Nicholas J. Pappas is a partner in Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s New York office where he is a member of the Employment Litigation practice. He focuses on the litigation and arbitration of a broad range of disputes affecting the workplace, including employment discrimination litigation, ERISA litigation, employment contract disputes and trade secrets litigation. Mr. Pappas also counsels clients regarding employment law issues arising in connection with corporate acquisitions and dispositions, plant closings, reorganizations, employment policies, discipline and discharge.
Mr. Pappas has represented numerous clients in a variety of industries, including Merrill Lynch, UnitedHealth Group, American Airlines, Avon Products, Ingenix, The Readers’ Digest Association, Citigroup, MasterCard International, General Electric Capital Corporation, Block Drug, Wakefern Food Corporation, Pirelli Tire, Leucadia, Odyssey Partners, John Wiley & Sons, Associated Merchandising Corporation and HarperCollins.
Mr. Pappas is the management co-chair of the Civil Practice and Procedure Subcommittee of the Employment Benefits Committee of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association. Since 2004 he has been a contributing author of the annual updates of the ABA Employee Benefits Law treatise. He also is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where he has been a member of Labor and Employment Law Committee and the Benefits Committee. He is a frequent lecturer at seminars on employment law-related topics. Since 1994, Mr. Pappas has co-authored the Employment Law Column in the New York Law Journal in which he has written about numerous employment issues.
Mr. Pappas is active in pro bono representation of a number of not-for-profit corporations including the Central Park Conservancy, the Near East Foundation, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, The Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York Center for Autism Charter School, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, COSMOS FM, the September 11 Families Association and WeLoveMillburn.com.
Mr. Pappas served as a law clerk to the Honorable Susan H. Black, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.