Broas, Julia McAree

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Julie Broas practices in the labor and employment area and has been actively involved in all elements of labor law litigation, including administrative hearings and appellate review of unfair labor practice cases, compliance matters, and arbitration proceedings. She also has experience in advising clients regarding a wide variety of traditional labor law issues, including collective bargaining negotiations, successorship issues, and decision and effects bargaining obligations arising out of corporate restructurings. Julie has significant experience in advising and representing clients in administrative and federal court proceedings involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, the WARN Act, and employment discrimination statutes; and she frequently counsels employers in all aspects of human resource and personnel matters.

Julie is an active volunteer with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, a legal services organization that seeks to protect the rights of homeless and other low-income people in the District of Columbia through direct representation, class action litigation, policy and budget advocacy, and community outreach and organizing.

Julie is admitted to the Courts of Appeals in the Third and District of Columbia Circuits and to the U.S. District Courts in the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Columbia. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. She is coauthor, with Daniel H. Bromberg, of "Baby UI: The End of Unemployment Insurance As We Know It?" 26 Employee Relations Law Journal 35 (Autumn 2000), and, with Glen D. Nager, of "Enforcement Issues: A Practical Overview," 54 Louisiana Law Review 1473 (July 1994).

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Collective Bargaining, Contract Enforcement & Union Organizing
• Federal and State Wage-Hour Counseling & Litigation
• NLRB Proceedings & Appeals
• Employment Aspects of Corporate Transactions

Representative Cases

• American University negotiates with the Teamsters and reaches contract settlement
• Carr Real Estate Services obtains injunction against union for unlawful picketing
• Federated Dept. Stores defends NLRB decision on appeal
• IBM settles FLSA and ERISA class action involving technical support workers' exempt status , (2009)
• Leading real estate developer wins landslide victory in union election
• Living conditions improve for tenant in a public housing property
• National telecommunications company seeks union organizing advice under a Neutrality and Card Check Agreement
• On appeal, Social Security Administration grants SSI benefits based on the merits of client's medical claim
• Prominent law firm successfully defends against ethics investigation before the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board
• R.H. Donnelley acquires Dex Media
• Software consulting company undergoes on-site wage and hour administrative investigation by the Department of Labor
• Verizon Corporate Services wins decision from Fourth Circuit fully vacating award in labor arbitration dispute
• Verizon defends against complaint seeking to remand arbitration award
• Verizon defends against labor arbitrations involving contract administration and enforcement with the IBEW and CWA
• Verizon wins summary judgment in single plaintiff discrimination action

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

• District of Columbia

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• Harvard University

Published Works

• EFCA's First Contract Arbitration Would Revolutionize the Labor Law Landscape, coauthor, 2009
• Wage and Hour Compliance: Key Issues Affecting the Healthcare Industry, American Hospital Association and American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, 2009
• EFCA's First Contract Arbitration Provision: Why the Disinterest Over Interest Arbitration?, Workplace Law Report, 7 WLR 1102, BNA,Inc., 2009
• Getting It Right in Reductions in Force: How to Minimize Legal Risks, Employee Benefit Plan Review, 2009
• ALERT: President Obama Signs First Bill: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, 2009
• Significant Labor and Employment Initiatives of the Obama Administration and 111th Congress, 2009
• Baby UI: The End of Unemployment Insurance As We Know It? coauthor, 26 Employee Relations Law Journal 35, 2000

Address

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

Phones

1.202.879.4691 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.202.626.1700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com