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Law Practice

Nov. 20, 2010

The Talented Mr. Kheel

Society has suffered the loss of a master mediator. By Steven G. Mehta.


By Steven G. Mehta


Today, the world is a little less brighter because of the loss of Theodore ("Ted") Kheel, a prominent labor and international mediator. Kheel passed away at age 96. He mediated tens of thousands of labor and environmental disputes. He also mediated an end to a national railroad strike in 1964 and helped avoid another one in 1967. Kheel was such an icon in New York dispute resolution that he served as advisor to every New York mayor fr...

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