Warren H. Pyle is the senior founding partner of PRLE and a veteran of more than four decades of representation of workers in a wide variety of employment matters, including age, disability and sex discrimination, long term disability benefits, health and pension benefits, severance pay, wrongful discharge and related maters.

Mr. Pyle has represented college and university faculty and other professionals in denial of tenure, disability discrimination and contract disputes.

Mr. Pyle has represented a wide variety of labor organizations, including locals of United Steelworkers of America, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, International Association of Fire Fighters, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, as well as faculty unions at Boston University, Emerson College, Berklee College, and Wentworth Institute, in contract negotiations, grievances, arbitration, and litigation.

Major Cases

Radford Trust v. First Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 321 F.Supp.2d 266 (D.Mass. 2004) (Long term disability benefits awarded)

Linn v. Andover Newton Theological School, Inc., 874 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1989) (Age discrimination jury verdict)

United Steelworkers of America v. Textron, Inc., 836 F.2d 6 (1st Cir. 1987) (Injunction ordering employer to maintain retiree health insurance program affirmed)

Town of Arlington v. Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, 370 Mass. 769 (1976) (Mandatory arbitration of firefighter and police contract disputes upheld as constitutional)

Center v. First International Life Insurance Company, 1997 WL 136473 (D.Mass. 1997) (Severance pay)

Publications

The Developing Labor Law (1980-2005), Chapter Editor

Research papers presented to AFL-CIO and United Food and Commercial Workers attorney conferences on various topics

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D., 1958
• Harvard College, B.A., 1955

Bar and Court Admissions

Member, State Bar of Massachusetts, since 1958

Admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court, First Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court,
Massachusetts.

Appeared in Court of Appeals for Fourth, Fifth and District of Columbia Circuits

Warren H. Pyle
Partner

617-367-7200, ext. 215
617-367-4820 (fax)
wpyle@prle.com

Staff Assistant

Jo Fletcher
jfletcher@prle.com