James Brudney joined the Fordham faculty after nineteen years at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he was Newton D. Baker-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law. He has been Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown Law Center and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. At Fordham, Professor Brudney teaches Labor Law, International Labor Law, Employment Law, and Legislation & Regulation. His scholarship has appeared in leading law journals, including the Michigan Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, and the Yale, Chicago and Pennsylvania Journals of International Law.

Following graduation from law school, Professor Brudney clerked for the Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. and then for Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court. He was associated for four years with the firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser in Washington, representing individuals and unions in constitutional and statutory matters.

Professor Brudney served for six years as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor. He is co-chair of the Public Review Board for the United Auto Workers International Union. He received an Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching from The Ohio State University, and was selected as Professor of the Year by Fordham Law School Students in 2014.

Professor Brudney obtained his JD from Yale Law School, an MA & BA in Politics and Philosophy from Oxford University (“First Class” degree), and a BA in American Studies from Amherst College (summa cum laude).