New York City LERA
presents
NYC LERA Holiday Party and Conversation with Former NLRB Chair Marvin Kaplan (Jackson Lewis) and Kate Swearengen (Cohen Weiss & Simon)
Program
A fun holiday party (food, fun and libations!) with NYC LERA, with a short presentation on the current state of the NLRB and private sector traditional labor law by former NLRB Chair Marvin Kaplan (Jackson Lewis) and NYC LERA Secretary Kate Swearengen (Cohen Weiss & Simon)
Date and Time
December 7, 2026, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Speakers
Marvin Kaplan is a principal in the New York City, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Marvin, a former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), advises clients on labor and employment issues, focusing on union organizing and labor management relations. Over his eight years on the NLRB, Marvin participated in over 900 decisions, including decisions addressing the lawfulness of captive audience speeches and work rules, and the standards for determining the composition of a bargaining unit and whether an individual is an independent contractor, and several rulemakings, defining a joint-employer and laying out procedures governing representation elections.
Prior to his time on the NLRB, he served as Chief Counsel at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and a Special Assistant at U.S. Department of
Labor. Marvin is a graduate of Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis Law School.
Kate Swearengen provides strategic advice to unions and represents them in federal and state court litigation, administrative proceedings, arbitration and collective bargaining. She also counsels and litigates on behalf of individual clients with respect to various employment matters. She is a chapter editor of How to Take a Case Before the NLRB and The Developing Labor Law, both published by the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, and is a member of the Section’s Committee on Development of the Law Under the NLRA. She is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association. Kate speaks and writes frequently on labor and employment law developments affecting workers and their unions. Kate graduated from Princeton University (with honors) and from Columbia Law School.
Location
Jackson Lewis
666 Third Ave. New York, NY
Registration and Cost
$10 for members, $15 non-members, free for students, and please book your registration below!
Contact email for attendee questions:
DLBurrell1@gmail.com, President, NYC LERA
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