Allentown, PA v. +1.610.366.6905
f. +1.610.336.0167
PRACTICE AREAS
PRACTICE
Over 35 years of experience practicing labor and employment law for employers of all sizes, public and private.
Provides a full range of labor and employment law advice and training to private and public employer clients, including numerous municipal employers in Northampton, Lehigh and Monroe Counties. The subject matters encompass the full range of labor and employment law matters, including EEO matters, NLRB representation and ULP matters, wage and hour matters, FMLA and other leave matters, employee policies and manuals, OSHA and other safety matters, employee discipline and termination matters, employment and severance agreements, and non-compete and restrictive covenants.
Extensive experience in conducting collective bargaining negotiations, usually as the chief negotiator, representing employers in grievance arbitrations, and both presenting to and sitting as public employers’ interest arbitrator in Act 111 and Act 195 interest arbitrations.
Dealt with the full range of possible County bargaining units, including court-appointed units, court-related units, residual units, meet and discuss units, professional and non-professional units, corrections and nursing home units.
INDUSTRIES
Healthcare
Human Services
Temp Services
Manufacturing
Counties
Municipalities
ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
EDUCATION
University of Virginia School of Law, JD 1981
Boston College, BA 1978
Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa;
Arts and Sciences Honors Program
ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member and Chair of the Employment Law Section
Northampton County Bar Association
Member and Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee
Member - Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Dealt with a great many of the labor arbitrators who typically appear on lists proffered by the American Arbitration Association’s Philadelphia Regional Office and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation. He has also dealt with the state mediators typically assigned to negotiations in this area. Additionally, he has dealt with, and maintained a good working relationship with, the principal union locals representing public employees in this area, including PSSU, SEIU, AFSCME, UFCW, USW, and Teamsters.
Regularly represents private and public employers in discrimination claims before the EEOC and the PHRC.
Appeared before the State Civil Service Commission, and represented counties and municipalities in representation and unfair labor practice matters before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.