Kenneth E. Gordon - New York, NY

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Indiana University School of Law, South Bend, Indiana, 1975
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1971
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner, since 1980

Representative Clients

• Lloyd's Register of Shipping

• International Association of Classification Societies

• Local 621, S.E.I.U., AFL-CIO

Representative Cases

• Sassano v. Grand Columbiana Shipping Lines and Lloyd's Reqister of Shipping
  • Citation: 80 Civ. 3410
  • Court: E.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 1982
• Elysium Corporation v. Nantor Oy. et al.
  • Citation: 618 F. Supp, 1343
  • Court: 11 Md.
  • Year: 1985
• Inversiones Calmer, S.A. v. C.E. Heath. et al.
  • Citation: 681 F. Supp. 100
  • Court: D. Puerto Rico
  • Year: 1988
• Argandona v. Lloyd's Register of Shipping
  • Court: Florida Court of Appeals
  • Year: 1995
• LeJeune v. LOUISIANA
  • Court: S.D. Texas
  • Year: 1998
• Texaco Exploration v. AmClyde
  • Court: E.D. Louisiana
  • Year: 2002
• Local 621, S.E.LU., AFL-CIO In the Matter of the Complaint of Supervior of Mechanics (Motor Vehicles)
  • Year: 1997
• Local 621 v. City of New York (Office of Collective Bargaining)
  • Year: 2002
• Local 621 v. City of New York
  • Court: S.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 2002
• Acha v. Beame
  • Citation: 570 F.2d 57
  • Court: 2d Cir.
  • Year: 1978
• Uniformed Firefighters Association v. City of New York
  • Citation: SON. Y.2d 85
  • Year: 1980
• Oback v. Nadel
  • Citation: 57 N.Y.2d 620
  • Year: 1982
• Joyce v. Ortiz
  • Citation: 108 A.D2d 158, 487 N.Y.S.2d 746
  • Court: 1st Dept.
  • Year: 1985
• Fried v. Nadel
  • Court: Sup. Cf. N.Y. Co.
  • Year: 1986
• Webber v. Downstate Pathology Associates
  • Court: Sup. Ct. Kings Co.
  • Year: 1987
• Marra v. Levitt
  • Court: Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.
  • Year: 1987
• Skor v, New York City Department of Probation
  • Court: S.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 1989
• New York City Transit Authority v. State Division of Human Rights and Adrenne Nash
  • Citation: 78 N.Y.2d
  • Year: 1991
• Buric v. New York City Police Department
  • Court: Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.
  • Year: 1991
• New York City Police Department v. DeLeon
  • Citation: 201 A.D.2d 260, 608 N.Y.S.2d 827
  • Court: 1st Dept.
  • Year: 1994
• Beame v. DeLeon
  • Citation: 87 N.Y.2d 289
  • Year: 1995
• Eng v. Bratton
  • Citation: 653 N.Y.S.2d 333
  • Court: 1 Dept.
  • Year: 1997
• Tribune Co. v. Purcigliotti
  • Court: S.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 1993
• Buric v. Safir
  • Citation: 736 N.Y.S.2d 342
  • Court: 1 Dept.
  • Year: 2002

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1976
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Other Affiliations

• Joint New York State/New York City Bar Association Subcommittee to Investigate New York State Division of Human Rights, 1980 - 1985 (Co-Chair)
• Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women, 1991 - 1993 (Member)
• American Contract Bridge League, 1983 - Present (Life Master)
• U.S. Chess Federation, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Best Lawyers in America (Listed)