Mr Arthur Telegen > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
TWO SEAPORT LANE
SUITE 300
BOSTON, MA 02210-2028
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Work Department

Labor and Employment Department; Labor and Employee Relations Practice Group.

Position

Arthur Telegen is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw in the firm’s Labor Management Relations Practice Group. He specializes in union-management relations, representing clients in federal court and before the National Labor Relations Board, at arbitration, and in collective bargaining.

Career

Mr. Telegen is more than halfway through his fifth decade practicing labor law. While he continues to win major cases for his clients, most recently before the First and DC Circuit Courts of Appeals, what he finds most satisfying is getting a phone call from an employer presenting a knotty issue with its union, and collaborating on finding the best way to untangle the knot.

Memberships

ABA; Massachusetts Bar Association; Boston Bar Association; Board of Directors, Greater Boston Legal Services; Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (since 2001); Best Lawyers (2010 Boston L&E Lawyer of the Year); Chambers, Band 1.

Education

BA, Brandeis University; JD, Harvard University, magna cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Labor-management relations

Seyfarth Shaw LLP offers a deep bench of experienced lawyers, handling a full-range of labor-management relations mandates. Praised as ‘top notch’, the team focuses on all matters relating to organized labor: complex labor arbitrations, negotiations pertaining to collective bargaining, unfair labor practice charges, representation before the National Labor Relations Board and union organizing campaigns. Glenn Smith  chairs the practice group and is based in New York, with support from vice-chair and Seattle-based Molly Gabel. Washington DC’s Bryan O’Keefe  focuses on traditional labor law matters, including NLRB unfair practice charges and administrative law judge trials. In Boston, ‘extraordinary’ lawyer Arthur Telegen advises major clients on complex collective bargaining agreements, alongside general labor-management relations issues. Chicago-based Karla Sanchez maintains her impressive practice in the space, predominantly engaging on unfair labor practice proceedings and representations before the NLRB. Former co-chair Kyllan Kershaw  left in October 2022, whilst Bradford Livingston  retired in July 2022.