ELAYNE G. GOLD is an equity partner at Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux LLP where her practice is concentrated on representation of public sector employers, engaging in negotiations; grievance and discipline resolution; day-to-day contract administration and all labor relations matters; Ms. Gold has a specialty in General Municipal Law Section 207 matters; she is responsible for the development and delivery of specialized training programs for the firm's clients' management and supervisory personnel; Ms. Gold has participated, both in the presentation of Interest Arbitration cases and as a Panel Member

Ms. Gold is a Member: New York State Bar Association and its Labor and Employment Law Section (1987-present); Chair of Sections Government Employees Labor Relations Law Committee (1997); Published Articles: NYSBA: Government, Law and Policy Journal: Police Oversight Within New York's Collective Bargaining (Fall 2003 V.5 No. 2); NYS Bar Journal: Labor and Management Officials See Benefits in Negotiated Procedure for Coverage Under GML §207 (Sept./Oct. 1999); Capital District Business Review, Discrimination in Hiring (12/90) and Laws Prohibit Mandatory Retirement Based on Age (3/92); Book Chapter Publication: Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement, ": Collective Bargaining and Labor Agreements: Challenges to Citizen Oversight" (ABA 2006).

Lecturer: NYSBA Labor and Employment Law Section, Fall Meeting, Family and Medical Leave Act (10/93); National Public Employer Labor Relations Association (Spring 02): The Art of Negotiations; New England Consortium of State Labor Relations Agencies (Summer '00): Mistakes in Grievance Arbitration and How to Avoid Them; New York State Sheriff's Association Institute: Summer Training Conference 2004; Annual Training Conferences for Road Patrol/Jail Administrators (1994 - present): General Municipal Law, §207-c; Employee Corrective Action; Keynote speaker at St. Lawrence University (4/95): Everything You Wanted to Know About Sexual Harassment; New York State Association of Towns (2/95): Dealing with a Union: Contract Negotiations; NYSPELRA President 2003-04; Board Member (1999 - present) and Annual Conference presenter - Contract Negotiations and the Labor Management Process; GML 207-a and 207-c: Update; Employee Corrective Action; NYS Taylor Law (Interest Arbitration); New York State PERB and Cornell Workshop (10/00): Collective Bargaining Involving Police and Fire Units; Zone Five: Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy, Instructor, Supervisor Training School (1991-present); NYS PERB and Cornell Interest Arbitration Conference (2004 and 2005) panelist; NYS County Treasurers and Finance Officers Association -- Fall Meeting, Arbitration and Deputy Sheriffs (October 27, 2006); Cornell and NYSBA Panelist: GML §207-a and c (2006).

Guest Professor : SUNYA: Rockefeller School of Public Affairs: Negotiations: Management Perspective (2003-present); College of St. Rose, Albany, New York: Collective Bargaining and the Labor-Management Process (2001- 2006); Sage Graduate School of Management, Albany, New York: Legal Aspects of Employment (10/01)

2007 Recipient: New York State Public Employer Labor Relations Association, Holcomb Award.