Ira Cure

Ira Cure, Esq.

Labor & Employment Arbitrator and Mediator | New York & New Jersey
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Ira Cure is an arbitrator and mediator specializing in labor and employment law. Ira has more than 40 years of labor and employment law and dispute resolution experience. Since 2010, he has served as a full-time neutral, handling disputes involving collective bargaining agreements, individual employment contracts, and securities industry matters.

Based in New York, Ira works with unions, individual employees and employers, to resolve complex labor and employment disputes through arbitration and mediation. He is on a number of well-regarded alternate dispute resolution panels.
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Mediation & Arbitration Approach

Ira brings a deep understanding of labor law, collective bargaining, and employment dynamics, developed over decades of practice as both an advocate and neutral.

His approach emphasizes:
• Careful analysis of contractual and legal issues
• Fair and efficient resolution of disputes
• Practical, experience-based decision-making

Balanced consideration of both labor and management perspectives
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Professional Background

Prior to becoming a full-time neutral, Ira spent more than 25 years as a labor and employment attorney, representing:
• Public and private sector unions
• Individuals in employment disputes
• Clients in federal and state litigation

He also served as:

• Senior Counsel — Writers’ Guild of America, East (2008–2010)
• Counsel – Broach & Stulberg (2005-2008)
• Partner — Kennedy Schwartz & Cure, PC (1995-2005)
• Partner — Lewis Greenwald Kennedy Lewis Clifton & Schwartz, P.C. (1984-1995)

Earlier in his career, Ira served as a Per Diem Administrative Law Judge for the New York State Division of Human Rights, presiding over employment discrimination matters.
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Neutral & Panel Experience

Ira serves on numerous national, federal, state, and industry panels, including:

National & Federal Panels:

• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
• National Mediation Board (NMB) — Roster of Arbitrators
• U.S. District Court Eastern Districts of New York — Mediation Panel

Arbitration & Industry Panels:

• American Arbitration Association (AAA) — Labor, Employment, Consumer and Commercial Panels
• FINRA — Arbitration and Mediation Panels

State & Public Sector Panels

• New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) — Public & Private Panels
• New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)
• New York City Office of Collective Bargaining
• New Jersey State Mediation Board

Ira is also named as a panel arbitrator under multiple collective bargaining agreements

He regularly hears disputes across industries, involving a wide range of issues and workplace environments concerning discipline and contract interpretation.

Court & Commercial Mediation Panels:

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Mediation Panel
• New York State Supreme Court — Commercial Mediation Panels (New York, Westchester, Nassau, Queens Counties)
• Office of Contract Administrator for the Realty Advisory Board of New York City and SEIU Local 32bj’s Pyett Panel

Ira regularly hears disputes across industries, involving a wide range of issues and work place environments concerning discipline and contract interpretation.
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Areas of Neutral Practice

Ira Cure handles disputes involving:
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