Snitow Kanfer Holtzer & Millus | New York Attorneys

Paul F. Millus
Snitow Kanfer Holtzer & Millus LLP
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6102

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Phone:

(212) 317-8500

E-mail:

pmillus@skhmlaw.com

Fax:

(212) 317-1308

Web site:

http://www.skhmlaw.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Published Works	Affiliations
Representative Cases

PAUL F. MILLUS is a partner at SKH&M concentrating in the areas of labor and employment representing employers, commercial litigation and municipal defense. Mr. Millus was a former Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1987 through 1989. He joined the firm of Snitow & Pauley in 1989 and became a partner in SKH&M's predecessor firm of Snitow & Cunningham LLP in 1998. Mr. Millus has extensive litigation experience in State and Federal courts from the inception of the litigation through trial and appellate work. Mr. Millus regularly provides advice to employers and employees concerning their rights and obligations in the workplace including consultation on employee handbooks, discrimination policies, FMLA, FLSA, employment contracts, wage and hour concerns and all manner of workplace issues.

In addition to his private clients, Mr. Millus has represented many municipalities on Long Island including the Towns of Brookhaven, Hempstead, and North Hempstead, the City of Long Beach, and the Counties of Nassau and Suffolk. Mr. Millus lectures regularly on cutting edge issues affecting the Bar focusing on employment law, federal practice and civil rights law. He is the Former Chair of the Federal Courts Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, a member of the Executive Board of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court and a member of the Eastern District Association of former Assistant and Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Mr. Millus is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center.

Mr. Millus is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey, and the District of Minnesota, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits. He resides in Nassau County, New York.

Mr. Millus is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell which is the highest level of professional excellence and ethics and confirms that Mr. Millus is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity in the practice of law.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas Of Practice:: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights; Municipal Defense; Environmental

Bar Admissions:: New York, 1987; New Jersey, 1988; Minnesota, 1991; U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1987; U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1987; U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1988; U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1991; U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1994

Education:: Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1986; Juris Doctorate; Honors: Member, International Moot Court Board; Honors: Member, Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition Team, 1986; Creighton University, 1983; B.A.; Honors: Member- Pi Sigma Alpha - National Political Science Honor Society

Published Works:: With Contracts Sometimes Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Nassau Lawyer, Volume 53, Number 7, 2004; Attorneys' Fees: The "Hidden" Cost In Discrimination Litigation", The Suffolk Lawyer, Vol. 21 No. 4 December 2004, 2004; First Amendment Issues in Public Employment, New York State Bar Association - "Municipal Lawyer", Spring 2005 Vol. 19 No. 2, 2005; Big Brother in the Workplace (and out), Nassau Lawyer, Volume 54, No. 10, 2005; This Is Not Your Father's Employee Handbook, New York Law Journal, Volume 234 No. 41 August 29, 2005, 2005; When Johnny (and Jane) come marching home again: Re-employment rights under USERRA, Nassau Lawyer, Volume 55, No. 8, 2006; An Employer's Guide to the FMLA, Nassau Lawyer, Volume 56, No. 2, 2006

Representative Cases:: Pearl v. City of Long Beach,, 296 F.3d 76 (2nd Circuit 2002); Nassau County Employee ""L"" v. County of Nassau, 345 F.Supp.2d 293 (E.D.N.Y. 2004); Anthony v. Town of North Hempstead, 767 N.Y.S.2d 814 (N.Y Second Department 2003); Greco v. County of Nassau, 146 F.Supp.2d 232, (E.D.N.Y. 2001); Fairhaven Apartments No. 4, Inc. v. Town of North Hempstead, 778 N.Y.S.2d 281 (N.Y.S. Second Department 2004); Arnold v. County of Nassau, 252 F.3d 599 ((2nd Cir. N.Y.) 2001); Noghrey v. Town of Brookhaven, 852 N.Y.S. 2d 220 (N.Y.S. Second Department 2008)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Lecturer, Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Law, Hofstra University; Lecturer, Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Law, Touro University; Lecturer, Municipal Law, New York State Bar Association; Lecturer, Employment Discrimination, Federal Litigation and Civil Rights Law, Nassau County Bar Association; Lecturer, Employment Law, Lorman Educational Services; Lecturer, Employment Law, Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Nassau County Bar Association; Chair, Federal Courts Committee; Nassau County Bar Association; Member, Labor and Employment Committee; New York State Bar Association, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section; New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; Federal Bar Council; Eastern District Association of Former Assistant and Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys

Past Employment Positions:: U.S. Attorney Office, Eastern District of New York, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1987 - 1989