Rosemary A. Townley

Chapter Contributor, Ten Tips to Improve Employment Mediation: Valuable Advice for Counsel Representing Employees and Employers, AAA Handbook on Employment Arbitration and ADR (JURIS, 2010; 2016)  

Chapter Contributor, Due Process in the Workplace, Arbitration 2009: Proceedings of the National Academy of Arbitrators, Bureau of National Affairs, 2009)  

Chapter Author, How ADR Works, How Mediators Operate: A Mediator’s View (Bureau of National Affairs, 2002, ed.)(Brand,ed.)  

Use of ADR in Intellectual Property Disputes, Bright Ideas, (New York State Bar Association, Section on Intellectual Property Law, Spring/Summer 2000).

Non-Traditional Joins Traditional in Labor and Employment Law, New York Law Journal, (January 26, 2000).   

Contributor, Arbitration 1997: The Next Fifty Years (Proceedings of the National Academy of Arbitrators, Bureau of National Affairs, 1998)  

Contributing Author, Discipline and Discharge, Arbitral Remedies (Bureau of National Affairs, 1998 ed.).  Brand, N.   Topic Author, F. Elkouri & E. Elkouri, How Arbitration Works (Bureau of National Affairs, 1998, 6th ed.)  

Co-Editor-in-Chief (with Lefkowitz, J. & Osterman, Jr., Melvin, Public Sector Labor and Employment Law (New York State Bar Association, 1993 & 2nd edition)  

Co-Author, Arbitration and the American With Disabilities Act, ADR Currents (American Arbitration Association, Summer 1996).             

Review of the 1991-92 U.S. Supreme Court Term:  Decided and Pending Labor and Employment Law Cases, Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter (New York State Bar Association, March 1993).  

Editor, Survey of New York State Law Schools:  Labor and Employment Law Course Offerings and Directory of Labor and Employment Law Professors  (New York State Bar Association, Section on Labor and Employment Law, Ad Hoc Committee on Law School Liaisons, 1990-91 and 1991-92).  

Occasional Columnist, Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter (New York State Bar Association, 1987-2001).  

• New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting (2017) Section on Labor and Employment Law, New York, NY, Moderator-Presenter, Legal Constraints on Freedom to Speak: From the Gridiron to the Classroom
• New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting       (2015) Section on Labor and Employment Law New York, N,Y Moderator-Presenter, Informal Discovery in State and Federal Courts              
• New York State Bar Association       (2014) Section on Labor and Employment Law Regional Seminars New York, NY, Presenter, Social Media and the Public Sector  
• American Arbitration Association       (2014) New York, NY-Co-Presenter Breakfast Brainstorm: Raising Your Game: Winning Tips for Advocates in Employment Arbitration  
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service       (2014) 35th Annual Arbitration Symposium Atlantic City, NJ Moderator-Presenter, What the Parties Expect from Arbitration
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service       (2013) 34th Annual Arbitration Symposium Atlantic City, NJ Moderator-Presenter, Arbitration Advocacy: Case Presentation and Advocacy
• St. John’s University School of Law       (2013) Queens, NY Moderator-Presenter, Arbitration in Professional Sports: A Conversation with the Arbitrator
• UC Berkeley School of Law  (2010) Berkeley, CA, Lecturer, Women in Professional Sports Arbitration  
• New York State Bar Association       (2010) Section on Labor and Employment Law CLE Webinar-Albany, NY, Nuts and Bolts of Arbitrating Individual Employment Claims  
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service       (2009) 30th Annual Arbitration Symposium Panelist, Distinctions in Private, Federal & Public Sector Arbitration  
• New York State Bar Association      (2009) Section on Labor and Employment Law & Section on ADR The Sagamore-Bolton Landing, NY Moderator: Are You Ready for Some Football (Counsel)? Practice in the NFL and the NFL Players Association  
• New York State Bar Association (2008) Business Law Section/Metropolitan Black Bar Association New York, NY, How Business Can Benefit from Alternate Dispute Resolution  
• National Academy of Arbitrators (2008) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, CN, Tough Calls in Discipline and Discharge Cases 
• New York State Bar Association (2007) Annual Meeting, Section on Labor and Employment Law, New York City, Presenter: Retaliation Cases Post- White v. Burlington Northern  
• Cornell University - School of Law and School of Industrial and Labor Relations       (2007) New York, NY, Advocacy in Employment Arbitration  
• New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting (2006), Section on Women in the Law New York, New York, Employment Law Trends Affecting Women in the Workplace  
• New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting (2005) Section on Labor and Employment Law, New York, NY, Moderator: Four More Years: The Probable Impact on Labor and Employment Law  
• Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations (2004) New York State Public Employment Relations Board, Tarrytown, NY, The Practical Aspects of Interest Arbitration: Case Presentation  
• National Academy of Arbitrators  Annual Meeting (2004) Las Vegas, NV, Evidentiary Rulings: Mock Trial Before Federal Judge and Arbitration Panel  
• National Academy of Arbitrators  Annual Meeting (2003) Pittsburgh, PA, Moderator: Remedies and Damages in Employment Arbitration  
• National Academy of Arbitrators Fall Meeting (2002) Tampa, FL, First Amendment Rights of Public Employees 
• Fordham University School of Law School (2000) Unemployment Action Center, New York, NY, Moderator: The Extension of Weingarten Rights to Non-Union Worker New York State Bar Association (1999) Section on Labor and Employment Law First CLE Teleconference, Moderator: Sexual Harassment in the Law Firm 
• New York State Bar Association Fall Meeting, Section on Intellectual Property Law (1999) Bolton Landing, NY, Arbitration, Litigation or Negotiation: A Business Perspective  
• National Academy of Arbitrators Annual Meeting (1997) Chicago, IL, What to Expect at Your Employment Arbitration  
• American Bar Association Annual Meeting (1998) Toronto, CN,  The Basics of Alternate Dispute Resolution  
• New York State Bar Association  (1998) Section on Labor and Employment Law, CLE Program, New York, NY, Moderator: The Ill, Injured and Disabled Employee/Job Applicant: What You Need to Know  
• Georgetown Law Center:Annual Employment Law Litigation Institute (1998), Mock Arbitration of an Employment case  
• National Academy of Arbitrators Annual Meeting (1997) Chicago, Illinois, What to Expect At Your Pre-Hearing Conference in Employment Arbitration
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York/American Arbitration Association     (1997) New York, NY, Women in ADR  
• New York State Bar Association (1997) Section on Labor and Employment Law Annual Meeting, New York, New York, Moderator:  Altered States:  Healthcare at the Crossroads  
• American Bar Association  (1996) Section on Labor and Employment Law Annual Mid-Winter Meeting Scottsdale, AR, American with Disabilities Act in the Public Sector: An Arbitrator’s Perspective  
• Cornell University/American Arbitration Association (1995) Workshop on Labor Relations, New York, NY, Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Labor Relations 
• American Bar Association  (1993) Section on Labor and Employment Law Annual Conference New York, NY, Moderator: The Impact of Public Sector Labor Law on Emerging Labor Law 
• American Bar Association (1993) Section on Labor and Employment Law, Annual Mid-Winter Meeting, San Diego, CA, The American With Disabilities Act and the Probable Impact Upon Arbitration