Robert W. Hartman

**** ******* *****, ********* ***., PA 16066+ acchb7@r.postjobfree.com

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BAR ADMISSIONS

Ohio, District of Columbia

EDUCATION

Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, J.D. cum

laude, 2004

G.P.A.: 3.63/4.00; Class Rank: 26/193

Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, B.A. cum laude, 1999,

G.P.A.: 3.53/4.0, Major: English/Minor: History

EMPLOYMENT

West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, Associate

Employment Counsel, January 2011 - August 2013

Employment counsel for 11,000 employee health system, reporting directly to

the General Counsel. Functional areas of responsibility included:

employment litigation; employment counseling; labor arbitrations and

counseling; drafting and administering physician employment contracts;

employee benefits; executive employment agreements and benefit plans; and

immigration. Accomplishments included:

. Advised human resources professionals, managers and executives in all

matter of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, labor

relations, benefits and immigration issues

. Providing training on EEO matters, privacy and positive employee

relations

. Negotiated severance agreements with departing executives

. Drafted and implemented systemwide employment policies

. Conducted audits to ensure compliance with state and federal laws

. Drafted and implemented change in control agreements for key personnel

. Advised on reductions in force, including drafting of OWBPA compliant

releases and analyzing WARN implications

. Procured successful resolution of multiple union grievances, including

victories at arbitration

Epstein, Becker & Green, Washington, D.C., Associate, December 2008-

December 2010

Associate attorney in Washington, D.C. office of national law firm.

Practice areas included federal and state discrimination statutes,

traditional labor law, Fair Labor Standards Act and compensation and

employee benefits. Representative cases and projects included:

. Lead associate on wage and hour class actions against hotel chains in

Massachusetts

. Primary brief writer for successful motion to dismiss wage and hour

claims against New York hospital system

. Extensive experience in traditional labor law, including participating

in collective bargaining negotiations in the food and hotel

industries, conducting labor and employment review of documents and

relevant agreements for merger and asset purchase deals, defending

against unfair labor practice charges filed with the National Labor

Relations Board and defending clients at arbitration hearings

. Counseled employers with respect to labor and employment issues,

including employee handbooks, wage and hour audits, employee

relations, union avoidance and employee benefits

. Conducted employee seminars regarding union avoidance, harassment

training and other human resources issues

. Facilitated licensing and franchise agreements for a client's joint

venture with NASCAR

. Conducted due diligence, drafted contract provisions and conducted

contract review for purchase of 43 retail grocery stores

. Defended grocery store client in multi-unit collective bargaining

negotiations

. Conducted research and planning for collective bargaining negotiation

with union at large New York hospital

. Prosecuted bid protest and contract disputes claim on behalf of

government contractor

Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, Associate, April 2007-November 2008

Associate attorney in Cleveland office of multi-national law firm.

Practice areas included federal and state discrimination statutes,

traditional labor law, Fair Labor Standards Act and compensation and

employee benefits. Representative cases and projects included:

. Conducted collective bargaining negotiations

. Performed labor and employment review of documents and relevant

agreements for numerous merger and asset purchase deals

. Defended clients against unfair labor practice charges filed with the

NLRB

. Defended clients in union arbitration proceedings

. Managed internal wage and hour review of engineering employees for

national telephone company

. Conducted depositions and employee interviews to defend against FLSA

class action for unpaid nurses filed by a state-wide class of nurses

. Drafted class certification and summary judgment briefs that

successfully defended against class action claim alleging ERISA

violations based on rate setting practices of state-wide insurance

company

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Associate, November 2004- March

2007

Associate attorney at boutique management-side labor and employment law

firm. Managed cases from inception, including pleadings, discovery

process, taking and defending depositions, motion practice and trial

preparation. Representative cases and projects include:

. Defended clients in actions before state and federal labor boards

. Procured dismissal of antitrust multidistrict litigation filed against

automobile leasing company

. Responded to state and federal discrimination charges

. Participated in collective bargaining negotiations

. First chair arbitration experience

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