Alan M. Koral

Shareholder

T: 212-407-7750 F: 212-407-7799

New York

Chair, Labor and Employment Law Practice, New York Office

Alan M. Koral is a Vedder Price P.C. shareholder and heads the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Area in the New York office.  He represents and counsels domestic and international corporations with respect to litigation matters, administrative hearings and investigations, as well as general employment and labor law.

Mr. Koral has written and lectured extensively on labor and employment law matters.  He has written numerous articles and is the author of two books, Conducting the Lawful Employment Interview (4th ed. 1992) and Employee Privacy Rights (1988), and has edited Chapter 7 (on religious discrimination) of the second edition of Schlei & Grossman’s Employment Discrimination Law (1983).

In 1985, Mr. Koral was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo to the New York State Human Rights Advisory Council, and was later appointed by Governor Pataki to the New York Human Rights 50th Anniversary Advisory Committee.  He serves on the Advisory Committee for labor and employment programs of the Practising Law Institute and the National Advisory Board of the Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal.

Mr. Koral was Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, 2008–2009, and has been a member of the Section’s Executive Committee for many years.  He is currently co-chair of the International Employment Law Committee of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association and is also a member of the EEO Committee of the ABA’s Labor and Employment Law Section.

Mr. Koral is a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Law and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the CUNY School of Law and St. John's University Law School Labor and Employment Law Board of Advisors.  He has been named in New York Super Lawyers in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who.

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• Trying the Court's Patience Instead of the Case: Common Litigation Mistakes
• Pending “Healthy Workplace” Legislation
• Recent Accomplishments in Labor and Employment Law
• NY Employers Have Heightened Obligation to Engage in Interactive Process with Disabled Individuals

• Arbitration / Grievances / Mediation
• Collective Bargaining
• Discrimination Law
• Employment Agreements
• Employment Class Action Defense
• Employment Counseling
• Employment Litigation
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• International Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Labor Relations
• Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA)
• OFCCP
• Strike Support
• Supervisor Training
• Workplace Security
• Wrongful Discharge

• J.D., University of Chicago, 1975, Associate Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review

• Illinois, 1975
• New York, 1977
• U.S. District Court: Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar), 1975
• U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York, 1977
• U.S. District Court: Northern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals: 11th Circuit, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals: 2nd Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals: 3d Circuit, 1995 
• U.S. Court of Appeals: 4th Circuit, 1995