Al McKenna, Board Certified as a Specialist in Labor and Employment Law by the Florida Bar, has represented management in all aspects of employment and labor law since 1983. Al is a traditional labor lawyer with extensive experience in union campaigns, collective bargaining, arbitrations, and hearings and trials before the National Labor Relations Board. Al is also an experienced trial lawyer, having tried employment related cases in state and federal courts. Al represents a broad array of employers in a variety of industries all across America, but focuses his practice on the healthcare industry and government contractors.
During law school, Al served as an editor of the Law Review. He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars on labor and employment law subjects. Al is a member of Ford & Harrison's Healthcare Practice Group. This practice group focuses on the many labor and employment issues unique to hospitals, long-term care and assisted living providers, physician practice groups and healthcare-related companies of all types. Al is also a member of the firm's Management Committee as well as the Managing Partner of the firm's Orlando office.
Recent Experience*
· Actively counseling clients in the healthcare industry in the development of labor strategies to meet their goals either to remain union-free or to compete effectively with a unionized workforce.
· Negotiated comprehensive coordinated collective bargaining agreements for five California hospitals.
· Litigated contract interpretation arbitration involving nearly one million dollars in exposure.
· Litigated arbitration involving contract interpretation of management's right to revise job process and job descriptions.
Recent Publications
· Ford & Harrison's Wage and Hour Manual, Co-Author and Editor
· Ford & Harrison's Florida Law Supplement to Sourcebook, Chapter on Employment Law Tort Claims, Author
Honors and Awards
· The Best Lawyers in America - Labor and Employment Law
· Leading Florida Attorneys
· "Florida's Legal Elite" by Florida Trend Magazine
· "Best of the Bar" by Orlando Business Journal
· "Florida Super Lawyers" and "Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition" by Law & Politics magazine
· "Best Lawyer" by Florida Monthly magazine
· AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
*Per Florida Bar rules, information on litigation and other legal successes has not been disclosed but is available upon request.
Industries
Government Contractors
Healthcare
Hospitality
Memberships
The Florida Bar (Labor & Employment Section)
Orange County Bar Association
Society for Human Resource Management
American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section, Litigation Section)
American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys
Florida Hospital Association
Nashville HealthCare Council
Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association
(Board Certified Labor and Employment Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)