Holmes, Jacqueline M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Jackie Holmes represents clients in a wide variety of occupational safety and health, traditional labor, and employment matters. Her experience includes litigating and resolving all phases of significant contested OSHA matters before administrative law judges and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, representing clients in OSHA rulemaking proceedings, and assisting clients in a range of OSHA compliance issues. Jackie's practice has a particular emphasis on ergonomics, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, confined space, chemical process safety management, and a variety of industrial hygiene issues. She has also represented clients in traditional labor and employment matters before state and federal administrative agencies and in federal and state trial and appellate courts. She has coauthored a number of articles on workplace safety issues, with a particular focus on ergonomics and General Duty Clause enforcement. Her clients represent many diverse industries, including consumer product and chemical manufacturing, newspaper publishing, and retail sales.

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Counseling & Litigation

Representative Cases

• Albertson's prevails in putative wage and hour class action brought by employees
• Albertson's resolves federal and state purported collective and class actions involving grocery managers' exempt status
• Albertson's wins dismissal of malicious prosecution action filed by the UFCW International , (2007)
• Cedars-Sinai objects to nurses election , (2009)
• Dayton Tire achieves reduction of penalties in OSHA matter regarding lockout/tagout standards
• Dayton Tire successfully defeats imminent danger injunction under OSHA
• Dayton Tire successfully defends against OSHA allegations of ergonomics violations in 35-day trial
• Firestone Agricultural Products, a division of Bridgestone, achieves withdrawal of Iowa OSHA citations involving machine guarding , (2009)
• Firestone Building Products, a division of Bridgestone, achieves withdrawal of OSHA citations at Bristol, Connecticut facility , (2009)
• Firestone Building Products, a division of Bridgestone, defends against OSHA citations involving chemical process safety management at Texas plant , (2009)
• GM arbitrates strike activity with union
• GM prevails in ERISA and § 301 action involving severance payments is affirmed on appeal
• GM resolves arbitration proceeding against the UAW for violation of no-strike clause
• Hudson Foods obtains favorable settlement in OSHA ergonomics case
• International Paper resolves OSHA matter related to tank failure at Louisiana mill without citation , (2009)
• Robinson Terminal Warehouse whistleblower action alleging discharge for raising safety concerns is dismissed after one-day trial , (2009)
• The Washington Post obtains dismissal of refusal to bargain , (2009)
• Verizon Communications successfully defends against OSHA citation resulting from an employee fatality in Maryland , (2009)
• Verizon New England successfully defends against OSHA action resulting from employee fatality in Massachusetts , (2009)

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Education

• California Inst of Technology
• Loyola Marymount Univ - CA

Published Works

• EEOC's proposed rule seeks to clarify the 'reasonable factor other than age' defense to disparate impact claims under the ADEA, 2010
• Recent Developments in Traditional Labor Law, coauthor, 2009 Employment Law Conference, National Employment Law Institute, 2009
• Change Is Coming: Labor Organizing In A New Era, coauthor, Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference, 2009

Address

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2113

Phones

1.202.879.3620 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.202.626.1700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com