Sharon N. Berlin's practice covers all aspects of education and labor and employment law. Ms. Berlin successfully represented private sector, school district and municipal clients in disciplinary proceedings, arbitration, improper practice proceedings, bargaining unit certification proceedings, contract negotiations, mediation, and a wide variety of federal and state court cases. She also has vast experience representing school districts in their general counsel matters, and has developed a particular expertise in special education law.
Ms. Berlin is a member of the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section and a co-editor-in-chief of the Section's Public Sector Labor and Employment Law treatise. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Municipal Law Section and chair of that section's Employment Relations Committee. She is a past chair of the Nassau County Bar Association's Education Law Committee and a past chair of the Association's Labor and Employment Law Committee. Ms. Berlin received the Nassau County Bar Association's Directors' Award in 2003 for her outstanding service as chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee. She received the Long Island Business News' 40 Under 40 Award in 2002. In 2007, Ms. Berlin received the Business Leader of the Year Award from the Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Long Island Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Advisory Board to the Nassau Academy of Law, and is co-chair of the Honorary Board for the Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In September 2003 and January 2005, Ms. Berlin was named as one of the 10 leaders in employment law on Long Island. She was also listed in Long Island Business News' 2004 Who's Who in Employment Law on Long Island.
Ms. Berlin has written numerous articles for the New York State Bar Association's Municipal Lawyer, and is the co-author of an article entitled Romance in the Workplace: Employers Can Make Rules if They Serve Legitimate Needs, which appeared in the September/October 1999 issue of the New York State Bar Journal. She also co-authored an article entitled Romance in the Workplace: To What Extent Can Employers Dictate the Rules?, which appeared in the June 1998 issue of the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter. Ms. Berlin edited a chapter of an American Bar Association treatise, Discipline & Discharge in Arbitration, published in 1998, and a supplement to that treatise. She has lectured at programs sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau/Suffolk Academies of Law, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Society for Human Resource Management and others.
Ms. Berlin is an honors graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the George Washington University National Law Center.
Ms. Berlin is a member of the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section and a co-editor-in-chief of the Section's Public Sector Labor and Employment Law treatise. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association's Municipal Law Section and chair of that section's Employment Relations Committee. She is a past chair of the Nassau County Bar Association's Education Law Committee and a past chair of the Association's Labor and Employment Law Committee. Ms. Berlin received the Nassau County Bar Association's Directors' Award in 2003 for her outstanding service as chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee. She received the Long Island Business News' 40 Under 40 Award in 2002. In 2007, Ms. Berlin received the Business Leader of the Year Award from the Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Long Island Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Advisory Board to the Nassau Academy of Law, and is co-chair of the Honorary Board for the Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In September 2003 and January 2005, Ms. Berlin was named as one of the 10 leaders in employment law on Long Island. She was also listed in Long Island Business News' 2004 Who's Who in Employment Law on Long Island.
Ms. Berlin has written numerous articles for the New York State Bar Association's Municipal Lawyer, and is the co-author of an article entitled Romance in the Workplace: Employers Can Make Rules if They Serve Legitimate Needs, which appeared in the September/October 1999 issue of the New York State Bar Journal. She also co-authored an article entitled Romance in the Workplace: To What Extent Can Employers Dictate the Rules?, which appeared in the June 1998 issue of the New York State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter. Ms. Berlin edited a chapter of an American Bar Association treatise, Discipline & Discharge in Arbitration, published in 1998, and a supplement to that treatise. She has lectured at programs sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, the Nassau/Suffolk Academies of Law, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Society for Human Resource Management and others.
Ms. Berlin is an honors graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the George Washington University National Law Center.
Education
Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (B.S., with honors, 1988)George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., with honors, 1991)
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