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About the Authors John Gallagher & Todd DuffieldPaul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
John J. Gallagher is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, where his practice includes a wide variety of litigation, negotiations, and counseling on behalf of large employers in virtually all aspects of the employment relationship, with particular focus on collective bargaining and federal court litigation on labor and employment issues and on labor law issues in bankruptcy. Mr. Gallagher has extensive experience in employment discrimination litigation, strategic planning for the labor and employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcy. His clients have included railroads, airlines, manufacturers, service providers and retail businesses. Mr. Gallagher has served as Special Labor Counsel on behalf of the debtor in Continental Airlines I (S.D. Tex.1983); Eastern Airlines (Ionosphere) (S.D.N.Y. 1991); Continental Airlines II (D. Del. 1991); United Airlines (N.D. Ill. 2002); ATA Airlines (D. Ind. 2004); Delta Air Lines (S.D.N.Y. 2005); Northwest Airlines (S.D.N.Y. 2005); and Comair Airlines (S.D.N.Y. 2005). Mr. Gallagher has also represented other major air carriers in preparing for bankruptcy proceedings which were avoided by settlement with the unions involved. Mr. Gallagher is a graduate of the University of Scranton (B.S.) and Cornell University (J.D., With Distinction, Order of the Coif), where he served on the board of editors of the Cornell Law Review. He served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr. (D.D.C. 197274). Mr. Gallagher also served as a Teaching Fellow at Boston College Law School (197475); Assistant Professor at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis (1975-76); and Adjunct Professor at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America (197677). Mr. Gallagher is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and is a former Employer Co-Chair of the Committee on Railroad and Airline Labor Law of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association.
Todd C. Duffield is an associate in the Atlanta office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. His practice involves all aspects of labor and employment law. He represents employers before administrative agencies, arbitration tribunals, and state and federal courts throughout the country in both single plaintiff and multi-plaintiff employment actions. He recently concluded the fourth-longest unfair labor practice trial in the history of the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Duffield regularly advises employers with regard to labor issues under the National Labor Relations Act in connection with labor disputes and corporate mergers and acquisitions. His practice also includes proactive counseling on a broad range of employment issues, including hiring (and rehiring), employee discipline, covenants not to compete, personnel policies, procedures and handbooks, reductions in force, plant closings, and discrimination issues. Mr. Duffield is a graduate of Brigham Young University (B.A.) and the University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude).
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