First Admitted: 1997, New York

Professional Webpage: https://www.mscklaw.com/attorney/troy-l-kessler/

Bar/Professional Activity:

National Employment Lawyers Association, Member
National Employment Lawyers Association/New York, Member
American Bar Association - Labor & Employment Section, Member
Federal Bar Council, Member
Federal Bar Association - EDNY Chapter, Member
Suffolk County Bar Association, Member
Suffolk County Bar Association's Labor & Employment Committee, Member
New York State Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association’s Eastern District of New York Chapter, Board Member
National Employment Lawyers Association/New York, Board Member
Board of the Center for Labor & Employment Law at the New York University School of Law, Member
Nassau County Bar Association, Mentor

Pro bono/Community Service:

Mentor, Nassau County Bar Association

Educational Background:

University of Wisconsin, Bachelor's degree in Political Science and History

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Panelist: “Remedies in Employment Litigation,” Twenty-Second Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges at New York University School of Law, March 2019
Panelist: “Current state of wage and hour arbitrations in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Committee midwinter meeting, California, February 2019
Panelist: “Best Practices for Issuing Class Notices,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Conference in San Francisco, California, November 2018
Trainer: “Ethical Witness Interactions,” United States Department of Labor’s in-house training, September 2018
Panelist: “Best Practices for Ethical Witness Interactions,” Seventy-First Annual NYU Conference on Labor, September 2018
Panelist: “Fair Labor Standards Act Update,” on the topic of settlement issues in wage-and-hour litigation in the wake of the Second Circuit’s decision in Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House,” Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of New York, April 2018
Panelist: “Remedies in Employment Litigation,” Twenty-First Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges at New York University School of Law, March 2018
Trainer: “Mediation Advocacy Training,” Federal Bar Association, Eastern district of New York and Cornell University’s ILR Labor and Employment Program, October 2017
Panelist: “Strategies for Asserting Individual Liability for FLSA Violations,” United States Department of Labor’s in-house training, September 2017
Panelist: Twentieth Annual NYU Employment Law Workshop for Federal Judges at New York University School of Law, March 2017
Panelist: “Pursuing and Negotiating Class Action Settlements,” American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Conference in Chicago, Illinois, November 2016
Trainer: “Representing Workers Covered by the Hospitality Wage Order, and Calculating Damages in Wage and Hour Litigation,” FLSA Mediation Training, Federal Bar Association- Eastern District of New York, September 2016
Panelist: “Spotting Wage-and-Hour Violations,” National Employment Law Association (NELA) Conference in Los Angeles, California, June 2016
Trainer: “Representing Workers Covered by the Hospitality Wage Order and Top 10 FLSA Takeaways,” FLSA Mediation Training, Federal Bar Association - Eastern District of New York and Cornell University’s ILR Labor and Employment Program, June 2016
Spoken at CLE Events, National Employment Lawyers Association and the Suffolk County Bar Association
Contributor, American Bar Association’s FLSA Midwinter Report, which serves as the annual supplement to the Ellen C. Kearns et al. eds., Fair Labor Standards Act (2d. ed. 2010)

Industry Groups:

American Bar Association - Labor & Employment Section
Federal Bar Association
Federal Bar Council
National Employment Lawyers Association
National Employment Lawyers Association/NY
Suffolk County Bar Association - Co-Chair Labor & Employment Committee

Troy L. Kessler