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David Sherwyn

David Sherwyn

David Sherwyn

Associate Professor

Law
545B Statler Hall
Phone: 607-255-1711
Email: dss18@cornell.edu

Primary Research Focus

Labor and employment law issues relevant to the hospitality industry; specifically, mandatory arbitration of discrimination lawsuits and sexual harassment

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Professional Biography

David Sherwyn (BS, JD, Cornell University) is an associate professor of law at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. He is a research fellow at the Center for Labor and Employment Law at New York University's School of Law. In addition, Dave is of counsel to the law firm of Shea Stokes Roberts & Wagner. Prior to joining the School of Hotel Administration, Dave practiced management-side labor and employment law for six years.

Dave has published articles in the Stanford Law Review, Berkeley Journal of Labor and Employment Law, Fordham Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Law Journal, and the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.

Dave teaches H ADM 387: Business and Hospitality Law, a required class with more than 100 students. In addition, each spring, Dave teaches H ADM 485: Employment Discrimination Law and Union-Management Relations and HA 481 Labor Relations in the Hospitality Industry. Dave received a Hotel School Teacher of the Year Award in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2005, 2007 and 2008. Dave has been nominated for the fraternity and sorority teaching award twelve times and has won the award twice.

In 2002 Dave conceived of, organized, and hosted the Center for Hospitality Research's first Hospitality Industry Roundtable. Because of the success of the Labor and Employment Law Roundtable, the Center now hosts Roundtables in each of the disciplines that are represented in the School.

Courses Taught

Academic Degrees

  • J.D., Cornell University
  • B.S., Cornell University

Other Interests

Research fellow, Center for Labor and Employment Law, School of Law, New York University. Admitted to practice law in New York, Illinois, Maine, and several federal district courts. Practiced management-side labor and employment law from 1989-1997.