Labor-Management Relations
Employment Discrimination/Harassment Litigation
Human Resources Advice and Counsel
Occupational Safety and Health Acts (OSHA)
Employment Agreements and Releases
Employment Tort and Contract
Litigation
Employment Handbooks, Policies, and Procedures
Wage and Hour Laws (FLSA)
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Memberships
American Bar Association
- Member, Section on Labor and
Employment Law
- Member, Litigation Section
- Member, Committee on Practice and Procedure before the National Labor
Relations Board
Maryland State Bar Association
- Chair, Labor and Employment Section (2004-2006)
- Recording Secretary, Labor and Employment Section, 2002-04
Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- Chair, Employment and Labor Committee, 1993, 1994, 1996-98
Education
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978
- Recipient, Joseph Bernstein Prize
- Notes and Comments Editor, International Trade Law Journal
University of Maryland, B.A., 1975
Bar
Admissions
Maryland
(State and Federal) and numerous federal appellant courts.
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A 31-year veteran of management-side labor
and employment law, J. Michael McGuire has represented employers nationally
in labor law litigation at Shawe & Rosenthal since 1978. His expertise
includes representing management before the National Labor Relations Board
in representation and unfair labor practice cases, negotiating collective
bargaining agreements, and arbitrating labor and employment disputes on
behalf of management.
Michael has also represented employers in state and federal court in numerous
employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination
lawsuits. He has argued and/or briefed many well known precedents in Maryland
State Courts and the Federal Appeals Courts including Hopkins v. Baltimore
Gas & Electric (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)(same
sex harassment).
Michael has also advised many corporate clients with regard to early termination
programs, reductions-in-force and downsizing, including separation and
release agreements. Although representing clients in many industries,
Michael has particular expertise in the financial services, healthcare,
utilities and manufacturing industries.
Michael served as Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the
Maryland State Bar Association for the 2004-2006 term. Mike was named
among Labor Relations Institute’s “Top 100 Labor Attorneys”
in the United States for 2009, based on a 5 year record of successful
arbitration cases and NLRB election cases. (He was one of only 2 on that
list from Maryland – partner Steve Shawe was the other.) In addition,
based on peer and client interviews, Mike has been recognized as “a
brilliant strategist and problem solver,” “extremely knowledgeable”
and “top lawyer” by Chambers & Partners Publishers in
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers For Business (2007, 2008
and 2009 editions) where he is ranked in the top tier of labor/ employment
attorneys in the State and first among management attorneys in Maryland.
Shawe & Rosenthal is ranked by Chambers as one of the 3 top labor
and employment firms in Maryland and described as a “long established
employment boutique” that offers a “specialized service to
management clients with unique labor and employment law concerns,”
and “well-known for its strength in dealing with union issues.”
Mike is also the past Chair of the Employment
& Labor Committee of the Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel
and has co-authored two books, "Employee Discipline and Discharge,"
and "An Employer’s Guide to the Occupational Safety and Health
Act," both published by Matthew Bender. He has also authored numerous
articles for the Maryland State Bar Journal on topics such as “Pre-dispute
Jury Trial Waiver Agreements,” “How to Conduct Sexual Harassment
Investigations” and “Legal Issues Associated with Acquiring
a Unionized Business.” He is a frequent speaker on labor and employment
matters.
Labor-Management Relations