Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Bob Ford represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. His practice is particularly focused on labor management relations. He has extensive experience representing employers in collective bargaining, labor arbitration proceedings, labor litigation, union organizing and decertification proceedings, unfair labor practice proceedings, strikes and picketing disputes, corporate campaigns, and neutrality and card check agreements. His traditional labor practice extends nationwide and includes employers in the media, retail, real estate, manufacturing, education, construction, and hospitality industries. Representative clients include McClatchy Newspapers, Bridgestone/Firestone, Albertsons, University of San Francisco, Knight Ridder, Gannett, and the Building Owners and Managers of San Francisco.

Bob's practice also includes counseling employers regarding labor and employment issues, including hiring and termination issues, compensation and benefit practice, reduction in force, mergers and acquisitions, wage and hour compliance, occupational safety, and other labor and employment issues.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• NLRB Proceedings & Appeals
• Collective Bargaining, Contract Enforcement & Union Organizing

Representative Cases

• Aguilera et al. v. Albertson’s, Trade Dispute No. 03-014
• Duskin, et al. v. Albertsons, Inc., et al., Case No. LA CV 03-7735 SJO (CWx) (C D. Cal. 2003), and Case No. 03-57246 (9th Cir.)
• Industrywide Labor Negotiations
• Labor Arbitration Involving Work Jurisdiction Issue
• Labor Negotiations
• Unfair Labor Practice Litigation before the National Labor Relations Board

West Practice Categories

Collective Bargaining, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Columbia University - New York

Published Works

• Union Access to Private Property: California Supreme Court Rules Shopping Malls Cannot Prohibit Union Protesters from Urging Boycott of Stores, 2008
• 2005 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2005
• 2004 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2004

Address

555 California Street
26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phones

1.415.875.5740 (Business Phone)
1.925.890.5928 (Mobile Phone)

Faxes

1.415.875.5700 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com