Burton Kainen
Of Counsel
Email: bkainen@kemlaw.com

Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation; Labor Law.

Admitted: 1971, Connecticut and U.S. District Court of Connecticut; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1980, District of Columbia; 1998, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court

Law School: University of Connecticut, J.D., with honors, 1971

College: St. Lawrence University, B.A., 1964; Columbia University, M.B.A., 1966

Member: Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Co-Chairman, Committee on Labor Arbitration and Law of Collective Bargaining Agreements, 1982-1985; Co-Chair, Committee on Membership and Finance, 1986-1992; Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar.

Biography: Author: "Political Forces in Public Sector Collective Bargaining," Catholic University Law Review, 1972; "Standards of Proof in Employment Law," Connecticut Bar Journal, 1983. Contributing Author: "Handbook for Connecticut Elected Officials," University of Connecticut, 1985; "Labor Arbitration," BNA, 1990; Employment Litigation Deskbook, ABA, 1998; "Using Surreptitious Tape-Recordings and E-Mail Intrusions......," Labor Law Journal, 1997. Special Master, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Reported Cases: Reich v. Southern New Eng. Telcoms. Corp., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 121 F.3d 58 (1997); Holo-Krome Co. v. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 947 F.2d 588 (1991); F.E. Hazard, Ltd. v. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 917 F.2d 736 (1990); Holo-Krome Co. v. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 907 F.2d 1343 (1990); Emhart Industries, Hartford Div. v. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 907 F.2d 372 (1990); Connecticut Distributors, Inc. v. NLRB, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 681 F.2d 127 (1982); Tammone v. Dorr-Oliver Inc., United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 84 F. Supp. 2d 291 (1999); Schaffer v. Ames Dep't Stores, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 889 F. Supp. 41 (1995); Young v. Bank of Boston, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22075 (1995); Sava v. General Elec. Co., United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 789 F. Supp. 78 (1992); Local 205, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers v. General Electric Co., United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10337 (1981); Hartford Div., Emhart Industries, Inc. v. Amalgamated Local Union 376, etc., Supreme Court of Connecticut, 190 Conn. 371; 461 A.2d 422 (1983); Robinson v. Southern New England Tel. Co., Appellate Court of Connecticut, 637 A.2d 397 (1994); Navarro v. Federal Paper Bd. Co., Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Third Department, 185 A.D.2d 590; 586 N.Y.S.2d 381 (1992).

Born: Huntington, New York, December 8, 1942

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