Mr. Mittman represents employers in state and federal courts and before administrative bodies, including the National Association of Securities Dealers and the New York Department of Human Rights. He defends employers, at the trial and appellate court levels, in litigations involving wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, wage and hour class actions, breach of contract and employment discrimination. Mr. Mittman is also a member of Proskauer Rose's Privacy and Data Security Practice Group, and a large part of his practice is focused on international employment issues. He works with clients on multi-country HR projects involving issues such as data privacy in Global Human Resources Information Systems, multi-country employment contracts, international background checks, terminations, and other HR actions.
Mr. Mittman is the author of several employment-related articles, including several that appeared in the New York Law Journal. Most recently, Mr. Mittman co-authored a chapter on International Data Privacy Law for the Practicing Law Institute’s 2006 treatise Proskauer On Privacy: A Guide to Privacy and Data Security in the Information Age.
He received his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law, where he was an Articles Editor for the University of Southern California Law Review.