LINDA R. CARLOZZI is a Shareholder in the New York office of Jackson Lewis PC. She joined Jackson Lewis in 1997 and specializes in traditional labor law. Ms. Carlozzi counsels clients in the development and implementation of preventive labor and employee relations programs. She advises both unionized and union-free clients on a full range of labor and employee relations matters. She has represented numerous employers during arbitration proceedings and negotiations. She has advised employers in labor and employment law proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other federal, state and city administrative agencies. She regularly represents employers in collective bargaining, provides advice on a diverse range of work place issues, such as those relating to corporate transactions, best workplace practices as well as age, race and national origin discrimination and conducts management training on a broad range of topics. Ms. Carlozzi was named to the list of Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys in the United States for 2009, as compiled by Labor Relations Institute, Inc. She is also a member of the Firm’s Global Labor & Employment Group as a liaison for Italy. L&E Global was founded in 2010 as an integrated alliance of premier employment law boutique firms advising on all international work place related matters.

She is a graduate of Fordham University (B.A., cum laude, 1985) and was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor by Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C. in 1989. Ms. Carlozzi began her labor law career at the National Labor Relations Board, Office of Appeals in Washington D.C. in 1989. In 1991, she transferred to the Philadelphia Region of the National Labor Relations Board, where she was responsible for investigating all aspects of unfair labor practice cases and representation matters as well as handling trials before Administrative Law Judges on behalf of the General Counsel of the NLRB.

Ms. Carlozzi is a member of the American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section and Entertainment Law Section; and serves as the Employee & Labor Relations Chair for the “The Human Resources Association of New York,” the largest member chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Ms. Carlozzi is a member of The Broadway League, Actor’s Fund, and several civic and community organizations.

Ms. Carlozzi has dedicated over twenty five years to the Italian American Community. Ms. Carlozzi served on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Italian American Women from 2005 to 2009. She is a current member of NOIAW, and the Columbian Lawyers in New York. In addition, she has served as a Director of the Italian Welfare League (“IWL”) for the past twelve years. IWL is a non-profit organization which serves Italian American children in medical need and emotional crisis. Currently, she serves as the President of IWL. The League has raised and distributed over $1,000,000 to Italian American children and organizations assisting children. Ms. Carlozzi was a NIAF legal scholarship recipient while she was a law student at the Catholic University and during this time she served as an intern for NIAF in Washington, D.C. Ms Carlozzi remained an active member in NIAF while in Philadelphia. She also served as an Area Coordinator in Philadelphia and New York.