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Practice Areas:
Labor & Employment
The firm offers committed representation in all areas of labor law including:
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Collective Bargaining Negotiations - From protracted all night negotiating sessions to dealing with mediation agencies, the firm has helped clients negotiate both individual and multi-employer labor agreements.
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Grievance Analysis – We assist both business representatives and shop stewards with the difficult judgments regarding the merits of members’ grievances.
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Arbitrations - In both interest and grievance arbitration matters
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NLRB Litigation - Including Representation Case processing and prosecuting and defending unfair labor practice cases.
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Federal and State Court Litigation – Including contract enforcement litigation, defending breach of the duty claims, defense of picketing injunctions
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Appellate Litigation - Covering all types of labor and employee benefits law questions.
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Landrum-Griffin Litigation - Including the defense of union officer election proceedings before the Department of Labor, trusteeship proceedings and fiduciary breach allegations.
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Seminars on organizing and grievance processing
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Union Governance and Administration
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Drafting and Interpretation of Union Constitutions and Bylaws
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State Labor Board and Commission Cases
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Federal Labor Relations Board/MSPB Cases
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Federal and State Employment Discrimination Claims
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Individual Employment Contracts and Disputes
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Whistleblower Claims
Employee Benefits
We represent private and public welfare, pension and other employee benefit plans, as well as plan participants and beneficiaries, covering a wide variety of issues and problems arising under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and state law. Our representation includes advice and litigation regarding benefit claims, plan design, compliance issues, qualified domestic relations orders, breaches of fiduciary duty, and other areas of this rapidly-expanding area of the law.
General Practice
For more than 60 years, our firm has helped thousands of labor union members and non-represented workers, retirees and disabled persons, their families and friends, and many others, who have entrusted us with their personal legal problems, including:
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Real Estate
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Landlord/Tenant Disputes
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Divorces
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Custody, Adoption and Child Support
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Immigration
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Traffic Court Violations
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Estate Planning
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Wills & Probate Matters
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Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
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Bankruptcy
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Small Business Counseling
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Personal Injury
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Workers Compensation
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Consumer Law Disputes
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Consultation and advice on other personal legal matters
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