Elena DeFio Kean Listed in 2022 Super Lawyers® Top 25 Women in Upstate NY and Top 25 in Hudson Valley NY
Hinman Straub is pleased to announce that Elena DeFio Kean has been selected to the 2022 Super Lawyers® Top 25 Women (Upstate New York) list as well as the 2022 Super Lawyers® Top 25 in Hudson Valley NY.
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About Elena DeFio Kean
Elena has been with the firm since 2019. She focuses her practice on meeting the legal needs of small business clients and municipalities.
Ms. Kean represents municipal clients in labor and employment matters, including contract and union negotiations, grievance hearings and disciplinary matters, Section 72 matters, Article 78 proceedings, and GML 207-c claims. Ms. Kean has gone before the Public Employment Relations Board, and as such is well-versed with the Taylor Law, Civil Service and General Municipal Laws. She has developed and provided extensive training across the state in preventing discrimination and harassment in the workplace, how to conduct effective investigations of discrimination and harassment complaints in the workplace, preventing First Amendment retaliation claims, and workplace violence prevention. Read her full bio.
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About Hinman Straub
For more than seventy years, we have been a leader in providing individual, institutional and corporate clients with a comprehensive array of legal and government relations services that few other firms can match. Located in the heart of New York State Government, we offer clients a wide range of practice expertise, from health law to health insurance, life insurance to financial planning, and labor to education and government relations. Our outstanding reputation combined with our long-standing relationships with government, judiciary and business leaders makes the difference for our clients. Our government relations partner, Hinman Straub Advisors LLC, provides expert assistance in representing our clients before government decision-makers.