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STEVEN J. GREENBLATT, Esq.

Admitted to the New York State Bar


sgreenblatt50@yahoo.com
516-302-5419
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SKILLS:
Creator and presenter of innovative enterprise-driven organizational training and interventions
Embraced philosophy of Completed Staff Work to define project management and investigative
reports, ensuring self-accountability
Accomplished trial, appellate, hearing advocate, investigator, legal researcher, writer, ombudsman,
public speaker
Re-engagement of employees through their psychological contracts
Identified and developed non-trainers to present training and serve as internal champions
Forestalled lawsuits and grievances based on evenhanded conciliation and earned trust

Professional Experience
Director, Workforce Training and Development
Additional Part-Time Duties:
Ethics Officer
Temporary Employment Counsel
Acting Affirmative Action Officer
S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center

2002 - 2015
2014 - 2015
2009 - 2010
2002 - 2008

Create unique training designed to restore or maintain organizational health and vitality:
New Supervisors Orientation
21st Century Leadership Skills
Communication and Counseling Skills
Ethics in the Workplace
Violence Prevention
Performance Management
Cultural Sensitivity and Customer Service
Respect in the Workplace: Its Not Just About Sexual Harassment
The Road to Employee Engagement: The Psychological Contract: Practical tools change the employeremployee conversation, providing virtually cost-free solutions to employee disengagement in trying fiscal times

Separate responsibilities focused on recognizing and resolving organizational problems:

Facilitate resolution of workplace conflict, reducing grievances and strife


Spearhead Employee Satisfaction Initiative
Create outplacement program for 700 employees

Director, Labor Relations


Ethics Officer

1987 - 2002

Part-Time Duties in addition to serving as Director of Labor Relations:

Director, Affirmative Action and Supervisory Training


S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center

1996 - 2002

Established collegial relations with all eight collective bargaining units


Created cutting-edge policies in time and attendance, sexual harassment, discrimination and discipline
Negotiated creative disciplinary outcomes to safeguard the best interests of the patients and the institution
Reduced fraud in the administration of Time and Attendance, Ethics, Workers Compensation
Prevailed in every employment claim in state and federal courts, EEOC and Division of Human Rights
Initiated Ethics training and communication; resolved several notable cases of unethical practices
Set New York State precedent through recognition of supremacy of patient rights over arbitrators improvident exercise of
discretion David Young v. S.U.N.Y., 566 N.Y.S.2d 79 (1991)
Significantly reduced arbitrations and grievances

Pro Bono Arbitrator - NYC Small Claims Court

1993 - 1996

Deputy Inspector General/Department Advocate


New York City Department of Sanitation

1983 - 1987

Restructured presentation of trials to streamline disciplinary system of over 4,000 cases annually
Reduced fraud in time and attendance, substance abuse, sexual harassment, workers compensation
Crafted training for all new supervisors and employees, resulting in decrease of disciplinary complaints
Created novel training program for attorneys and investigators

Director, Criminal Justice Appellate Reference Service


New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

1982 - 1983

Appellate Counsel to district attorneys in twenty-three counties in the Third and Fourth Departments
Editor of primary legal resource for state prosecutors, monthly Criminal Law Review
Mounted mandatory weeklong training conferences for new prosecutors statewide

Law Secretary to the Administrative Judge


Supreme Court, Bronx County, Criminal Term
New York State Office of Court Administration
Managed personnel and operational matters; reduced vast court backlog

1980 - 1982

Drafted decisions for Administrative Judge


Advised judges, law secretaries and attorneys

Assistant District Attorney/Trial Supervisor


Bronx County District Attorneys Office
Supreme Court , Appeals Bureaus

1976 - 1980

Tried felony cases; defense witness confessed to perjuring herself on the stand
Wrote and orally argued appeals in federal and state courts
Supervised and trained appellate attorneys in investigative and trial techniques
Managed trial calendar by ensuring ready cases as Trial Supervisor of 16 appellate attorneys

Education
LL.M. in Labor Law
J.D. cum laude
Associate Editor, Law Review
B.A. cum laude

New York University Law School


New York Law School

1981
1976

Brooklyn College

1971

Awards Received
Bridge-Builder Award: Employee Satisfaction and Engagement Initiative
Fennell Award for Excellence in Training, NYS Training Council, NYC Chapter
NYS/CSEA Labor Management Award for Quality of Work Life
Stockman and American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence
Full scholarship to NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Recent Published Papers


In Press: Teaching Business Ethics as a Sequitur in Ethics in Biology, Engineering & Medicine: An International Journal
at http://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6ed509641f7324e6,forthcoming,12524.html
Authored chapter on Employment in Risk Management in Healthcare Institutions, F. Kavaler, Ed., Jones & Bartlett Learning,
2012, pp. 61-95. http://samples.jbpub.com/9781449645656/45656_CH03_Kavalar.pdf

Consulting
Presenter
Three-day program, Managing People, for Penn State University School of Labor and Employment Relations
Principal, Carpe Diem Associates
Training in Leadership, Counseling, Communication, Cultural Diversity, Respect in the Workplace;
Employee Engagement; Policy Development; Investigations; Arbitration Advocacy

Steven J. Greenblatt, Esq.


516-302-5419
sgreenblatt50@yahoo.com
www.linkedin.com/in/StevenGreenblatt

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