Goldberg Segalla

Matthew Van Vessem is a partner in the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment litigation, wage and hour laws, employee discipline, collective bargaining and municipal law.

Matt has represented private and public sector clients in administrative and legal proceedings, including labor arbitrations, agency hearings and state and federal court litigation. He has extensive appellate court experience and has represented municipalities before the New York State Court of Appeals. He has lectured and written on a number of topics of particular interest to municipalities, including the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to municipal employers and the special rules applicable to public sector police and fire employees.

Professional Affiliations

• Labor and Employer Relations Association of Western New York
• New York State Management Attorneys Conference
• Bar Association of Erie County
• Organization of Public Employer Negotiators

Admitted to Practice

• New York
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Civic Activities

• Friends of the Night People
• Buffalo Canoe Club, member 2008

Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., magna cum laude, 1992
• State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 1997