Richard N Appel has experience in all areas of employment law and traditional labor-management relations. In recent years, Mr. Appel’s focus has been on employment and wage and hour litigation. His work has included significant representations in a number of industries, including retail, financial, distribution, professional sports and communications.
Mr. Appel has concentrated on complex employment litigation, including federal, state and multidistrict class and collective actions under Title VII and the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the traditional labor arena, his work includes representation matters, collective bargaining and arbitrations. His long-term client relationships have enabled Mr. Appel to develop a keen understanding of the impact of labor and employment law issues on a company's overall business operations.
Mr. Appel received his B.A. with honors in 1973 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. in 1976 from the Catholic University of America, where he served on the law review. After a state court appellate clerkship, he joined Akin Gump in 1977. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars and is admitted to practice before numerous federal courts.
Mr. Appel was elected to the honorary College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 2001, and is a member of the American Bar Association's EEO Committee. He recently served as a chapter co-chair for two chapters in the upcoming Employment Discrimination Law (C. Geoffrey Weirich et al. eds., 4th ed. 2007) (ABA, P.Kane ed.) He is also a co-author of a law review article, “Affirmative Action in the Workplace: Forty Years Later,” 22 Hofstra Lab. & Emp. L.J.549. He has served as a lecturer with the National Employment Law Institute.
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