Alan M. Koral

Shareholder

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

New York

Alan M. Koral is a Vedder Price shareholder and heads the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group in the New York office.  He represents and counsels corporations with respect to litigation matters, administrative hearings and investigations, as well as general employment 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 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 is Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, and has been a member of the Section’s Executive Committee for many years.  He is also a member of the EEO Committee of the American Bar Association.

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. He has been named a New York Super Lawyer in 2006 and 2007 and is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who.

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• New Employee Notice Requirements for New York Employers
• Alan M. Koral Elected to CUNY Board
• More Amendments to the New York Labor Law
• Deadline for Compliance With New York Social Security Law Is Approaching

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

• Understanding Employee Privacy and Conducting Corporate Internal Investigations

• J.D., University of Chicago, 1975, Associate Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review
• A.B.D., Princeton University, 1965
• A.B., University of Rochester, 1962

• 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

• Chair, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association (EEO Committee)