Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney to Discuss Recent Developments with the National Labor Relations Board

Date: November 17, 2023
Time: 11:15 a.m. ET

Details: Labor attorney Michelle “Micky” Devitt will participate in a virtual presentation entitled “NLRB Updates,” presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE). Firm partner Laurence M. Goodman is serving as a planner for the event, the NJICLE’s 45th Annual NLRB Labor Law Conference.

Devitt’s presentation will provide an overview of recent changes at the NLRB and the implications of these developments for labor law practitioners. She will be joined by management attorney Marlie Blaise.

The conference will feature updates from the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel as well as discussions about practice tips, the advent of artificial intelligence, and practical ethical challenges facing every labor practitioner.

The NJICLE presents a variety of seminars to help lawyers and judges increase their general professional competence, keep abreast of developments in the law, and become more proficient in selected areas of practice. It is a program of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Devitt has deep experience in labor law. As the Legal and Policy Coordinator for Heartland Workers Center in Omaha, Nebraska, she served as the organization’s lobbyist for workers’ rights, voting rights, immigrant rights, and poverty relief legislation. She also provided legal and strategic support to workers organizing for better wages and working conditions in Nebraska. Before that, she served as an attorney for the NLRB for more than a decade, conducting investigations for unfair labor practice cases and participating in successful settlement negotiations with employers and unions.

Click here to register for the 45th Annual NLRB Labor Law Conference.

About Willig, Williams & Davidson – Willig, Williams & Davidson (www.wwdlaw.com) is one of the largest and most respected union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Jenkintown Pa., as well as Haddonfield, N.J., and Chicago, Ill. Founded in 1979, Willig, Williams & Davidson focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; election and campaign finance; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; family law matters; benefits law design and compliance issues; discrimination, overtime and unpaid wages, and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; social security disability; and workers’ compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond. Workers inspire us.

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