Mark Risk, PC

Mark Risk litigates discrimination, restrictive covenant, wage/hour, contract and benefits disputes in New York federal and state courts. He has tried cases in federal and state court and at the major arbitration forums, and briefed and argued state and federal appeals.He also represents executives and others in employment contract and severance negotiations.

Mark is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves on the Advisory Board of the NYU Law Center for Labor and Employment Law.He served for twelve years as co-editor of Labor and Employment Law, the quarterly newsletter of the American Bar Association?s Section of Labor and Employment Law.

In addition to his practice, Mark teaches advocacy skills as a faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, including in-house programs at the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Social Security Administration, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and many private law firms.

EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1984. Hays Civil Liberties Fellow

University of Chicago, M.A. (political science), 1981

Swarthmore College, B.A., 1978

BAR ADMISSIONS
New York

Southern District of New York

Eastern District of New York

U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third Circuit

U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. 2008 ?

Advisory Board, NYU Law Center for Labor and Employment Law

Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, various trial and deposition skills programs. 1996?present

Council Member, ABA Labor and Employment Section. 2020 ?

Co-Chair, Twelfth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, San Francisco, November 2018

Co-Chair, Eleventh Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Washington, D.C., November 2017

Vice Chair, Tenth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Chicago, November 2016

Co-Editor, Labor and Employment Law Newsletter (ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law). 2002-2014

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Co-Chair, Technology Subcommittee, Committee on Employment Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section. 2008-2014

CLE Conference Committee Chair, National Employment Lawyers Association/New York.

AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings

Best Lawyers, New York, 2011?

New York Super Lawyers, Thomson West, 2007?

Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, 2018 -