Biography
Ken provides clients with creative and practical solutions to resolve their labor and employment issues efficiently. He leads Fox Rothschild’s Affirmative Action/OFCCP practice.
Ken practices labor and employment law, representing employers nationally in both union and nonunion contexts. He works closely with business owners, human resource professionals and in-house counsel to ensure they are complying with the myriad of complex workplace-related rules mandated by federal and state law. He provides guidance on federal prevailing wage statutes and regulations including the Davis Bacon Act, Service Contract Act, Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act and others.
As head of the firm’s AAP/OFCCP practice, Ken assists federal, state and municipal contractors:
- Comply with the numerous affirmative action and equal employment opportunity laws and regulations
- Develop affirmative action plans and related documents
- Navigate OFCCP audits.
For unionized employers, Ken represents his clients in collective bargaining, arbitration and unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, and the New York Public Employment Relations Board.
Ken also assists his clients in developing and implementing employee handbooks, personnel policies and procedures, and employment and severance agreements. He further provides day-to-day counseling and training to his clients in connection with all federal, state and local laws that impact the employment relationship including, but not limited to, disciplinary, leave and accommodation, wage and hour issues.
Ken aggressively defends his clients against claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in federal/state court and administrative tribunals.
Before Fox Rothschild
Ken was employed by the Essex County Counsel's Office as an Assistant County Counsel. He is a former Associate General Counsel for the City of New York's Department of Citywide Administrative Services.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Ken is frequently engaged to educate business leaders and his peers on various labor, employment and affirmative action topics. Among the organizations Ken has presented to include the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, New Jersey Department of Labor, New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Jersey Gasoline-Convenience-Automotive Association, Public Employment Relations Commission's Annual Conference, New Jersey Association of Counties' Annual Conference, New York State Public Employer Labor Relations Association's Annual Conference, Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey and Council on Education in Management.
Ken has served on the New Jersey State Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Executive Committee since 2017. He serves as editor emeritus for the bar association's New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Education
- Albany Law School (J.D., 1995)
- State University of New York at Albany (B.S., cum laude, 1992)
Memberships
- Essex County Bar Association
- Delegate to the New Jersey State Bar Association General Council, 2019-2020
- Past President
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Executive Committee, Labor & Employment Section
- Nominating Committee, May 2017 – April 2019
- Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court
- The National Industry Liaison Group
Board of Directors
- Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest New Jersey (Trustee)

