Russell G. Tisman, Esq.
rtisman@forchellilaw.com

Russell G. Tisman (The Ohio State University College of Law, 1977) specializes in complex corporate, commercial, defense, employment, labor and Surrogate's Court litigation. He has tried cases and argued appeals in Federal and State courts and administrative agencies throughout the United States, and in arbitration and other alternate dispute resolution fora. Mr. Tisman also actively counsels management and human resource professionals on employment and labor matters. He represents public companies, privately held businesses, insurers, financial institutions, and individuals in all types of business-related disputes.

Mr. Tisman commenced practice in 1977 with a multinational Wall Street law firm. From 1980 – 1987, he was Senior Litigation Counsel of ITT Corporation, where he was responsible for employment litigation system-wide and commercial, antitrust, and product liability defense litigation and was awarded an outstanding achievement award. Mr. Tisman was a founding member and head of the litigation and employment and labor practices of Groman, Ross & Tisman, P.C., which joined the Firm in 2006.

Mr. Tisman is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the Nassau County Bar Association, where he is active on the employment and labor committee. He has served as President of the Lawyers Club of Huntington and currently is a board member of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court. He has published articles in various journals including the Journal of the American Corporate Counsel Association, and the National Law Journal, and treatise sections on litigation and employment topics, including chapter updates for BNA’s Employment Discrimination Law treatise, and has lectured on employment and litigation law and alternative dispute resolution before both local and national audiences.

Mr. Tisman actively serves as an arbitrator and mediator in commercial and employment disputes, and has been a court-appointed arbitrator. He has served on committees of the Mid-Island Y JCC and the Northwestern University Alumni Association, where he is past President of the Long Island Alumni Club. He also served as Regional Co-Director of Northwestern’s Alumni Admission Council. He is AV – rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected three years by Long Island Business News as one of Long Island’s leading employment and labor lawyers in its “Who’s Who in Law” edition, among other honors.

Practice Areas: Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Bankruptcy and Insolvency
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Related Information

February 26, 2010
Russell Tisman in the Long Island Business News as a 2010 ‘Who’s Who in Labor Law.’

February 27, 2009
Litigation Partner Russell G. Tisman named “Who’s Who in Labor Law,” by Long Island Business News

June 08, 2007
Partner Russell G. Tisman Named in the Long Island Business News’ Listing of "Who's Who in Intellectual Property and Labor Law.”

January 02, 2007
Partner Russell G. Tisman’s Legal Victory Featured in the New York Law Journal

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