<p>Richard D. Landau is a Partner in the White Plains, New York office of Jackson Lewis. Mr. Landau is also a member of the firm’s Disability, Leave and Health Management Practice Group.
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Mr. Landau graduated from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1986 and received his Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1989. He is admitted to practice in both New York and Connecticut state and federal district courts.
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Mr. Landau was selected as one of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in the United States in 2006 by the Labor Relations Institute – an organization which selected Mr. Landau for this honor from among close to 9,000 attorneys practicing before the National Labor Relations Board over the last ten years. He has negotiated hundreds of collective bargaining agreements including complex contracts covering over 1,500 employees.
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Mr. Landau is a frequent speaker before healthcare associations, national and regional trade associations, chambers of commerce and business groups. He is a dynamic presenter educating employer audiences on the following topics:

labor union activity including anticipating “corporate campaigns”; disability, leave, direct threat and reasonable accommodation concerns; sexual and other forms of workplace harassment; identifying vulnerability to workplace violence; ensuring wage and hour compliance including complex exemption issues; and, client specific seminars covering the intricacies of hiring, evaluating, disciplining and terminating staff while minimizing litigation risk.