Attorneys & Staff
Nathaniel K.
Charny
Education
Nathaniel K. Charny received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany (magna cum laude, 1987) and his law degree from SUNY Buffalo School of Law (magna cum laude, 1991), where he was Note and Comment Editor of the Buffalo Law Review and Assistant Editor of In the Public Interest Law Journal.
Immediately following law school, he was appointed to a two-year position as Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Alan N. Bloch, United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh (1991-1993).
Labor and Employment Legal Experience
Nathaniel has acquired a wide range of experience within the field of labor and employment law.
Since 1993, Nathaniel has engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law representing individuals and union clients in litigation, administrative proceedings, collective bargaining and arbitration, as well as providing institutional clients with day-to-day counsel. Much of Nathaniel's work centers on employment matters, including employment contract negotiation, drafting and review, severance agreements, not-for-profit organizational development, wage and hour, discrimination, wrongful discharge, and breach of contract.
Nathaniel enjoys appointment as one of CSEA, Local 1000, AFSCME's Regional Attorneys, providing the full breadth of legal representation to municipal workers in Rockland and Westchester County.
Nathaniel served as Director of Legal Affairs for the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, in New York City from 2005 through 2007, where he managed the full breadth of legal affairs for this 20,000-member union comprising faculty and professional staff of the City University of New York. His responsibilities included: counsel on all matters for the union; principle supervision of all litigation and administrative proceedings; advocacy at arbitration proceedings; creating and implementing legal strategies to advance the interests and rights of PSC members; and serving as legal counsel to union leadership.
From 1999 until 2002, he served as Assistant Counsel to the Writers Guild of America, East AFL-CIO, with primary responsibility for negotiating, implementing, and enforcing national, regional, and local collective bargaining agreements between writers and production companies and television networks.
From 1993 until mid-1997, Nathaniel was an associate attorney at the New York City labor law firm Cohen, Weiss and Simon, where he represented labor unions in federal and state court litigation, as well as in contract negotiations, grievance and arbitrations.
Teaching Experience
Nathaniel has equally broad and varied teaching experience. He has enjoyed appointment as Adjunct Professor at CUNY Queens College, Labor Resource Center, where he taught classes with a focus on labor and employment law, constitutional law and civil rights. Nathaniel was appointed Assistant Professor at the Culinary Institute of America, where he taught senior-level classes in labor relations and human resource management, leadership and organizational behavior to students working toward bachelor degrees.
Civic Involvement
Nathaniel is an active member of the Rhinebeck Rotary Club, including leadership in the Nicaragua Project, an annual service and cultural immersion exchange with Rhinebeck High School students traveling to Leon Nicaragua.
Nathaniel is a founding Board Member of the The Rhinebeck Science Foundation and is President of the Board of Netroots Foundation.
Admitted to Practice Law in the Following Jursidictions
New York
New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
United States District Court for the Western District of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit