BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

Mr. Grenert was a member, by invitation, of the Advisory Board of the Center for Labor and Employment Law at NYU School of Law from 2014-2018.

Mr. Grenert is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association’s New York Affiliate (NELA/NY).

He was elected to be a member of and Secretary to the Executive Board of NELA/NY, which he was from January 2015 to April 2017.

He has been a member of NELA/NY's Legislative Committee, which drafts and lobbies for proposed legislation protecting employees, since 2009.  

The Legislative Committee was involved in getting an amendment to the New York State Human Rights Law passed in 2015 as part of Governor Cuomo's Women's Equality Agenda, providing that women who prevail on their gender discrimination claims are entitled to recover their reasonable attorneys' fees.  The Legislative Committee members including Mr. Grenert received NELA/NY's 2015 Gala Award for their work on this legislation.