The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Elizabeth (Liz) Dougherty and Douglas (Doug) Hall have joined the Firm as partners in its Labor & Employment Practice and will be based in Jones Day’s Washington Office. Both Doug and Liz are among the nation’s most experienced transportation labor practitioners, with deep experience in the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”).
“Jones Day already has one of the nation’s leading RLA practices in the country. Adding Liz and Doug makes it clear how deeply committed we are to the transportation industry and its labor and employment challenges,” said Michael Gray, who co-leads Jones Day’s Labor & Employment Practice. “With the additions of Doug and Liz, we are one of very few firms in the country with the capability to handle any aspect of what has become one of the most sophisticated and complex areas of modern labor law,” echoed Jones Day’s other Labor & Employment co-chair, Matthew Lampe.
Ms. Dougherty served as Chairman and Board Member at the National Mediation Board, an independent agency that oversees airline and railroad labor relations and administers the Railway Labor Act. As one of three Senate-confirmed presidential appointees on the Board, her responsibilities included oversight and mediation of collective bargaining, conducting and investigating representation elections, and supervision of the grievance arbitration program. Earlier in her career, Ms. Dougherty served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Domestic Policy, where she advised the President on labor and transportation policy issues. She also served as Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training. Admitted to practice law in New York, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Ms. Dougherty holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia and an A.B. from Duke University.
Mr. Hall represents air carriers and other major U.S. companies in connection with collective bargaining, contract interpretation, mediation and arbitration of grievances, and complex labor and employment litigation. He frequently appears before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in matters involving rights and obligations arising under a variety of federal, state, and local labor and employment statutes. Mr. Hall counsels clients on compliance with such laws and on the labor and employment issues presented by contemplated corporate transactions, as well as on efforts by employers in bankruptcy to reject their collective bargaining agreements. Mr. Hall holds a J.D. from Georgetown University and a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Ohio bar associations and has written extensively on employment law, particularly on airline matters. He is a Co-Editor in Chief of The Railway Labor Act (BNA), the leading treatise on that statute.
“Liz and Doug add depth to our flourishing transportation practice and labor and employment capabilities here in Washington and around the globe,” said Kevyn Orr, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day’s Washington Office. “We’re excited to have them as we take on some of the most complex and significant challenges that our railroad and airline clients are facing today.”
Ms. Dougherty joins from the Washington office of Ogletree Deakins where she chaired that firm’s Airline and Railway Practice Group. Mr. Hall joins from the Washington office of Ford Harrison, where he was a partner in the Transportation Practice.
Jones Day is a global law firm with 43 offices in major centers of business and finance throughout the world. Its unique governance system fosters an unparalleled level of integration and contributes to its perennial ranking as among the best in the world in client service. Jones Day provides significant legal representation for almost half of the Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, and FT Global 500.
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