Date of admission to practice in Nevada: 1985

Firm: Kamer, Zucker & Abbott

Position: President

ACADEMICS

• Georgetown University (LLM, Labor Law - 1982)

• Emory University (JD - 1979)

• Washington University (BA -1975)

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

• Kamer Zucker Abbott, President and Founding Member, 1986 - Present

• Panel Arbitrator and Mediator, American Arbitration Association, 1991 - Present

• Arbitrator and Mediator, National Arbitration Forum, 2002 - Present

• Nevada Resort Association, Labor Counsel,  1983 - 1986

• National Labor Relations Board, Region 31, Las Vegas Resident Office, Field Attorney, 1982 - 1983

• National Labor Relations Board, Office of the General Counsel, Division of Enforcement, Office of Appeals, 1980 - 1982    

• University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Department of Economics, Adjunct Professor, 1983 - 1991

• University of Nevada at Reno, Visiting Faculty, 1991 - 2002

EXPERIENCE

Primary practice - exclusively representing employers in all aspects of labor and employment law including collective bargaining, unfair labor practice disputes, wrongful discharge lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

• Martindale Hubbell, AV rated, 1986 - Present

• Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment (Management) 1989 - Present

• Chambers USA, Band 1, 2003 - Present

• Nevada’s Best Attorney, Labor and Employment Law, Nevada Business Journal, Twelve at the Top, July 2006

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

State Bar of Nevada 

• Board of Governors, 2004 - Present

• Alternate Commissioner, Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission, 2003 - 2004

• Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices, 2001 - 2003

• Southern Nevada Disciplinary Committee, 1990 - 1999

• Nevada American Inn of Court, Master, 1997 - Present

• Nevada American Civil Liberties Union, Board of Directors 2007 - Present

Additional information can be found at the firm’s website, www.kzalaw.com