Regularly acting as labor relations counsel on purchase and sale transactions, BakerHostetler is also well regarded for its work on hotel management agreement matters. Oversight of the practice is shared between New York-based Amy Traub, Todd Dawson in Cleveland, and Washington DC partner Peter Fischer. A key figure within the group, Fischer is known for designing bespoke labor strategies and negotiating complex union arrangements on behalf of owners and management companies operating across the hospitality and food service industries. In Philadelphia, Christian White frequently appears before the EEOC and NLRB in federal and state courts and handles arbitration and mediation proceedings. Columbus-based Jeremiah Hart advises on labor relations and employment compliance, counseling clients on issues such as grievance arbitration and collective bargaining.
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Key clients
- Youngstown City School District
- University of Toledo
Work highlights
Conducting collective bargaining in a series of negotiations with International Union of Painters, The United Plumbers and Pipefitters, Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Plasters and Masons, and Counsil of Carpenters - five unions all key to running one of Ohio’s largest City School Districts.
Representing the client in connection with proceedings before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging a decision of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finding, among other things, that the client had committed an unfair labor practice by improperly refusing to bargain with a union regarding an alleged change in the terms and conditions of employment.
Represented a publishing company when an Unfair Labor Practice Charge was filed, alleging it engaged in unlawful surveillance of a bargaining committee member and unlawfully disciplined her for participating in the Guild’s “walk out.”
Practice head
Amy Traub; Peter Fischer; Todd Dawson
Other key lawyers
Christian White; Jeremiah Hart