BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.14//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69-919@lerachapter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261207T193000 DTSTAMP:20261110T210548Z URL:https://lerachapter.org/nyc/events/nyc-lera-holiday-party-12-7-26/ SUMMARY:NYC LERA Holiday Party on 12-7-26! DESCRIPTION:New York City LERA\npresents\n\nNYC LERA Holiday Party and Conv ersation with Former NLRB Chair Marvin Kaplan (Jackson Lewis) and Kate Swe arengen (Cohen Weiss &\; Simon)\nProgram\nA fun holiday party (food\, f un and libations!) with NYC LERA\, with a short presentation on the curren t state of the NLRB and private sector traditional labor law by former NLR B Chair Marvin Kaplan (Jackson Lewis) and NYC LERA Secretary Kate Sweareng en (Cohen Weiss &\; Simon)\n\nDate and Time\nDecember 7\, 2026\, 5:30 - 7:30 PM\n\nSpeakers\n[caption id="attachment_1353" align="aligncenter" wi dth="220"] Marvin Kaplan\, Former NLRB Chair\, Partner\, Jackson Lewis[/ca ption]\nMarvin Kaplan is a principal in the New York City\, New York\, off ice 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 eig ht years on the NLRB\, Marvin participated in over 900 decisions\, includi ng decisions addressing the lawfulness of captive audience speeches and wo rk rules\, and the standards for determining the composition of a bargaini ng unit and whether an individual is an independent contractor\, and sever al rulemakings\, defining a joint-employer and laying out procedures gover ning representation elections.\nPrior to his time on the NLRB\, he served as Chief Counsel at the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission a nd a Special Assistant at U.S. Department of\nLabor. Marvin is a graduate of Cornell University and Washington University in St. Louis Law School.\n  \;\n\n[caption id="attachment_1354" align="aligncenter" width="208"] Kate Swearengen\, Partner\, Cohen Weiss &\; Simon[/caption]\nKate Swear engen provides strategic advice to unions and represents them in federal a nd state court litigation\, administrative proceedings\, arbitration and c ollective bargaining. She also counsels and litigates on behalf of individ ual clients with respect to various employment matters. She is a chapter e ditor 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 NL RA. She is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association. K ate speaks and writes frequently on labor and employment law developments affecting workers and their unions. Kate graduated from Princeton Universi ty (with honors) and from Columbia Law School.\n\nLocation\nJackson Lewis\ n666 Third Ave. New York\, NY\n\nRegistration and Cost\n$10 for members\, $15 non-members\, free for students\, and please book your registration be low!\nContact email for attendee questions:\nDLBurrell1@gmail.com\, Presid ent\, NYC LERA\n\nMembership in NYC LERA\nPlease renew your chapter member ship to help us to continue to provide vital content\, visit: http://lerac hapter.org/nyc/membership-account/membership-levels/.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lerachapter.org/nyc/wp-content/uploads/s ites/69/2026/11/NYC12-7-26Featured-scaled.png CATEGORIES:In-person LOCATION:Jackson Lewis PC\, 666 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10017\, Uni ted States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=666 3rd Ave\, New York\, Ne w York\, 10017\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Jackson Lewis PC :geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR