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Heather D. Diddel was a member of the litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and labor and employment law departments at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP. She joined the Firm in 1988, having represented clients in a broad spectrum of litigation matters, including employment discrimination cases and other labor and employment matters in federal and state court, as well as before administrative agencies. In addition to litigation, Ms. Diddel provided daily counseling to clients on employment and labor matters arising under collective bargaining agreements as well as numerous state and federal statutes including FMLA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, FLSA, and New York State Human Rights and Labor laws.

Ms. Diddel served as a member of the Second Circuit Task Force on Gender, Race and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts, as a Board member for the Capital District Women’s Bar Association, the Northeast Regional Food Bank, and The Legal Project, and as counsel for the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. Diddel graduated from Columbia University School of Law and Brown University. She also studied at Leningrad State University in the former U.S.S.R., the Pushkin Institute in Moscow, Russia, and the Institute Catholique in Paris, France.