Ronald J. Mendrick

Ron Mendrick helped managers solve legal problems, including: 

• Discrimination, Employment Contract, Disability, & Harassment Claims, and Settlement Negotiations & Dispute Mediation, and Religious Issues
• Leaves and Absenteeism, Handbooks and Work Rules
• Employee Discipline, Severance Arrangements Negotiations, Discharge and Termination
• Union Organizing Campaigns, Collective Bargaining, Unfair Labor & Improper Practice Charges, and Grievance/Arbitration
• Pay for Performance, Executive Employment, and Compensation Plans
• Recruitment, Promotions, Transfers, Re-training, and Downsizing & Layoffs, and Early Retirement Programs
• Wage-Hour, EEOC, and OSHA Investigations
• School Board Policies and Procedures, Tenure and Probation, Elections and Electioneering, Student Rights, Bullying, & Discipline, Bids, Contracts, & State Mandates, and Capital Projects, Land Purchases, Sale & Use
• Open Meetings Law and FOIL 

Prior to legal practice, Ron served in various managerial positions in higher-education institutions in New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania, and since retiring from legal practice has served as a consultant conducting Board and Superintendent Workshops, Investigating Allegations of Discrimination, Hostile Environment, & Bullying, and Administrative Organization, and other matters.

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

• Board of Education, Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District (President, six terms)
• President, Monroe County School Boards Association
• Vice President, New York State Public Employers Relations Association
• Chair, Labor Relations Committee, Monroe County School Boards Association
• Board Member, Rochester Human Resources Association
• Board Member, Center for Dispute Settlement
• Board Member, Monroe County Bar Association
• Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Monroe County Bar Association
• Chair, Labor and Employment Law Committee, Monroe County Bar Association
• Chair Settlement Week Task Force, Labor & Employment Law Committee, Monroe County Bar Association

HONORS & AWARDS

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Named the Best Lawyers^® 2015 Education Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Rochester
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Education Law, Labor Law – Management, and Employment Law – Management
• Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers^® 2012-2013

PRESENTATIONS

• Adjunct Instructor in Business & Labor Law courses at State University of New York at Brockport (1987-1992); Legal Environment of Human Resources for Master’s in Business Program at Nazareth College (August 2014-present), and scheduled for Legal Environment of Business for Nazareth College for Fall 2015.
• Frequent presenter to employers, school boards, and bar associations on management, labor and employment law, school board policies and relations; education management, teacher evaluation, bullying, discrimination, and related topics.