice law in the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Military Court of Appeals, the United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and all the Courts of the State of New York. Mr. Block has served as an adjunct professor at SUNY at Old Westbury where he taught collective bargaining and labor relations. Mr. Block is also a member of the Westchester County Bar Association.
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