Labor & Employment Law

Solomon is NLRB's Acting GC

President Obama has named veteran NLRB attorney Lafe Solomon to serve as Acting General Counsel, the top investigative and prosecutorial position in the agency. The designation is effective Monday, June 21, 2010.

Mr. Solomon, who began his agency career as a field examiner in Seattle in 1972, directed the NLRB?s Office of Representation Appeals for the past decade. Previously he served in various positions on the General Counsel and Board side of the agency, including as staff attorney to 10 Board members. (The Board members were Don Zimmerman, Donald Dotson, Jerry Hunter, John Higgins, James Stephens, Mary Cracraft, John Raudabaugh, William Gould, Sarah Fox and Wilma Liebman). He earned a B.A. degree in Economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Tulane University.

Ronald Meisburg, the previous General Counsel, had earlier announced his resignation, effective Sunday night June 20, to join the law firm of Proskaeur Rose. His term was due to expire in August 2010. Mr. Solomon was appointed to the position under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.

Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on June 20, 2010 (boomark / email).