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Joseph D. Richardson
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Joseph D. Richardson

Associate

jrichardson@wwdlaw.com
215.656.3655

Philadelphia

1845 Walnut Street, 24th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103

  • 16 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named 2020 PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Welcomes New Labor Attorney
  • Interim NLRB General Counsel Moves Quickly to Re-Focus Agency on Workers’ Rights
  • NLRB Forges Ahead with New Election Rules Despite Court Order
  • Safety Strikes During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • As COVID-19 Response Leads to Business Closures, Are Workers Getting the Notice They Deserve?
  • No Organizing Beyond This Point: NLRB Rules Property Rights Outweigh Worker’s Rights in Recent Decisions
  • NLRB Targets Key Election Policies in Proposed Rulemaking
  • Uber Drivers Not Employees, NLRB General Counsel Concludes
  • The NLRB Weighs in on Union Obligations to Dues Objectors
  • NLRB General Counsel Set to Shelve More Retaliation Claims While Grievances Pending

Joseph Richardson concentrates on labor law, advising union clients on strategy and counseling them on collective bargaining matters.

Before joining the firm, Joe spent seven years as a field attorney with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in San Francisco and Philadelphia. As an NLRB attorney, he investigated unfair labor practice charges and represented the Board in administrative hearings and injunction proceedings in U.S. District Court. He also represented his co-workers as an NLRB Union local president and served as a pro bono arbitrator for denials of service at homeless shelters in San Francisco.

Prior to attending law school, Joe proudly served five years in the Marine Corps, where he learned Arabic and was selected for an elite Marine reconnaissance unit. He participated in the Iraq invasion in 2003 and deployed to Afghanistan as a civilian in 2004 and 2007.

WHAT INSPIRES ME ABOUT MY WORK

“For most people, the single most important economic factor in their life is their job. I am inspired by the clients I work with who are out there every day striving to improve the lives of working people.”

AWAY FROM WORK

“I am an avid, if aspirational, cyclist. All my waking hours away from work are spent with my wife and two young sons.”

  • Obtained a temporary injunction reinstating a local union president who had been fired for union activity.
  • Interim NLRB General Counsel Moves Quickly to Re-Focus Agency on Workers’ Rights
  • NLRB Forges Ahead with New Election Rules Despite Court Order
  • As COVID-19 Response Leads to Business Closures, Are Workers Getting the Notice They Deserve?
  • Safety Strikes During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • 16 Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorneys Named 2020 PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
  • No Organizing Beyond This Point: NLRB Rules Property Rights Outweigh Worker’s Rights in Recent Decisions
  • Willig, Williams & Davidson Welcomes New Labor Attorney
  • NLRB General Counsel Set to Shelve More Retaliation Claims While Grievances Pending
  • The NLRB Weighs in on Union Obligations to Dues Objectors
  • Uber Drivers Not Employees, NLRB General Counsel Concludes
  • NLRB Targets Key Election Policies in Proposed Rulemaking
  • Articles + News Coverage

Practice Areas

  • Collective Bargaining and Negotiations
  • Grievance and Interest Arbitration
  • Labor Law – Unions
  • Union Officer Training and Education
  • Union Rights – NLRB and PLRB Proceedings

Education

  • American University, Washington College of Law (2011)
    • Editor, Administrative Law Review, American University Washington College of Law
    • Member, Order of the Coif, American University Washington College of Law
  • St. John’s College, Annapolis (B.A., 1999)

Honors and Awards

  • Received the Mussey Prize and the Wallace L. Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Field of Administrative Law, American University Washington College of Law
  • Received the Thomas O. Sargentich Award for Administrative Law Review Outstanding Junior Staff, American University Washington College of Law
  • Selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers - Rising Star list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2020

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 2011

Publications

  • Contributing Editor, Developing Labor Law 2019 Supplement, Chapter 25, The Duty of Fair Representation

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