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Phone: 215-665-3126
Fax: 215-665-3165
Email: lb@obermayer.com
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Office:
Philadelphia, PA
One Penn Center, 19th Floor
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1895

Practice Areas:
Labor Relations and Employment Law
Construction Law Practice

Education:
Drexel University (BS)
Temple University School of Law (JD)

Professional/Civic Activities:
Board of Directors, Washington Square West Trust
Chairman, 5th Ward, 6th Division, Democratic City Committee
Homeless Advocacy Project
Community Outreach Program, Temple University School of Law

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Larry Besnoff is a partner with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. He is co-chair of the firm’s Labor Relations and Employment Law Department.

Mr. Besnoff’s practice is devoted to the representation of management in all phases of employment law. He has extensive experience defending equal employment opportunity and wrongful discharge cases before administrative agencies, and state and federal courts.

Mr. Besnoff received his Bachelor of Science degree in humanities and social sciences from Drexel University, Philadelphia. He was awarded his Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, where he served as president of the Evening Division.

Upon graduation, Mr. Besnoff was a law clerk for the Hon. Herbert S. Fogel in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He then served as a senior trial attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Philadelphia District Office. At the EEOC, he was responsible for litigation of government lawsuits involving violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Throughout his legal career, he has litigated numerous cases in the federal courts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and New York. He joined Obermayer in 1992.

Mr. Besnoff’s civic activities include participation on the board of directors of Washington Square West Trust, Philadelphia. He has volunteered on the WSW Townwatch since 1987. 

He also lectures and writes frequently. His articles include: “Greater Liability for Employers After Burlington Northern?,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 2007; “Hazardous Hires,” Waste Magazine, April 2007; “Violence Strikes the Workplace,” Image Magazine, National Association for Women in Construction, July/August 2006; “FLSA Collective Actions: Not Your Typical Rule 23 Class Action,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, December 2004; “An Aging Workforce – Employment Issues,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, November 1998; ”ADA Alert, Review ‘92/Preview ’93,” Focus Magazine, March 1993; “Avoiding Claims of Negligent Hiring,” Supervisory Management, August 1989; “How to Comply With the Immigration Reform Act,” Management Solutions, August 1987; and “Older Americans in the Work Force,” Challenges and Solutions, 1987.

Mr. Besnoff is a member of the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.