MICHAEL L. WOLFRAM
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
WOLFRAM WORKPLACE LAW, Camarillo/Los Angeles, CA 2002 –
· Employment dispute mediator (member, US District Court, Central District of California, Attorney Settlement Panel; former member of Los Angeles Superior Court and Ventura County Superior Court ADR Panels)
· Independent outside investigator of workplace complaints
· [Former] Consulting and testifying expert on workplace investigations and employment law issues
· [Former] Employment policies and practices and employment law
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Los Angeles, CA 1976 – 2002
(Partner 1979-2002)
· Practiced all aspects of traditional labor law (NLRA, LMRA, ALRA, contract negotiations and administration, arbitration, and Section 301/DFR suits) and employment law, with an emphasis on wrongful discharge, discrimination, and other employment claims from their inception through trial or arbitration and appeal; counseled on a wide range of labor and employment topics, including non-discriminatory employment policies and practices, mediation and arbitration policies, workforce reductions, acquisition, merger and disposition planning, and substance abuse policies, to name a few, and conducted anti-harassment training and briefings on those and many other employment law topics
· Litigated and tried employment disputes, including discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, common law claims, unfair competition/trade secrets/restrictive covenants, and employee benefits. Tried cases to defense jury verdicts, state and federal court. Defended hundreds of employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases resolved on dispositive motion, in arbitration, or by settlement before trial, either bilaterally or in mediation.
· Industry experience included financial services (banks, broker-dealers, and insurers), health care, pharmaceuticals, communications, computer software and peripherals, trucking, railroad, airline, container freight shipping, manufacturing, retail sales, warehousing, agriculture, industrial chemicals and gases, defense and consumer electronics, secondary and higher education, staffing, publishing, professional service organizations, and amusement parks.
KINDEL & ANDERSON, Los Angeles, CA 1972 – 1976
Associate. Practiced traditional labor law.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, FIFTH CIRCUIT 1971 – 1972
Law Clerk for the Honorable John C. Godbold, Montgomery, AL
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW, Austin, TX
J.D. (Cum Laude), 1971
Chancellors; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society; Associate Editor, Texas Law Review; Director, Legal Research Board
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, N.Y. 1967-1968
HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, MA
A.B. (Cum Laude), 1967
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & DISTINCTIONS:
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Listed in Southern California Super Lawyers, 2007-2011, 2014-2016 [www.superlawyers.com/about]
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated
Los Angeles County Bar Labor & Employment Section, Chair, 2006-2007, Executive Committee, 1988-1998, 2000 – present, Officer, 2003 – 2007)
Society of Independent Workplace Investigators (SIWI), Founding Member
Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI), Charter Member
Southern California Mediation Association
American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Section)
California Bar Labor & Employment Section
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES:
M.L. Wolfram and W.J. Emanuel, California Employment Law: Guide to California Laws Regulating Employment in the Private Sector (3d ed. 1997).
Chapter Editor, Employment Discrimination Law (2d Supp. 1998)
Chapter Author (with R.J. Kane and W.J. Emanuel), Advising California Employers (1st ed. 1981)
“The Need to Disclose – Ethics in Arbitration,” August 2002
“Employment Policies to Protect Your Competitive Position: Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants,” February 2000
“California Supreme Court Expands Rights of Employees to Bring Tort Claims for Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy,” January 1999
“Ninth Circuit Rules on Mandatory Arbitration,” June 1998
“Serious FMLA Health Conditions Expanded in Recent Decisions,” April 1998
“Special Problems of Damages in Employment Law Cases,” April 1997
“Managing Leaves of Absence Under Federal and State Leave Acts and Workers’ Compensation Laws,” January 1997
“The California Supreme Court Approves Preemployment Drug Testing But Limits Prepromotion Drug Testing,” January 1997
“Managing Leaves of Absence Under Federal and State Leave Acts and Workers’ Compensation Laws,” November 1995
“State and Federal Family and Medical Leave Acts – A Practical Guide to Compliance,” April 1994
“Arbitration Preparation and Effective Arbitration Advocacy” (with Peter Brown Dolan), Spring 1994
“Arbitration of Law Firm Employment Disputes” (with W.J. Emanuel), March 1993
BAR ADMISSIONS:
California
Texas
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals (Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits)
United States District Court (all in California)
REPRESENTATIVE TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Professor: Southwestern University School of Law (Labor Law)
Lecturer: Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Division
Golden Gate University MPH Program
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section, National Institute
Practicing Law Institute
California Bar, Labor & Employment Law Section Annual Meeting
California Continuing Education of the Bar
Los Angeles County Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section Seminars
Ventura County Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section Seminars
Hospital Personnel Management Association
HR Star Conferences
American Arbitration Association
Lorman Education Services
The Seminar Group
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Inner City Law Center – officer and member of the Board of Directors (1998-2015), member of Board of Advisors (2015- )
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