Al Feliu has represented clients in all aspects of employment law and in a wide variety of commercial settings for over forty years. Early in his career, after clerking for a federal judge, he represented management clients at prestigious international law firms, most notably with Paul Hastings, where he became a partner in 1991. In 1998, Mr. Feliu co-founded Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP, where he headed its Employment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution practices. While at Vandenberg & Feliu, he expanded his practice to include the counseling and representation of executives and employees. In June, 2016, Mr. Feliu established the Law Office of Alfred G. Feliu, PLLC, following the merger of Vandenberg & Feliu with a mid-size California firm.
Mr. Feliu's legal advice is rooted in his wealth of experience from a multitude of perspectives - as counsel to management and individuals, as a neutral mediating disputes and resolving them as an arbitrator, and investigating such disputes as an independent investigator. Mr. Feliu's focus is on finding solutions to his clients' legal and business disputes rather than on promoting adversarial options. It is no coincidence that the first of his four books, published in 1988, was.titled "Resolving Employment Disputes Without Litigation." Mr. Feliu is a former Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and served as the EEO Officer for the Port of New York and New Jersey from 2006 to 2026. He is also a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and College of Commercial Arbitrators, for which he is on its Board, and has been selected as a Super Lawyer every year since 2009.