We pride ourselves on our aggressive, innovative and detail-oriented legal representation.
The attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man possess extensive experience representing labor organizations. Our representation ranges from internal decision-making to legal appearances to filing petitions before the U.S. Supreme Court.
On any given day, the attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man appear before federal and state courts, along with a multitude of federal and state agencies.
In the labor context, the attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man represent labor organizations and employees with the following aspects:
- Internal union governance issues involving policies, procedures, bylaws, constitutions and elections.
- Conducting and advising clients on grievance arbitration matters.
- Conducting and advising clients on collective bargaining issues and contract language.
- Organizing campaigns including strikes, picketing, leafleting and bantering rights.
- Federal litigation involving contract disputes, civil rights disputes, injunctions and federal preemption issues.
- Representational elections.
- Unfair labor Practice charges both prosecution and defense.
- L M R DA Litigation.
- Prevailing Wage disputes.
- Department of labor compliance and audits (State and Federal).
- Creating and advising clients on PAC and IRS Section 501 issues.
Whether helping to organize a business or litigating a Section 301 lawsuit, the attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man aggressively advocate the interests of organized labor and the members those organizations represent.
The McCann & Carter man possess extensive experience representing Taft-Harley multi-employer fringe benefit trust funds. Our representation of these Trust Funds ranges from preparing a detailed collection compliance procedure to litigating benefit issues in the federal court.
The attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man appear daily before federal courts to collect contributions owed to the Trust Funds and resolve benefit issues.
In the employee benefit context, the attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man represent labor organizations and employees with the following aspects:
- Drafting procedures for collecting employer contributions;
- Drafting Summary Plan Descriptions;
- Advising Trust Funds on benefit eligibility and related issues;
- Litigating collection issues in federal court;
- Advising Trust Funds on Department of Labor investigations;
- Providing legal advice at Trustee Meetings;
- Counseling Fund Administrators and staff;
- Drafting Qualified Domestic Relation Orders (Q D R OS s);
- Advising relevant parties of their fiduciary duties
Whether advising union and management trustees or litigating an ER I SA lawsuit, the attorneys of Whitfield, McCann & Carter man aggressively advocate the interests of employee benefit funds and their participants.
