Biography: Management Labour and Employment

Harry A Rissetto is a senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's labour and employment practice. Mr Rissetto served as a partner with the firm for 31 years, from 1975 to 2006. His nationwide practice focuses on all aspects of labour law on behalf of management, including companies and associations in the airline and railroad industries. He has handled matters involving the Railway Labor Act, employment discrimination litigation, appellate advocacy and public employer labour relations. Before joining the firm in 1970, Mr Rissetto served as a law clerk to Judge John J Sirica and Chief Justice Warren E Burger.

A frequent lecturer and writer on labour law matters, Mr Rissetto has addressed the National Academy of Arbitrators and the ALI-ABA Airline and Railroad Labor Law seminars and has presented 'The New Frontier: Airline Labor Relations in the Global Era' at a seminar sponsored by the National Mediation Board. Mr Rissetto was the 2004 recipient of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement for his article titled 'Airline Bankruptcy and the Rejection of Labor Contracts', published in the ABA Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Annual Report.

Mr Rissetto also has served as an adjunct professor of labour law at Georgetown University Law Center.

Mr Rissetto is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.