Mark A. Jacoby is a senior partner in the Employment practice of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He is nationally recognized as a negotiator, counselor and litigator, with expertise in the full spectrum of labor, employee relations and employee benefits issues. Mr. Jacoby is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He is also listed in the International Who's Who of Management Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Mr. Jacoby's practice deals with all fields of business endeavor, including manufacturing, distribution, retail, transportation, media and financial services industries. He represents employers in all aspects of labor relations, including collective bargaining, contract administration, arbitrations, and litigation under the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act. He is equally experienced in dealing with the civil rights laws, ERISA, and the many other laws governing the workplace, counseling employers on preventive practices and defending employers in administrative proceedings and individual and class action litigations.
Mr. Jacoby is highly knowledgeable in dealing with the labor, employment law and employee benefit issues that arise in corporate transactions and bankruptcy reorganizations. Mr. Jacoby also represents both employers and executives in connection with the negotiation and enforcement of individual employment agreements and separation agreements, and the resolution of individual employment disputes.
Mr. Jacoby lectures frequently on labor and employment law issues, and is co-author of The Corporate Counsellor's Deskbook (Aspen Law), the Employment Law Deskbook for Human Resources Professionals (West Group), and Reorganizing Failing Businesses (Amer. Bar Ass'n). Before entering private practice, Mr. Jacoby was a law professor at the Boston University School of Law and served as law clerk for US District Judge William B. Herlands. Mr. Jacoby received his undergraduate degree with honors in engineering from Cornell University and was graduated magna cum laude from the Columbia University Law School. At Columbia, he was Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review.