Program Manager Labor Relations

Laurence B. Irwin

Hilo, Hawaii •775-***-****•*****.*****.***@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/larry.irwin

Profile

Experienced attorney/Labor Relations/Program Manager with an extensive background in: government sector labor, EEOC and NLRB administrative agency actions, contract, workers’ compensation, insurance defense, insurance portfolio management, regulatory compliance, ethics law as well as general corporate law and conduct and supervision of internal and external employee investigations. Trusted advisor and leader with nine years of experience as an Assistant General Counsel. Licensed to practice law in Nevada as well as the Ninth Circuit and United States Supreme Court. Advanced Law (LL.M.) and Business (MBA) education.

Experience

Keolis Transit America- (May 2022-June 2024)

Labor Relations Director

Responsible for all aspects of Union employee discipline, grievance management and federal labor law compliance covering seven multistate locations and two thousand, three hundred bargaining unit employees. Negotiated 6 collective bargaining agreements as first chair in 22 months within budget and on time.

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (December 2017- October 2020) Staff Relations and

Program Manager

Supervised a staff of ten employees in all aspects of staff relations and investigations of all types with both bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit employees. Supervised the successful negotiation of two union labor contracts in the summer of 2017.

National Security Technologies, LLC (December 2011- December 2017) Senior Counsel/Employee

and Labor Relations Manager

Senior Legal Counsel/Employee and Labor Relations Manager for a DOE Contractor responsible for the administration of the Nevada National Security Site. Duties included: labor and employment, EEOC and NLRB representation, workers’ compensation, whistleblower, contract, insurance, unemployment, contract and general administrative and corporate law. Represented the company in three federal and eight state court actions as well as thirty-one administrative agency actions. Successfully performed General Counsel duties for four months in the absence of the General Counsel over a five-year period.

Nevada National Guard (1996-2011) Attorney Advisor, State Judge Advocate, Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Graduate Student

General Counsel for the Nevada National Guard supervising a team of four lawyers and two paralegals in the provision of world-wide contractual, environmental, labor, estate planning and regulatory law issues.

Handled over three hundred military justice matters as well as thirty-five labor discrimination matters.

Education

California Western School of Law, J.D., San Diego, California

Morrison University, Reno, Nevada, MBA, Summa Cum Laude

Army Judge Advocate General’s School, LL.M, Military Law, Charlottesville, Virginia

San Diego State University, B.A., San Diego, California

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