Prior to joining the firm, Al worked for five years as a trial attorney for the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, where he was named the General Counsel’s national employee of the year in his first full year with the agency.  He has also worked as a legal writer and managing editor for a national legal publishing firm and has served as contributor and editor of a number of labor and employment publications, including the Union Contract Law Bulletin and Practical Dispute Resolution.

As a partner with the firm, Al has a varied labor and employment practice, handling matters before the courts, arbitrators, and a number of federal and state administrative agencies, such as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), and the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission, Civil Service Commission, and Commission Against Discrimination. Al also advises labor unions in collective bargaining and matters of contract administration, employee representation, and internal union affairs.

In addition to his practice of law, Al has also served as a part-time faculty member at the Boston University School of Law, where he has taught seminars in legal research and writing. 

Major Cases

Local 2322, IBEW v. Verizon New England, Inc., 464 F.3d 93 (1st Cir. 2006) (court upheld Union’s action in bringing arbitration matter back to the arbitrator for clarification).

Bradley v. City of Lynn, 443 F.Supp.2d 145 (D. Mass. 2006) (overturning the Commonwealth’s firefighter entrance examination as discriminatory).

IBEW, Local 2326 and Vermont Telephone Company, Inc., 348 NLRB No. 91 (2006) (successfully defended Union that refused to sign agreement that the Company had improperly modified).

Pacini v. City of Medford, Civil Service Commission (Commission overturned bypass of firefighter applicant passed over in favor of Fire Chief’s son).

Ocean State Jobbers, Inc. and UFCW, Local 328, 345 NLRB No. 109 (2005) (won reinstatement for employees who had been terminated for union organizing).

NFFE, Local 1442 and U.S. Dept. of the Army, Letterkenny Army Depot, 58 FLRA 685 (2003) (successfully prosecuted federal employer that unilaterally closed daycare center; Union’s victory affirmed on appeal to court).

In the News

Verizon workers speak out on gag order
ASHLEY SMITH, Nashua Telegraph, June 22, 2007

Town pays out $14,000 in suit: Firefighter sued over free speech
BRIAN LEE, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, May 4, 2007

Publications

The Effects of The New Independent Contractor Statute on Other Statutory Schemes: A Welcome Convergence of Worker Protection, Mass. Bar Assoc. Section Review, Summer 2007

Unfair Labor Practices Bulletin, Contributor and Editor-in-Chief, (1996-1999)

Union Contract Law Bulletin, Contributor and Editor-in-Chief (1996-1999)

Eliciting the True Intent of the Testator: Do Negative Wills Have a Place?, 13 Prob. L.J. 1 (1995)

Education

• Cornell University, B.S. in Consumer Economics
• Boston University School of Law, J.D. cum laude
  G. Joseph Tauro Scholar
  Probate Law Journal, Topics Editor

Professional Affiliations

Massachusetts Bar Association, Collective Bargaining Section Chair
AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee

Bar and Court Admissions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Recognitions

Federal Labor Relations Authority, Office of the General Counsel, National Employee of the Year, 2000

Speaking Engagements

The Afterlife of an Arbitration Award, Mass. Bar Assoc. 28th Annual Labor & Employment Law Spring Conference, May 2007

Labor Law Issues in the Health Care Arena, Boston Bar Assoc., February 2007

Community Organizations

Member, Board of Directors, Bay State Performing Arts, Inc.

Alfred Gordon
Partner

617-367-7200, ext. 245
617-367-4820 (fax)
agordon@prle.com

Practice Areas

Provides full service representation to labor unions in the private sector and in the public sector on the federal, state, and local levels before labor relations agencies and arbitrators and in the courts.

Represents federal, state, and local government employees in civil service and other employment matters in administrative and court proceedings.

Represents individual employees in all manner of employment-related claims including discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour violations.

Staff Assistant

Sharon Dupiche
sdupiche@prle.com