Mark S. Ruderman, Esq.
Managing Partner
Location: Springfield, New Jersey
Phone: 973-467-5111
Email: mruderman@rhelaborlaw.com
In addition to his legal practice, Mark S. Ruderman, the founding and managing shareholder of Ruderman & Roth, LLC., lectures on various labor relations topics before many groups, including the New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey Conference of Mayors, New Jersey School Boards Association, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, New Jersey Municipal Management Association, and William Paterson College. From 1979 through 1983, he served as Associate Labor Relations Counsel to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Mr. Ruderman has also served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University where he taught Concessionary Collective Bargaining. Moreover, Mr. Ruderman is a founding member of the Employment Law & Education Association (“ELEA”), a New Jersey corporation dedicated to the prevention of costly employment litigation.
Areas of Practice
- Labor and Employment Law
- Public and Private Sector Collective Bargaining
- Interest and Grievance Arbitrations
- Union Relations
- Employment Litigation
- Discrimination, Harassment, Whistleblower and Wrongful Termination
- Management Advisory Services
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1980
- New York, 1979
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
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- Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York
- Juris Doctor – 1978
- Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York
- Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Ithaca, New York
- B.S. – 1975
Published Works
- Editor, New Jersey Employment Litigation Practice Forms for West Publishing Company
Classes/Seminars
- Concessionary Collective Bargaining, Rutgers University, 1985 – 1992
- Layoffs and Furloughs, New Jersey Bar Association, 1992
- Adjunct Professor, “Concessionary Collective Bargaining”, Rutgers University School of Labor Management, 1985 – Present
- Speaker, American Arbitration Association
- Speaker, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Speaker, William Paterson College
- Speaker, Kean College
- Litigating Sexual Harassment Claims, Lorman Education Services
- Litigating Disability Claims, Lorman Education Services
- Wage and Hours Issues in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- Hiring and Retention in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- Employee Discharge and Documentation, Lorman Education Services
- Employment Law from A to Z, Lorman Education Services
- Employment Related Records in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- EEOC Compliance in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- Top 10 Employment Law Mistakes, Lorman Education Services
- Writing and Updating an Employee Handbook in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- Employment and Labor Law in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- Privacy Issues Surrounding HIPAA, ADA, FMLA and Other Workplace matters in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services
- Speaker / Co-Author, N.J. Employment Law Update: Top 11 Employer Mistakes (CLE Seminar & Manual), Lorman Educational Services, December 5, 2012 – Present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Industrial Relations Research Association, President, 1987 – 1989
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Educators Negotiators Association
Past Employment Positions
- Dorf Wallace & Glickman, Associate, 1979 – 1983
- New Jersey State League of Municipalities, Associate Counsel, 1979 – 1983