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About Kenneth
Biography
With some 25 years of experience, Ken Wagner is widely recognized by union leaders and individual employee executives as a highly capable attorney for labor and employment work before federal and state courts, administrative agencies and arbitration tribunals.
Ken regularly provides advice to union leaders in a wide variety of private and public sector industries; much of his work on behalf of unions has focused on a variety of traditional labor law matters — arbitration, cases before the NLRB and PERB, section 301 and duty of fair representation litigation, and collective bargaining.
Ken also has a successful practice counseling and representing individual employees and senior executives in employment and severance agreement negotiations, employment law matters and disputes over compensation and termination issues.
Practice Areas
1
Practice Area
Employment and Labor
100%
Fees and Rates
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in New York for 35 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1991
No misconduct found
Location
Blitman & King LLP
(315) 471-2623
Fax
443 North Franklin Street, Suite 300, Syracuse, NY, 13204-5426
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Selected, Best Lawyers (Litigation - Labor and Employment), Best Lawyers in America
2017
NY Super Lawyers-- Upstate Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
NY Super Lawyers-- Upstate Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
NY Super Lawyers-- Upstate Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
NY Super Lawyers-- Upstate Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine
2012
NY Super Lawyers-- Upstate Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
NY Super Lawyers-- Upstate Edition, Super Lawyers Magazine
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Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
1990 - Present
Partner, Blitnan & King LLP
1900 - Present
Partner, Blitman & King LLP
Associations
Onondaga County Bar Association
Member
New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Member
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Member
2003 - 2006
ABA Developing Labor Law CommitteeCo-chair
2000 - 2003
ABA Developing Labor Law CommitteeProgram Co-chair
1997 - 2002
Legal Services of Central New York, Inc.Member/President, Board of Directors
Sample of Legal Cases
Palladino v. CNY Centro, 23 N.Y.3d 140, 12 N.E.3d 436 (2014)
Ruling in favor of the union and dismissing the complaints, the NY Court of Appeals rejected the plaintiff’s challenge to the continuing vitality of the so-called "Martin" rule defense and confirmed its applicability to fair representation claims.
Ferguson v. New Venture Gear, Inc. 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78111 (N.D.N.Y. 2009)
Summary judgment granted by district court.
Smith v. New Venture Gear, Inc., 320 Fed. Appx. 33 (2d Cir. 2009)
Summary judgment granted by district court and affirmed by circuit court of appeals
Gallagher v. IBEW Local Union No. 43, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 81615 (N.D.N.Y. 2008)
All claims were dismissed following a three-day trial.
Turgeon v. Operating Engineers, Local 98, 2 Fed App'x 176 (2d. Cir. 2001)
Summary judgment was granted by the district court and affirmed by the circuit court of appeals.
Education
1990
Syracuse University College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor (cum laude)
1984
University of California, Los Angeles
BA - Bachelor of Arts (with departmental honors)
Speaking Engagements
2014
NYSBA CLE Conference on Social Media in Labor and Employment Law
NLRA Limitations on the Scope of Workplace Policies
2010
NLRB-ILR Conference (DePew, NY)
“Recent Developments on Critical Labor Relations Issues Before the NLRB — Unilateral Changes: Clear and Unmistakable Waiver or Contract Coverage?”
2009
ABA Developing Labor Law Committee Midwinter Meeting (San Diego, CA)
“Our Deal Trumps My Bargaining Rights Only if I Said So: The Board’s Reaffirmation of Its Waiver Doctrine in Unilateral Change Cases”
2005
PERB/Cornell University-ILR Interest Arbitration Conference (Tarrytown, NY)
“Reaching a Settlement Without Interest Arbitration — A Perspective from the Union Side”
2003
NLRB-ILR Conference (DePew, NY)
“The NLRB and the National Labor Relations Act: Recent Developments in the Law”
2003
ABA Developing Labor Law Committee Midwinter Meeting (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
“What Should the Bargaining Rights of a Discriminatory Successor Employer Be?”
Publications
2009
ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law
Our Deal Trumps My Bargaining Rights Only if I Said So: The Board’s Reaffirmation of Its Waiver Doctrine in Unilateral Change Cases
2006
The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act (5th Ed.)
Editor
1997
The Labor Lawyer (ABA)
The NLRB's Continued Adherence to the Waiver Doctrine in Unilateral Change Cases
Languages
English