Mark G. Kisicki

Partner

• mkisicki@steptoe.com
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• Phoenix Office

Mark G. Kisicki is a partner in the Phoenix office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Labor and Employment group.  For several years before relocating to Arizona, Mr. Kisicki practiced in California, where he continues to counsel and represent management in employment-related matters.

Primary Areas of Practice
Mr. Kisicki counsels businesses on compliance with all aspects of employment and labor laws; he also defends management in litigation arising from employment disputes.  Mr. Kisicki has been successful in obtaining favorable results for employers in administrative proceedings, in trial, and on appeal before state and federal courts.

Labor Relations & Union Avoidance
Mr. Kisicki has substantial experience in traditional labor law matters, including counseling employers on union avoidance efforts, assisting management in dozens of union campaigns, and handling unfair labor practice charges and other matters before the National Labor Relations Board.  Mr. Kisicki has advised management in successful decertification campaigns and related efforts.  He also negotiates labor contracts and arbitrates grievances arising under such contracts.

ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act)
A significant component of Mr. Kisicki's practice includes lecturing about, counseling on, and defending employers in litigation under, the Americans With Disabilities Act (" ADA"). As the ADA poses substantial liability to even the best-intentioned companies, Mr.  Kisicki helps employers determine whether an applicant or employee is a qualified disabled person under the Act, ascertain whether there are reasonable accommodations available or required by the ADA, and in litigation alleging violations of the Act.

Speaking Engagements

• Fifth Annual Labor Relations Conference, April 11, 2008, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• Fourth Annual Labor Relations Conference, May 2, 2007, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• 30th Annual ALI-ABA Course of Study, "Employment & Labor Relations Law for the Corporate Counsel and the General Practitioner", February 15, 2007
• Third Annual Labor Relations Conference, March 31, 2006, (A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
• 29th Annual ALI-ABA Course of Study, "Employment and Labor Relations Law for the Corporate Counsel and General Practitioner", March 23, 2006
• Recent Developments Under the National Labor Relations Act, Employment Management Association of Greater Phoenix, February 1, 2006

Publications

• Trade Secrets & Employee Raiding Update
  April 2006
• Protecting Trade Secrets in a Digital World
  June 18, 2003
• Co-author, Can’t We All Just Get Along: Is Interacting With Others a Major Life Activity, Arizona Attorney
  April 1999
• Co-author, Employee Handbooks in Arizona, National Business Institute
  1999
• Co-author, The ADA and the Non-Disabled Employee: Why Regarding an Employee as Disabled Can Cost You Millions, Council on Education in Management
  1998, Personnel Law Update
• Co-author, Can You Be Disabled When You're Not?
  CUE 1996 Annual Conference
• Contributing Author, Arizona Chamber of Commerce Employee Handbook, 2nd ed.
  1996

Professional Affiliations

• California State Bar, 1990
• Arizona State Bar, 1995
• Practice & Procedure Under the National Labor Relations Act Sub-committee of the Labor & Employment Section of the ABA.