Practice Areas
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FULL-SERVICE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS, PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS, AND MULTI-EMPLOYER TRUST FUNDS
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CONSULTATION AND REPRESENTATION IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND ORDINANCES
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AGGRESSIVE LITIGATION AND REPRESENTATION IN FEDERAL AND STATE COURT
CASES REGARDING:
- LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
- ANTITRUST LAW
- CLASS ACTIONS
- EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA)
- RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT (RICO)
- CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)
- CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
- APPEALS AND WRITS
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REPRESENTATION IN MATTERS BEFORE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
- NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)
- CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT (CRD)
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (DIR)
- CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD (PERB)
- CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC)
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REPRESENTATION IN ARBITRATION HEARINGS
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CONSULTATION AND REPRESENTATION IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (CBA) NEGOTIATIONS
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CONSULTATION REGARDING CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND INTERNAL UNION GOVERNANCE
- CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS DRAFTING
- CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS ENFORCEMENT
- UNION ELECTIONS
- INTERNAL UNION COMMITTEES
- GRIEVANCES
- INTERNAL UNION CHARGES AND TRIALS
- DISCIPLINE PROCEEDINGS
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CONSULTATION REGARDING STRIKES, LOCKOUTS, PICKETS, BOYCOTTS, AND PROTESTS
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CONSULTATION REGARDING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS
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CONSULTATION AND REPRESENTATION IN UNION ORGANIZING
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CONSULTATION REGARDING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW, AND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) ADMINISTRATION
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CONSULTATION AND REPRESENTATION REGARDING UNIONS AS EMPLOYERS AND ENTITIES
- DRAFT AND IMPLEMENT PERSONNEL POLICIES AND EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS
- INVESTIGATE OFFICER AND STAFF MISCONDUCT
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CONSULTATION AND REPRESENTATION IN ALL DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AS UNIONS’ OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL
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REPRESENTATION OF UNION MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN NEGOTIATED LEGAL FUNDS/PLANS
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ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT AND ADVOCACY IN PROPOSED FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES THAT MAY IMPACT CLIENTS’ INDUSTRIES
- DRAFT, AMEND, MONITOR, AND ADVOCACY IN PROPOSED FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES
- CRAFT PERSUASIVE MESSAGING TO SUPPORT CLIENTS’ POSITIONS
- CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS, AND OPINION LEADERS
- COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH UNION LOBBYISTS AND POLITICAL DIRECTORS, UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORS
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CLASSROOM TRAINING OF UNION OFFICERS AND STEWARDS
- UNION ORGANIZING
- COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICERS
- DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND RETALIATION
- GRIEVANCES
- INTERNAL UNION CHARGES AND TRIALS
- ARBITRATION
- DUTY OF FAIR REPRESENTATION (DFR)
- MATTERS BEFORE THE NLRB
- FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PACs)
- OTHER TOPICS BASED ON CLIENTS’ NEEDS