Unions & Labor Law Reform Blog : Unions Lawyer & Attorney : Jackson Lewis Law Firm : Employee Free Choice Act, Collective Bargaining

Harold Weinrich, Martin F. Payson, Steven J. Porzio and Roger S. Kaplan are all contributors to the blog. 

Roger S. Kaplan is a Partner in the Long Island office of Jackson Lewis LLP. He has represented clients and appeared before executive departments and administrative agencies, such as the United States Department of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On behalf of a client association, he participated in negotiations with OSHA’s national office concerning implementation of a crane safety standard. He also has appeared before many federal and state courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

As leader of the Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management Practice Group, Mr. Kaplan has worked with many employers to help assure that their drug and abuse testing policies and procedures comply with the state and federal laws and to develop effective testing strategies.

Practice Areas

• Disability, Leave and Health Management
• Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management
• Labor, including Preventive Practices
• Workplace Safety Compliance

Professional Associations

• Atlantic Legal Foundation

Education

• New York University, JD (1967)
• Cornell University, BS (1963)

Bar Admissions

• New York (1967)

Harold R. Weinrich is a Partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. Region Office of Jackson Lewis.  Mr. Weinrich has practiced labor law for more than thirty-five years.  He has been associated with Jackson Lewis for more than thirty - years and has been a firm partner since 1981.  Mr. Weinrich managed the firm’s Washington, D.C. office between 1981 and 1995.

Mr. Weinrich has represented employers in a wide range of industries from health care to telecommunications.  He has extensive experience representing employers in union organizing, representation cases and unfair labor practice cases before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  He is among the firm’s most experienced National Labor Relations Act litigators. He often appears before the NLRB and also appears before state and federal courts in strike, arbitration and unfair labor practice related injunction and appellate litigation. He has argued labor cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and Second Circuits.   Mr. Weinrich also represents Employer’s in all aspects of representation cases.

Practice Areas

• Labor, including preventive Strategies
• Litigation and E-Discovery
• Litigation Avoidance
• Management Education, including E Based Training
• Reduction in Force, WARN Act

Education

• Brooklyn Law School, JD (1971)
• Hofstra, BA (1967)

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia (1981)
• New York (1972)

Martin F. Payson is a Labor Partner in the national workplace law firm of Jackson Lewis LLP. Since joining the firm in 1967, Mr. Payson has specialized in the practice of labor and employment law representing the interests of management.

Mr. Payson has been an outspoken opponent of “EFCA” - the Employee Free Choice Act as he believes it would make both bad law and bad public policy. He believes it represents a fundamental attack on the principles of democracy, informed decision making, and the secret ballot. Substituting the public card count procedure for the private ballot constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy subjecting workplace voters to coercion, intimidation, embarrassment and public ridicule by union organizers and peer pressure by aggressive coworkers.

Practice Areas

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Government Relations
• Labor, Including Preventive Practices
• Management Education, including E Based Training

Education

• Brooklyn Law, JD (1966)
• City University of NY, BBA (1961)

Bar Admissions

• New York (1967)
• Pennsylvania (1989)

Steven J. Porzio is an associate in the firm’s Stamford, Connecticut office. Mr. Porzio received his Bachelor of Arts Degree cum laude from Marist College in 2003. In 2008, he received his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Syracuse University College of Law, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter. Mr. Porzio is a member of the Connecticut Bar.

Mr. Porzio has practiced in traditional labor law areas such as collective bargaining, labor arbitration, contract administration and representation and unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.

Practice Areas

• Labor, Including Preventive Strategies
• Management Education, including E Based Training
• Government Relations

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law, JD (2008)
• Marist, BA (2003)

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut (2008)