Labor-Management
Relations Employment
Discrimination Human
Resources Advice and Counsel Employment
Tort and Contract Litigation Employment
Handbooks, Policies, and Procedures Wage
and Hour Laws (FLSA, Portal to Portal Act) Occupational
Safety and Health Acts (OSHA) Affirmative
Action Programs (AAPs) Family
and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Workers’ Adjustment
and Retraining Act (WARN) Litigation Appellate
Litigation Class
Actions Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Memberships
American
Bar Association
- Member, Section on Labor Relations Law
- Member, Committee on Equal Opportunity Law Maryland State Bar Association Bar Association of Baltimore City
Education
Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1965 Williams College, B.A.,
cum laude, 1962
Bar
Admissions
Maryland
(State and Federal); U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th
Circuit; Supreme Court of the United States
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Stephen D. Shawe has over 40 years experience
representing clients in many fields, with a particular concentration in
the retail and manufacturing industries. Stephen has established a reputation
for guiding clients in the resolution of difficult problems and for vigorous
representation if clients’ problems resulted in litigation. For
20 years, he served as chief spokesman for the Bermuda Hotel Association
in its collective bargaining negotiations with the island’s 3500
hotel employees.
In 1997, Stephen presented oral argument
before the United States Supreme Court on the issue of when an employer
may poll its employees on their continued support for a union. Allentown
Mack Sales and Service Co. v. NLRB. The Court agreed with his argument,
by a vote of 5 to 4.
Stephen routinely presents seminars on topics ranging from age discrimination
issues arising from reductions-in-force to sexual harassment and the appropriate
employer response. He has authored numerous articles on labor and employment
matters, including "An Employer’s Duty to Bargain Over a Decision
to Subcontract" for the Harvard Legal Commentary. He was co-author
of "Avoiding Employment Discrimination Charges" for Matthew
Bender & Co., Inc., and he has also written articles for the University
of Baltimore Law Review on subjects ranging from concession bargaining
to employment discrimination. Stephen has also served as an Instructor
in Labor Law at the University of Baltimore.
Before joining the Firm in 1966, Stephen
served as law clerk to Chief Judge Simon Sobeloff of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 1967, he briefly left the
Firm after he was appointed an Assistant United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland. He held that position until 1970 when he was selected
to be the first General Counsel of the Maryland Commission on Human Relations.
Labor-Management
Relations