ABOUT

Mark Risk litigates discrimination, restrictive covenant, wage/hour, contract and benefits disputes in New York federal and state courts. He has tried cases in federal and state court and at the major arbitration forums, and briefed and argued state and federal appeals.  He also represents executives and others in employment contract and severance negotiations.

Mark is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves on the Advisory Board of the NYU Law Center for Labor and Employment Law. He is a member of the leadership Council of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section.

Mark has taught advocacy skills for National Institute of Trial Advocacy, including in-house programs at the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor, Securities and Exchange Commission, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and many private law firms.

EDUCATION

• New York University School of Law, J.D., 1984. Hays Civil Liberties Fellow

• University of Chicago, M.A. (political science), 1981

• Swarthmore College, B.A., 1978

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York

• Southern District of New York

• Eastern District of New York

• U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second Circuit

• U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third Circuit

• U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Advisory Board, International Forum of Senior Executive Advisors, 2022 -

• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. 2008 —

• Advisory Board, NYU Law Center for Labor and Employment Law

• Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, various trial and deposition skills programs. 1996–present

• Council Member, ABA Labor and Employment Section. 2020 —

• Co-Chair, Twelfth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, San Francisco, November 2018

• Co-Chair, Eleventh Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Washington, D.C., November 2017

• Vice Chair, Tenth Annual Conference, ABA Labor and Employment Section, Chicago, November 2016

• Co-Editor, Labor and Employment Law Newsletter (ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law). 2002-2014

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation

• Co-Chair, Technology Subcommittee, Committee on Employment Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section. 2008-2014

• CLE Conference Committee Chair, National Employment Lawyers Association/New York.  2008-2020

• AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings

• Best Lawyers, New York, 2011–

• New York Super Lawyers, Thomson West, 2007–

• Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, 2018 -