James C. Crowley
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Labor & Employment
- Labor Relations Strategic Advice & Counseling
- Administrative & Regulatory Litigation
- ERISA/Employee Benefits Litigation
- Executive Disputes & Agreements
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Pension & Benefits Strategy
- Whistleblower Litigation
- Employment Discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Advocacy
- Workplace Safety/OSHA Litigation & Counseling
- Workplace Investigations, Civil Rights Audits
- Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Litigation & Counseling
- Labor & Employment Issues Affecting Government Contractors
- Focuses practice on complex labor and employment litigation.
- Counsels clients on a variety of strategic labor and employment questions.
James Crowley’s national labor and employment practice handles a broad range of matters involving:
- The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- The Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA)
- The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Whistleblower laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and the Dodd-Frank Act
- The Occupational Safety and Health Act
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Antidiscrimination and sexual harassment laws
- Wage and hour laws.
James represents employers from a broad array of industries, including sports leagues, entertainment, media, energy, communications, retail, financial services, private equity, gaming and hospitality.
James has experience in federal district court, the courts of appeals, state courts, before administrative agencies and in the arbitration of employment disputes. He also counsels clients on a variety of strategic labor and employment questions that arise from pending legislation, government investigations, union organizing and collective bargaining, reductions in force and threatened litigation.
Before joining the firm, James clerked for Judge Jerome A. Holmes of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit and Justice Peter J. Maassen of the Alaska Supreme Court.
- Obtained reversals of several precedents at the National Labor Relations Board, including the rule that employees were presumptively entitled to use their employer’s email system to engage in concerted activity.
- Successfully represented companies in all manner of labor disputes arising under the NLRA, the LMRA, other federal labor statutes and collective bargaining agreements.
- Represented professional sports leagues, hotels, financial services providers and real estate developers in negotiating collective bargaining agreements.
- Successfully defended an employer and employee benefits plan against ERISA claims.
- Successfully defended a financial services firm against whistleblower claims under the SOX Act and the Dodd-Frank Act.
EducationJ.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 2014
A.B., Georgetown University, 2008
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, 2014
A.B., Georgetown University, 2008
ClerkshipsU.S.C.A., 10th Circuit
Alaska Supreme Court
U.S.C.A., 10th Circuit
Alaska Supreme Court
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Illinois
District of Columbia
Illinois