Labor lawyer
matt@brueniglaw.com
I represent labor unions and individual workers before the National Labor Relations Board, in grievance and arbitration, and in state and federal court. I also serve as outside counsel to labor unions.
Unfair labor practice charges and representation cases at every stage — investigation, hearing before an administrative law judge, exceptions to the Board, and enforcement or review in the courts of appeals.
Contract grievances from filing through arbitration, including discipline and discharge, contract interpretation, and arbitrability disputes. I also represent individual workers in arbitrations brought outside the grievance procedure.
Labor-related matters in court, including Section 301 suits to enforce collective bargaining agreements and arbitration awards, Garmon preemption motions, and other similar litigation.
Ongoing counsel on bargaining, internal governance and LMRDA questions, duty of fair representation, and the other legal matters that come with running a union.
I have spent my career in labor law, working at and alongside the National Labor Relations Board and unions including SEIU, UAW, IAM, and UFCW. That work is the foundation of this practice: I know how the Board actually operates, and I know what unions need from their lawyers.
I also spend a lot of time on the labor law record itself — building research tools, reading decisions as they come out, and writing about where the law is moving.
A labor law research platform I built and run, with searchable databases of Board and ALJ decisions, federal court opinions, advice and General Counsel memoranda, case dockets, collective bargaining agreements, LMRDA materials, and California PERB decisions.
A labor law newsletter covering decisions and developments at the National Labor Relations Board.
A think tank I founded in 2017, publishing research on labor, welfare, and economic policy.
If you have a labor law matter, or your union is looking for outside counsel, email me and we can talk it through.
matt@brueniglaw.com