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Randall M. Odza is a partner in the Firm's Labor and Employment practice group. Prior to joining the Firm, he was an associate in the New York office of Proskauer, Rose, Goetz and Mendelsohn. His practice includes representation of clients before administrative agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Public Employment Relations Board, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor and before various state and local governmental administrative departments and agencies. In addition, he advises private and public sector clients with respect to all aspects of employment law. This includes, among others, advising clients with respect to the various federal and state anti-discrimination laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and similar state Laws, as well as state labor and employment laws and regulations, such as the National Labor Relations Act and the Public Employment Relations Act. He also represents clients in collective bargaining and contract administration issues. He has represented and counseled a wide variety of clients in various industries and in numerous locations in and out of the State of New York, including a prominent automobile manufacturer. He has spoken extensively before various organizations and entities in and out of the Western New York area on a variety of employment law topics. Mr. Odza is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Education:

Cornell University, College of Industrial and Labor Relations (B.S. 1964); Cornell Law School (L.L.B., 1967). Editorial Board and Business Manager, Cornell Law Review; Recipient, Charles Evans Hughes Scholarship

Admissions:

1967 New York State Bar; 1967 New York Courts; 1969 District Court, Southern District of New York; 1969 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1970 U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

Principal Area(s) of Practice:

Labor Management Law; Anti-Discrimination; Employer-Employee Relations; Private and Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Labor and Employment Law; Job Safety and Health Law; Wage and Hour Law

Memberships & Offices:

Erie County Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Committee); New York State Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section, Government Affairs Committee of the Labor Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section, former Co-Chair of the Service Contract Act Subcommittee of the Labor Standards Committee, Labor Law Section); Former Chair, New York State Management Attorneys Conference; Honoree, Western New York Retail Merchants Association for Work on the Personnel Director's Committee (1980)

Honors & Awards:

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the World and SuperLawyers (Labor & Employment Section); Listed, Business First of Buffalo's "Who's Who in Law;" Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Community Service:

Member, Board of Trustees, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society; Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society; Member, Board of Trustees, Temple Beth Zion