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Jeff represents school entities primarily as a school solicitor with a specialty in labor and employment negotiations and representation. He advises on school governance, school district operations, education law compliance, collective bargaining, and personnel issues.
He handles matters involving labor negotiations, employment disputes, and policy development. Jeff serves as school solicitor and special counsel to numerous school entities and regularly represents education clients in labor relations matters and collective bargaining with employee unions. He also counsels school leaders on personnel issues, governance concerns, and strategic labor management.
Before joining the firm, Jeff chaired the education practice for a Southeastern Pennsylvania law firm, which provided legal services to more than 100 school entities throughout the Commonwealth. He has also negotiated innovative labor agreements for school districts, including one of the nation’s most sophisticated performance-based teachers’ contracts for a suburban Philadelphia district. Jeff has authored more than 130 articles on education and labor law and is frequently called upon by national and local media outlets to comment on these issues.
Jeff is a past president of the Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association, a division of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, and previously served on the Pennsylvania School Boards Association Board, where he testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee on education-related issues. He is also an emeritus trustee of Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and serves as finance chair of the board of the Community Partnership School in Philadelphia.
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Counsels public and private employers on labor and employment matters. Advises healthcare entities on compliance, risk management, privacy, and HIPAA.
Defends discrimination claims, advises on labor relations, counsels on union matters, and assists with immigration issues, including DHS and ICE investigations.
Leads McNees as firm chair. Represents employers in union negotiations and labor arbitration. Advises on all workforce issues, focusing on manufacturing and education.
Represents employers in employment-related litigation before federal and state governmental agencies and state and federal courts. Advises on employment practices, employee relations and employment law compliance.
