Marty Schmelkin served as an in-house employment counsel for 15 years at a leading global financial institution, providing him with a practical and business-oriented perspective that he brings to the practice. Marty represents employers in all aspects of employment law, advising on litigation strategy, leading workplace training programs, coordinating the implementation of policies and programs across multiple global jurisdictions, and counseling on recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotions, as well as disciplinary and termination activity. Marty understands the legal and business challenges facing employers and has a particular in-depth experience with financial services firms, including investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, and asset managers. He counsels financial services firms on employment related FINRA arbitrations and regulatory filings.
Marty has worked extensively in the area of corporate diversity and regularly advises employers on their implementation of U.S. and global diversity policies and programs. He also has broad experience with the obligations of federal contractors including the preparation of affirmative action plans and responses to OFCCP and related regulatory audits.
Prior to joining Jones Day, Marty worked for 15 years in the legal department of Goldman Sachs, where he was a managing director and associate general counsel in the employment law group. While there he spent time in the firm's Hong Kong office covering employment law matters throughout Asia and also had responsibility for employment law in non-U.S. offices in the Americas. Marty is a member of the board of the Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR) Alumni Association.
Experience
Speaking Engagements
- May 16, 2018
European Labor & Employment Conference 2018 - April 25, 2018
PLI's Psychological Issues in the Workplace 2018 - October 25, 2017
Traps for the Unwary: The Latest Challenges for Corporate Compensation Practices, 2nd New York Labor & Employment Law Discussion Group - June 7, 2017
PLI's International Employment Law 2017 - May 19, 2016
European Labor & Employment Conference 2016 - 19 mai 2016
European Labor & Employment Conference 2016 - April 28, 2016
Pay Equity: Preparing for Increased Scrutiny
Speaking Engagements Prior to Jones Day
September 2014
Jones Day Labor & Employment Law Seminar, "Avoiding Privilege, Ethics and Privacy Pitfalls in Workplace Investigations"
June 2014
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) – International Employment Law, "Ethical Issues Encountered in Cross-Border Investigations"
June 2014
NYU School of Law 67th Annual Conference on Labor, "The Future of Affirmative Action" and "Arbitration and Alternatives", Morning Session Moderator
October 2013
Association of Corporate Counsel – Doing Business Globally, "Managing Employees in a Global Market"
March 2012
International Bar Association, "The New Style Employee – Legal & Cultural Issues"
November 2011
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) 40th Annual Institute on Employment Law, "Misclassification of Employees: An In-House Perspective"
October 2009
Practicing Law Institute (PLI) 38th Annual Institute on Employment Law, "Employee Selection and the New Social Media"
September 2008
New York State Bar Association, Employment Law Fall Meeting, "Changing Labor and Employment Laws in China and Japan"
June 2008
NYU Law School 61st Annual Conference on Labor, Global Labor and Employment Law for the Practicing Lawyer, "Designing Global Benefits and Employment Policies for the Multinational Enterprise"
May 2008
NYU Law School Center for Labor and Employment Law, Doing Business in China: The Labor & Employment Law Story, "The New China Labor and Employment Law: A Practical Perspective"
March 2008
XBHR Washington Conference, "The New Global Era of Diversity, Discrimination and Harassment Standards"
- New York University (J.D. 1994); Cornell University (B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations [ILR] 1991)
- New York
- Legal Clerk, White House Office of the Counsel to the President (Summer 1992) and Research Assistant, White House Office of Policy Development (Spring 1990), Administration of President George H. W. Bush