Professional Experience
For more than 25 years, Mr. Lynch's practice has consisted of all aspects of labor and employment law as well as employment and labor litigation.
Labor and employment law practice: Mr. Lynch handles, and advises clients with regard to, collective bargaining negotiations, the administration of collective bargaining agreements, grievance arbitration, NLRB representation and unfair labor practice proceedings, proceedings before the U.S. and state labor departments on wage and hour laws, and WARN Act and other labor issues. He also counsels clients with regard to compliance with federal and state employment laws and assists them in the drafting and review of employee handbooks and employer personnel manuals, as well as with regard to affirmative action plans and alternative dispute resolution.
Employment and labor litigation: Mr. Lynch has litigated employment and labor cases before the federal and state courts and the New Jersey Division for Civil Rights. His litigation experience includes cases involving class, multiplaintiff, and individual actions covering claims of race, sex, sexual harassment, age, religious, national origin and handicap discrimination, and retaliation for protesting unlawful discrimination. He represents clients with regard to wrongful discharge litigation covering claims, including employee handbooks, personnel manuals, implied contracts, public policy, and safe place to work issues. Mr. Lynch has counseled clients with regard to ERISA claims and has litigated benefits and Section 510 discrimination claims. He has also represented management in labor litigation involving Section 301 actions for breach of collective bargaining agreements and cases involving breach of duty of fair representation claims, strike damage actions, FLSA actions, Boys Markets injunctions, and state court injunctions.
Mr. Lynch has served as law clerk to the Administrative Law Judges, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC, 1967-1968, and has served as law clerk to The Honorable Eugene L. Lora, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, 1968-1969.
Mr. Lynch's practice publishes Day Pitney's Employer's Law Blog (www.EmployersLawBlog.com), a weblog that presents the latest news in labor, employment, and employee benefits law.
News, Publications & Presentations
· Co-author, "National Labor Relations Board Indefinitely Postpones Posting Requirement," Day Pitney Alert, April 19, 2012
· Featured, "Thirty Three Day Pitney Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, April 1, 2009
Professional Affiliations
· Federal Bar Association
· Morris County Bar Association
· American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
· New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
Awards and Achievements
· Recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of labor and employment, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009