Intro
Pat has extensive experience in labor relations counseling and collective bargaining negotiations. He handles proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and other administrative agencies. Pat has represented employers in union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations and other traditional labor practice areas. He also has first-chair trial experience as an employment litigator in wrongful termination and employment discrimination cases.
Pat also has extensive experience counseling employers in the manufacturing, construction, health care, banking, transportation, restaurant, hotel and service industries.
Areas of Focus
Education
Admissions and Courts
Role
Labor & Employment Section Co-Leader
Bar Association of San Francisco, Labor and Employment Law Section
State Bar of California, Labor and Employment Law Section
Bar Association of Detroit
Top Rated Lawyers™ in Labor & Employment Law; Martindale-Hubbell® (2013)
Best Lawyers in America (2006-2011)
Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor; Employment Litigation (2006-2007, 2009-2013, 2015-2016)
"Last Chance Agreements," Labor & Employment Law Alert (September 2011)
"Negotiations During Inflationary Times," co-presenter, SCPLRC Annual Labor Relations Conference (February 2023)
“Traditional Labor Law Update: A Trip Back to the Future,” co-presenter, Hanson Bridgett 2020 Labor & Employment Seminar (January 2020)
“Disability Accommodation,” Hanson Bridgett Labor & Employment Mid-Year Briefing (July 2016)
"Disability Accommodation - Recent Developments" and "Developments in Public and Private Labor Law," Hanson Bridgett Labor & Employment Seminar (January 2016)
"Public and Private Sector Labor Law Developments," Hanson Bridgett Labor & Employment Seminar (January 2015)