Craig M. Brown. Focus Areas. Overview

Transcription

1 Shareholder Oswald Centre 1100 Superior Avenue East, 20th Floor main: (216) direct: (216) fax: (216) Focus Areas Labor Management Relations Healthcare Higher Education Overview Craig M. Brown is a labor and employment attorney exclusively representing employers in all matters affecting the employer-employee relationship. His practice regularly includes providing advice and counsel on the application of increasingly complex labor and employment laws in both the private and public sector, guidance in resolving problems arising under collective bargaining agreements, and the development and application of effective workplace rules and regulations to enhance efficiency and productivity. A primary focus of Craig s practice is collective bargaining. He frequently serves as the chief spokesperson for employers in their negotiations with unions. He has negotiated hundreds of collective bargaining agreements for a variety of clients across numerous industries and employer groups. Craig has successfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements on behalf of large urban school districts and higher education systems, hospitals and healthcare providers, numerous public employers, including municipalities and regional governments, and a variety of manufacturing and wholesale/ distribution companies with a special concentration in beer and wine distribution. Craig also has advised clients in developing strategic plans to implement major business transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, relocations and closures, negotiating many agreements with unions covering both the decisions and the effects associated with those transactions. Craig also represents clients in contract administration, arbitration and general employment matters. He regularly advises clients regarding issues arising under the National Labor Relations Act and Ohio Collective Bargaining Law, 1

2 frequently appearing before the National Labor Relations Board and the Ohio State Employment Relations Board. He also advises employers seeking to maintain union-free workplaces and provides counsel during union organizing initiatives. Craig represents a wide range of employers in the public and private sector, large and small, publicly-traded and privately-held. Craig s experience has provided him with considerable knowledge of the following industries: Manufacturing Warehouse and distributing Service Retail Beverage wholesale Healthcare and hospitals Hospitality Education Regional and municipal government Additionally, Craig frequently addresses groups on issues of: Collective bargaining Union avoidance Employment discrimination Violence in the workplace Prior to joining Littler Mendelson in 2007, Craig was a partner at Duvin, Cahn & Hutton in Cleveland, Ohio. In law school, he was administrative editor of Law and Policy in International Business. Professional and Community Affiliations Member, Labor and Employment Section, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Member, Labor and Employment Section, Ohio State Bar Association Member, Labor and Employment Section, Federal Bar Association Member, Labor and Employment Section, American Bar Association Member, Labor and Employment Relations Association Vice-President, Board of Trustees, Alzheimer's Association, Cleveland Area Chapter President, Board of Trustees, Cleveland Boy Choir Recognition Named, Super Lawyers, Ohio, 2006 and 2007 Awarded, AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Named, The Best Lawyers in America,

3 Education J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1979 B.A., University of Michigan, 1976, With Distinction Bar Admissions Ohio Courts U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit Publications & Press Best Lawyers in America 2019 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers August 15, 2018 Best Lawyers in America 2018 Edition Honors More Than 200 Littler Lawyers August 17, 2017 The Best Lawyers in America Honors More Than 180 Littler Lawyers in Its 2017 Edition August 16, 2016 Labor & Employment Issues Facing the Healthcare Industry Littler Report April 12, 2016 Littler Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America 2016 Edition August 18, 2015 OSHA Continues Crackdown on Nursing and Residential Care Facilities December 4,

4 DOL Releases Brief Offering Tips for Healthcare Industry Employers on their Aging Workers April 5, 2013 Sixth Circuit Affirms Decertification of Class Challenging Automatic Meal Break Deduction August 24, 2012 Sixth Circuit Affirms Decertification of Class Challenging Automatic Meal Break Deduction August 24, 2012 Supervisor-Subordinate Friendships Can Lead To Charges of Favoritism and Other Problems BNA Human Resources and Report May 14, 2012 Federal and State Laws May Limit the Use of Healthcare Applicants' Credit Reports March 26, 2012 NLRB Rules that Hospital Interns and Residents Are "Employees" With Right to Organize June 10, 2010 Guest Appearance Power Lunch with Neal Cavuto - CNBC March 1996 Speaking Engagements 2018 Ohio Regional Employer Conference October 18, Ohio Employer Conference October 24, 2013 Ohio Employer Conference October 25,

5 Non-Union Employers: Are You Prepared for the NLRB s Assault on Your Policies? Littler Mendelson, October 25, 2012 Senate Bill 5 - A Management Lawyer s Perspective Cleveland Marshall School of Law: Employment and Labor Law Speaker Series October 12, 2011 The 2011 Health Care Summit Pittsburgh, PA September 22, 2011 Collective Bargaining During Economic Recovery Annual Conference - Council of the Great City Schools and Chief Financial Officers September 16, 2011 Bargaining and Grievance Arbitration Trends in Healthcare Annual Convention - National Academy of Arbitrators October 23, 2010 Union Considerations Healthcare Wage and Hour Summit - Littler Mendelson May 2010 The 2008 Executive Employer Conference Phoenix, AZ April 10, 2008 Health Care s New Labor and Privacy Law Frontiers: Defusing Tomorrow s Problems Today November 14, 2007 NLRB Recent Developments Update National Labor Relations Board Region 8 October 5, 2005 Collective Bargaining in Healthcare Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service May 11,

6 FCMS Healthcare Symposium November 14, 2003 Discipline and Discharge American Arbitration Association November 28, 1995 Negotiating a Business Acquisition: Collective Bargaining Issues Cleveland Bar Association May 19, 1995 Violence in the Workplace National Convention, College and University Professionals Association - Human Resources, Vancouver, B.C. September