Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome William F. “Frank” Birchfield as a shareholder in its New York City office. Birchfield joins Ogletree Deakins after practicing as a partner in the employment group at the employment defense firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. With the addition of Birchfield, Ogletree Deakins continues the rapid growth across its network of offices. Since January, the firm has increased its shareholder ranks in its Austin, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego, St. Louis, and Washington offices.
Birchfield focuses his nearly two decades of practice on performing union negotiations, litigating labor and employment disputes, and counseling employers on policy and compliance matters, risk avoidance, and labor organizing issues. He has significant trial experience with multi-plaintiff wage and hour matters and EEO claims, and has been the lead attorney in multiple cases of harassment and discrimination litigation. Birchfield’s traditional labor relations experience is a substantial part of his practice. Over the course of his career, he has coordinated labor relations activity for many large employers, including bargaining and maintaining labor contracts, conducting numerous trials and representation hearings before the National Labor Relations Board, arbitrating hundreds of grievances, and providing ongoing corporate campaign strategy for employers targeted by unions.
“Frank is a seasoned and savvy attorney who has deep labor and employment law experience, as well as extensive knowledge of the healthcare and financial services industries,” said Kim Ebert, managing shareholder of Ogletree Deakins. “Frank offers a unique perspective to our New York City office, gained from two decades of practice throughout the state of California and in Washington D.C.“
Birchfield earned his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he graduated first in his class, and his B.A., with highest honors, from Hendrix College.
