Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1993

Lawyer Overview

All aspects of labor and employment law, including:

• NLRB union election and unfair labor practice cases
  
• Collective bargaining, arbitration, and labor-management policy matters
  
• Employment litigation
  • Statutory employment discrimination claims
    
  • Common law claims arising from discipline and termination of employees
    
  • Unfair competition, trade secrets, and duty of loyalty
    
  • Strike and picketing related activities
• Advising employers
  • Personnel policies and handbooks
    
  • Disciplinary procedures
    
  • Performance appraisals
    
  • Reductions in force
    
  • Union avoidance
    
  • Alternative dispute resolution

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1974
• California, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Institute on Sexual Harassment (Past Chair)
• National Institute on Americans With Disabilities Act (Member)
• National Institute on Labor Law (Member)
• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Member, Governing Council)
• American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Former Chair, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee)
• American Bar Association (Former Chair, National Institutes Committee)
• Georgetown University Law Center (Chair, Employment Litigation Conference)
• Georgetown University (Vice-Chair, Corporate Counsel Institute)

Honors and Awards

• Who's Who In America
• Who's Who in American Law
• Named as one of the leading employment lawyers, National Law Journal

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, American Bar Association
• Lecturer, Practising Law Institute
• Lecturer, National Employment Law Institute
• Lecturer, Bureau of National Affairs
• Lecturer, Law Education Institute
• Lecturer, Los Angeles Labor Symposium
• Lecturer, California Employment Law Council

Past Employment Positions

• National Labor Relations Board, Law Clerk to General Counsel
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Law Clerk to General Counsel

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: Executive Editor, The Tax Lawyer, 1973 - 1974
• Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1970
  B.S., Labor Economics

Published Works

• Employee Dismissal Law: Forms and Procedures, Wiley Law Publications, 1986, (2nd Ed. 1992)
• A Survey of Wrongful Discharge Cases In The United States

Address

11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Phones

(310) 312-3137

Faxes

(310) 312-3787

Emails

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Websites

http://www.msk.com