James Boudreau, Naomi Beer, Justin Keith and Jerrold Goldberg, in Philadelphia, Denver, Boston, and New York respectively, head up Greenberg Traurig, LLP‘s labor management relations team. Goldberg has an ’extensive knowledge within his field‘ which includes traditional labor and union-management work and collective bargaining negotiations. This extensive expertise is true of the team generally, as the group is hailed for its ’deep esoteric subject matter expertise‘. There is a strong focus on alternative dispute resolution, and the group also appears in state and federal courts, and recently appear in the US district court, with wide coverage of the US means that it is able to operate across states and for international clients. Charles Birenbaum is a key team member for matters relating to Northern California.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Jerod (Jerry) Goldberg is a consummate professional. His extensive knowledge within his field has proven to be invaluable when offering advice and feedback on employee relations issues within our firm. He responds to meeting requests immediately and delivers timely and effective solutions. His commitment to his craft and his collaborative approach makes him a critical and trusted asset to our firm.'
  • 'Deep esoteric subject matter expertise.'
  • 'Excellent communication and advice.'
  • 'Jerod Goldberg has extensive knowledge within his field.'

Key clients

  • Recology Inc.
  • Clearwater Paper Corporation
  • Proterra, Inc. and Proterra Operating Company, Inc.
  • Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
  • Petco Animal Supplies Store, Inc.
  • Kinkisharyo International, LLC
  • Quad Cinema, a subsidiary of Cohen Brothers Realty Corp.
  • Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE)

Work highlights

  • Advised Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) on a case brought by the General Counsel of the NLRB seeking to develop new jurisprudence to protect non-union employee rights to complain anonymously about their workplace on social media.
  • Advising Recology on several collective bargaining negotiations and is actively handling 17 labor arbitrations for Recology.
  • Represented Quad Cinema in a case in the US District Court, Southern District of New York, involving pension withdrawal liability and other fund contributions allegedly due the Moving Picture Operators Union Local 306 Pension and Health Funds.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

James N. Boudreau, Naomi Beer, Justin Keith, Jerrold Goldberg

Other key lawyers

Charles Birenbaum