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Ronald Klepetar has over 30 years experience in negotiating on behalf of client employers with unions and employee organizations in both the public and private sectors. He frequently represents employers during union organizing drives and in litigation before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). He also represents employers in wrongful termination and employment discrimination litigation, as well as in arbitrations involving employee disciplinary and contract interpretation disputes. Mr. Klepetar has knowledge in legal developments affecting drug and alcohol abuse programs in the workforce and has extensive experience in negotiating successfully for companies that have needed to make significant adjustments in overly restrictive labor agreements.

Prior to joining BakerHostetler, Mr. Klepetar was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Jenkens & Gilchrist. Before that he was a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Rexon, Freedman, Klepetar & Hambleton. His other professional experience includes serving as an attorney for the NLRB in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

Mr. Klepetar has been named a “Super Lawyer” and “Outstanding Attorney” in California for the last four years. He has been a contributing editor for the hornbook for labor lawyers, The Developing Labor Law.

Mr. Klepetar is a member of the American Bar Association.