Shawe Rosenthal - Management's Workplace Lawyers

Honors

Stephen Shawe, Bruce Harrison, Michael McGuire, Gary Simpler and Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella have been ranked as Leaders in Employment by Chambers USA 2006. (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/)

The Labor Relations Institute recognized Stephen Shawe as a 2007 Top Labor Attorney. Attorneys chosen for this elite list were selected from more than 8,700 labor lawyers evaluated by LRI.

Fiona Ong has been selected as one of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's "Best Lawyers Under 40" for 2006. Fiona will be recognized at the Installation Banquet at NAPABA's Convention in Philadelphia on November 11, 2006. NAPABA is the national association of Asian Pacific American (APA) attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students, providing a national network for its members and affiliates.

William Rosenthal, Stephen Shawe, Arthur Brewer, Bruce Harrison and Eric Hemmendinger were recently chosen to be listed in the 2006 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States.

Stephen Shawe has been honored as a Fellow into the American Bar Association College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Only those who demonstrate the highest professional qualifications, character, integrity, services to clients, and scholarship are selected for membership in the College. Steve joins Earle K. Shawe and Bruce Harrison in this esteemed group of labor and employment lawyers.

We are pleased to announce that Michael McGuire has been elected Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Labor & Employment Section, July 2004 through July 2007 Term.

Client Letter

Union-Related Buttons and Other Insignia, August 9, 2006. Click here for more.

Protection of employees against retaliation for complaining about employment discrimination was expanded by a Supreme Court decision issued June 22, 2006. Click here for more.

News

Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella successfully defended a public utility in a two week employment discrimination trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland. Five plaintiffs had claimed that their employer, the utility, had either discriminated against them in pay or in promotion on the basis of their races (African American) or foreign national origin in violation of County law and/or the Maryland constitution. The jury found in favor of the utility on all discrimination claims.

Bruce Harrison and Gary Simpler recently attended the Employment Law Alliance (ELA) annual meeting in Hong Kong. The ELA is an international coalition of labor and employment lawyers with representatives in all 50 states and more than 300 cities worldwide. Shawe Rosenthal is honored to have been selected as the exclusive representative for Maryland. For more information about the Employment Law Alliance, click here.

Randi Klein Hyatt successfully completed her first marathon this past Sunday, October 29th, 2006. Randi participated in the 31st annual Marine Corps Marathon, held in Arlington, VA. and finished the race in just over 5 hours.

Mark Swerdlin recently spoke at the 4th AKKA World Kannada Conference 2006 held at the Baltimore Convention Center. Mark spoke on a variety of Employment Law issues including employment contracts and covenants not to compete. Mark was joined by other speakers who are world leaders in information technology, biotechnology and life sciences. Notable guests that attended the conference were His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Ronen Sen, Indian Ambassador to the United States.

On March 1, 2006, Pat Pilachowski testified before the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee, on behalf of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce's position on the proposal (House Bill 1034) to amend Maryland law covering employment and housing discrimination. The proposal is to provide a private civil cause of action in state court for plaintiffs, instead of the current administrative procedure with the Maryland Commission on Human Relations. Another objectionable feature is exposing employers to damage awards that are uncapped, unlike the $100,000-$300,000 cap under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act. The Chamber of Commerce strongly opposes this proposed legislation.

Pat Pilachowski was quoted in a recent article published by The Daily Record entitled Common sense, professional standards key to compliance. In the article, Pat gave some insight on how he has been advising clients on the best way to comply with the new Federal Trade Commission rules on safeguarding as well as destroying consumer credit information records. He advises businesses to protect customer credit information by separating it from routine personnel records similar to the way medical records are separated, by restricting its access to a small circle of people during the retention period, and shredding when it comes time to dispose of them.

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