Bruce R. Millman

Bruce R. Millman

New York, NY recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012
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257 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management

Biography

Bruce R. Millman has more than 35 years of experience counseling private and public sector employers on business and personnel strategies. He works with employers on:

  • Labor and employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, sales, reorganizations, and reductions-in-force
  • Wage and hour compliance and compensation issues
  • Collective bargaining and other union matters
  • Disciplinary decisions and wrongful termination
  • Employment discrimination issues
  • Sexual harassment and other forms of harassment
  • Family Leave and disability issues
  • Personnel policies, executive employment contracts, and manager/employee training

    Bruce has particular experience representing clients regarding matters falling under the following:

    • The National Labor Relations Act
    • The Fair Labor Standards Act
    • Title VII and other anti-discrimination/harassment statutes
    • The Family and Medical Leave Act and disability discrimination laws
    • New York Labor Law, including wage payment laws and the Wage Theft Prevention Act
    • The New York Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act
    • New York unemployment provisions, including independent contractor issues

      In addition to counseling, Bruce regularly represents clients at the collective bargaining table, in arbitration, and in administrative agency and court litigation.

      Bruce is a frequent lecturer on public and private sector labor and employment law matters for a wide range of professional and legal organizations, which have included the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Practising Law Institute and others.

      Bruce serves as the office managing shareholder of Littler Mendelson's New York office. He is a member of Littler’s Publications Review and Associates Committees, the Core Group of the Corporate Compliance practice group, and the subcommittee on Release Issues for the Business Restructuring practice group, as well as the International Labor, Traditional Labor, Healthcare and other practice groups.

      Prior to joining Littler, he was the managing partner of a boutique management labor and employment firm and a partner at another firm.

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257 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • Columbia University, J.D., graduated 1973
  • Princeton University, AB, graduated 1970

  • New York, New York State Bar Association

  • College of Labor & Employment Lawyers - Fellow
  • NYS Bar Association - Former Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • College of Labor & Employment Lawyers - Fellow
  • NYS Bar Association - Former Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section
  • Columbia University, J.D., graduated 1973
  • Princeton University, AB, graduated 1970

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
Awards:
  • Recipient, Larkin Prize - Princeton University
  • Named, New York Metro Super Lawyer, multiple years
  • Named , Who’s Who in American Law
  • Named, Management Labour and Employment - Who's Who Legal, 2011
  • Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  • Named, International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers - Who's Who Legal, 2011, 2012 and 2013

Case History

Cases
  • Other Court Admissions
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
  • New York Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

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