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Area of Emphasis
Steve Korbel is a shareholder in the Employment and Labor Services and the Public Sector Services Groups of Babst Calland. Mr. Korbel counsels public and private employers in all aspects of the employment relationship, from hiring through termination. He advises clients on employment discrimination issues and rights, workplace harassment, disability accommodation, Family & Medical Leave Act compliance, employee handbooks, workplace investigations, disciplinary action, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, and waivers and releases.
Mr. Korbel’s practice also includes the negotiation and enforcement of public and private sector collective bargaining agreements, Act 111 and Act 195 interest arbitrations and grievance arbitration. He represents clients before both the National Labor Relations Board and the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board in proceedings involving the defense of charges of unfair labor practices. Mr. Korbel has also litigated employment matters on behalf of employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations and federal court. In addition, he also provides training for employees in the areas of workplace harassment and diversity.
Background
Mr. Korbel graduated from West Virginia University in 1999 where he earned a B.A. in Political Science and Economics. Mr. Korbel earned his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002. At the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. Korbel was the Lead Executive Editor of the Law School’s Journal of Law and Commerce. While attending law school, Mr. Korbel served as a legal intern with the Honorable Donetta W. Ambrose of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, with the Honorable Carol Los Mansmann of the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals and for Pittsburgh City Councilman, and current Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge, Alan Hertzberg.
Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Korbel was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 2002. Mr. Korbel is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Mr. Korbel is vice president and treasurer of the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association.
Mr. Korbel was appointed as the Chairperson of the North Hills School District’s Act 1 Tax Study Commission in September 2006. Additionally, he has been an active member of the North Hills School District’s Public Budget Committee and various committees tasked with developing the North Hills School District’s Strategic Plan for 2007-2012.
Mr. Korbel is the president of White Oak Heights Civic Association, a homeowners association in Ross Township in the North Hills of Allegheny County.
Publications/Presentations
- Korbel, Stephen L. and Corbelli, James V., “Jurisdiction, Domain Names, Privacy and Security: How the Digital Age Has Changed Business," Energy and Mineral Law Institute, Chapter 5 (2002).
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