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Paul Rosenberg

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New York
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prosenberg@bakerlaw.com
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"[Paul] has a very practical approach to dealing with organized labor." "Paul is a great partner. He is incredibly helpful on employee relations issues."

— Chambers USA 2022

Overview

Paul Rosenberg represents clients in a wide array of industries, including manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare and media in labor management relations and advises on state and federal employment-related issues. Understanding his clients’ business objectives, he develops strategies to guide them through all facets of labor management relations, due diligence in connection with acquisitions and dispositions, and litigation in a cost-effective and operationally efficient manner.

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  • Struck a contract after two years of negotiation with a hotel labor union that provided the hotel with enhanced operating flexibilities and effectively addressed economic issues at stake between management and the union.
  • Representing hotel client before the NLRB regarding its withdrawal of recognition of the union.
  • Argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding a manufacturing client’s right to correct a clerical payroll error during the term of a collective bargaining agreement.
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Experience

  • Struck a contract after two years of negotiation with a hotel labor union that provided the hotel with enhanced operating flexibilities and effectively addressed economic issues at stake between management and the union.
  • Representing hotel client before the NLRB regarding its withdrawal of recognition of the union.
  • Argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding a manufacturing client’s right to correct a clerical payroll error during the term of a collective bargaining agreement.
  • Advising a hotel owner on a comprehensive labor relations strategy in in response to a wide-reaching corporate campaign. Developed a successful labor relations strategy that resulted in the hotel owner maintaining its ownership interest in the property without succumbing to the union’s demands.
  • Counsels hospitality clients regarding due diligence pertaining to labor and employment issues that arise during mergers, acquisitions, new business ventures, business consolidations and reorganizations.
  • Represent clients in labor arbitrations on wide range of issues such as disciplinary matters, the right to subcontract work, the ability to modify health insurance plans and the survivability of a card check neutrality clause after a collective bargaining agreement expires.
  • Advise clients on effective implementation of COVID-19 related policies and protocols.
  • Served as lead negotiator on a first contract between a nursing home with more than 300 employees and a union. Achieved a contract that enabled the nursing home to stabilize its labor cost despite the impact on its profitability of decreasing Medicaid reimbursement rates.
  • Provides day-to-day advice and counsel for a global media company involving the administration of its collective bargaining agreement, workplace policies, overall labor relations strategy, handbooks and other employment-related documents.

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Recognitions

  • Chambers USA: Labor and Employment in New York (2022)
    • Up and Coming (2022)
  • The Legal 500 United States (2016 to 2017, 2020 to 2022)
    • Recommended in Labor and Employment: Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) - defense (2016)
    • Recommended in Labor and Employment: Labor-management relations (2017, 2020 to 2022)
  • BTI Client Service All-Star (2017)

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Prior Positions

  • Law Clerk for the National Football League (NFL) Management Council
  • Judicial Clerk in the Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • District of Columbia
  • Illinois
  • New York

Education

  • J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • B.S., Indiana University

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