MEMBERS
T.J. Herten
A. Burstein
P.F. Sheridan, Jr.
A.J. Cevasco
T.P. Bottinelli
A.D. Litt
S.B. Harz
P. Papalia
R.J. Contant
S.M. Marra
T.S. McGuire
A.T. Fede
G.A.Pietrafesa
S.D. Jacobson
M.I. Lubin
N.O. DeScherer
D.Y. Gielchinsky

ASSOCIATES
P. Ascolese
L.R. Bicocchi
C.P. Bossong
T.J. Fagan
C.B. Hand
L.J.C. Hardesty, Jr.
M.R. Olszak
D.C. Ritson
K.K. Ruggiero
E.S. Thompson

OF COUNSEL
J.T. Shafron
W.H. Schmidt, Jr.
D.S. Steinberg
L.C. Tomasella
C. Brooks
D.L. Mulligan

SPECIAL COUNSEL
G.C. Escala

DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS
D. Polizzotto

ATTORNEY MAIN PAGE

Steven B. Harz

Steven B. Harz is recognized as one of New Jersey's foremost experts in the field of labor and employment law. His practice for the past 25 years has been concentrated in this specialized area. Mr. Harz is a 1976 graduate of Delaware Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of Law Review. He received his undergraduate education at St. Peter's College, achieving a place on the Dean's List for all semesters and graduating among the top ten of his class. He also received a Master of Arts degree from New York University. He is admitted to practice before the State and Federal Courts of New York and New Jersey and represents clients in Federal and State Courts throughout the United States. Mr. Harz has served as in-house Labor Counsel for a Fortune 500 Company and as Adjunct Professor of Labor Law at the Widener University Law School.

Currently, Mr. Harz heads up the Labor and Employment Law Group of Herten Burstein. To this office he brings vast experience representing clients in every facet of labor and employment law. This includes matters involving Federal and State employment discrimination laws, wrongful discharge and failure to hire claims, matters relating to the National Labor Relations Act, unfair labor practice matters, collective bargaining negotiations, grievance arbitrations, and wage and hour laws before Federal and State courts and administrative agencies. It also includes providing general legal advice and counsel with respect to all areas regarding the employment relationship, such as the development of employment policies and manuals, and the establishment of employment practices and preventive programs that minimize the potential for litigation. The clients represented by Mr. Harz range in size from large national and multi-national manufacturing companies and financial, not-for-profit, and healthcare institutions, to small entrepreneurial businesses.

Mr. Harz has served as a lecturer and panelist for numerous programs in the area of labor and employment law and is Chairman of the Bergen County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. He was also Mayor of Closter, New Jersey for the period from 1994 through 1998 and now serves as a Member of the Closter, New Jersey Board of Ethics.

St. Peter’s College
(B.S. 1970)

New York University
(M.A. 1974)

Delaware Law School
(J.D. 1976)

New Jersey
New York

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

U.S. District Courts, Southern and
Eastern Districts of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit