Greg Watchman represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law. His primary focus is a comprehensive OSHA practice that includes counseling on enforcement, standard-setting, partnerships, and state OSHA issues, and litigation before the OSHA Review Commission, the Federal Courts of Appeals, and state OSHA agencies and courts. Mr. Watchman's practice also includes counseling and litigation under other major labor and employment laws, including Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, NLRA, RLA, FLSA, Warn Act, and ERISA. In addition, Mr. Watchman represents employers on legislative issues before the U.S. Congress, and regulatory issues before the U.S. Department of Labor, the NLRB, and the EEOC.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Watchman served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health in 1997, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA from 1995 to 1998. As Acting OSHA Administrator, Mr. Watchman managed a nationwide staff of 2300 and an annual budget of $325 million, and represented the agency before Congress and the public. Mr. Watchman directed OSHA's enforcement and regulatory programs, as well as the agency's compliance assistance, training and education efforts.

During his career at OSHA, Mr. Watchman directed and participated in the design and implementation of New OSHA reinvention and partnership programs. These initiatives established new, cooperative partnerships with employers, made OSHA's enforcement program fairer, and simplified OSHA standards. Mr. Watchman also served as the agency's first Small Business Advocacy Chairman.

Prior to joining OSHA, Mr. Watchman served as counsel to the labor committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. There, Mr. Watchman handled a broad range of labor and employment law issues, including the NLRA, EEO, ERISA, FLSA, RLA and OSHA. Mr. Watchman worked extensively on passage of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

Mr. Watchman graduated from Williams College and Cornell Law School, and began his career as a labor and employment law attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Mr. Watchman is admitted to the bar in New York and the District of Columbia.