Education- LL.M., Columbia Law School
- LL.B., Harvard Law School
- B.A., Canisius College
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Experience
Raymond McGuire joined KM&M in 1981 and assumed primary
responsibility for its litigation practice in federal and state courts,
as well as before the NLRB and other federal agencies. Since 1981, he
has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts in the New York
Metropolitan Area involving employment contract, discrimination and
labor relations issues.
Ray is also responsible for KM&M's representation of its
construction industry clients in all aspects of their labor relations,
serving as general counsel to the Contractors' Association of Greater
New York, Inc. (CAGNY), a multi-employer association of "high-rise"
construction managers, as well as the Environmental Contractors
Association and the Association of Contracting Plumbers of Greater New
York. Ray has a particular expertise as well in the labor issues
arising in the emerging voice and data communications industries, and
has successfully guided clients in these industries with respect to the
labor relations implications of mergers, acquisitions, and
reorganizations. He has also negotiated throughout the United States
with scores of CWA and IBEW local unions, including locals in
California, Chicago, Houston, Dallas and New York. Ray also has
serviced clients in New York's maritime sector, negotiating with the
ILA, SIU and MM&P and also in New York's hospitality industry that
deals with SEIU Locals 6 and 100.
Ray received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Following
practice with a labor law firm in New York, he served in the Peace
Corps in Nigeria for two years and then obtained a master of laws
degree from Columbia Law School. Ray served as professor of law at the
University of Maine School of Law from 1973 to 1981, and also taught
and lectured in labor and employment law at Florida State University
and University College Dublin.
Affiliations:
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
New York State Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)
American Bar Association (Section on Labor Relations)
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