Barry A Hartstein

Practice Areas

Background Checks; Class Action; Discrimination and Harassment; Retail; Wage and Hour

Career

Barry has earned a national reputation for a career that includes more than 30 years of counseling and representing employers in a broad range of labor and employment matters. He is a frequent writer, commentator, and lecturer on workplace issues.

Hartstein also has extensive experience as a litigator and has defended employers nationwide in individual and class action claims and wage and hour collective actions. He has particular expertise dealing with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on both a local and national level, which included an invitation by the EEOC chair to address the Commission at a recent meeting in Washington D.C., on the legal standards governing employers’ consideration of criminal arrest and conviction records.

Hartstein serves in numerous leadership roles for Cornell University's ILR School, including his position on the Dean's Advisory Council, and as a board member of the Scheinman Institute, in which he recently completed his term as president of ILR's Alumni Association.

Additionally, Hartstein has served for many years in a national leadership role for the American Bar Association in its section devoted to labor and employment law focusing on EEO issues, including serving as a management co-chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section; American Bar Association - Finance Committee 2010-present; American Bar Association - EEO Committee 2002-2004; American Bar Association - Chicago District Office, EEOC Liaison Committee 1995-present; ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law; Cornell ILR Alumni Association - Executive Committee 1995-present; Cornell ILR Alumni Association 2007-2009; Cornell ILR School - Deans Advisory Council; Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution - Board of Directors 2008-present; Cornell University - Trustee Nominating Committee 2008-present; American Employment Law Council 2010-2012; American Employment Law Council 1995-present

Education