Bernard T. King
Syracuse, NY
Bernard T. King, a Senior Partner at Blitman & King LLP, represents private and public employee benefit plans and labor unions. Nationally recognized for his body of work, Bernie is consistently listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who Legal and New York Super Lawyers.
Bernie serves as counsel to a diverse base of employee benefit plans including large and small multiemployer plans, public plans and the benefit plans of professional athletes. In addition, Bernie represents labor unions in both the private and public sectors and engages in a wide variety of proceedings, including contract negotiations, labor board cases, arbitration and litigation.
Bernie has shaped the legal landscape of employee benefits and labor law. He is a Founding Fellow and Governor of the College of Employee Benefit Lawyers, a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has served as the Chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law. Bernie has been awarded The American Arbitration Association's prestigious Whitney N. Seymour Award. For many years he served as a professor of law in Cornell University's Extension Division, Labor Studies Program.
Professional organizations-Naval Academies Selection Board 33rd Congressional District, Committee Member, 1980-1983; American Bar Association, Chairman, Labor and Employment Law, Section, 1987-1988; Labor and Employment Law Section, Delegate to House of Delegates, 1991-1997, Standing Committee on Group and Prepaid Legal Services, 1996-1999; Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, 1982 to present; Chairman; Liaison from Labor and Employment Law, Section Council to Employee Benefits Committee, 1982 to present; Council Member, 1979 to present; Fellow, College of Labor & Employment Lawyers; Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel; Salvation Army Advisory Board. Honors and Awards- LeMoyne College, Mary Haskell Medal, Distinguished Alumni Award; Distinguished Industrial Relations Alumnus of 1994; Syracuse University College of Law Order of the Coif, (Top 10% of Graduating Class); Best Lawyers in America; 2005 Onondaga County Bar Association - Distinguished Lawyer Award; New York Area's Best Lawyers - New York Magazine Summer Issue 2006; Who's Who Legal, 2006 Edition; 4th Edition of Who's Who in the East 2007; ABA Representative on the A-E-F-C Pension Plan Administration Committee. Military Service- Air National Guard, 1959-1965; USAF, 1961-1962
Multiemployer Plans
Bernie serves as counsel to a diverse base of employee benefit plans including large and small multiemployer plans, public plans and the benefit plans of professional athletes.