Steven Harz, Esq

Steven B. Harz

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TEL: (201) 342-6000 X 215
FAX: (201) 342-6611
sharz@hertenburstein.com

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.

Currently, Mr. Harz heads up the Labor & Employment 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 of litigation. The clients represented by Mr. Harz range in size from large national and multinational 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 was Chairman of the Bergen County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. He was also Mayor of Closter, New Jersey from 1994 through 1998 and now serves as a Member of the New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee.

Mr. Harz is a 1976 graduate of Delaware Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the 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.

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PRACTICE AREAS
Labor & Employment
Business Law

EDUCATION
St. Peter's College
(B.S. 1970)

New York University
(M.A. 1974)

Delaware Law School
(J.D. 1976)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. District Courts, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States