FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robert. A. Boonin was recently elected Treasurer of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. As an Officer, he will continue to serve on the Section’s Council for five more years, moving up an office each year, and will be its Chair in four years. Mr. Boonin recently completed his sixth year as a Council member. The Council is the governing board of the State Bar’s section of labor and employment law lawyers.
Based in Butzel Long's Ann Arbor office, Mr. Boonin's law practice is largely concentrated in the areas of labor, employment discrimination, public contract and education law. He has represented public and private sector clients across the country, in over 30 jurisdictions, in wrongful termination, employment discrimination, wage and hour, tenure proceedings and other employment-related lawsuits and claims, as well as in labor grievance arbitrations, labor negotiations, unfair labor practices and representational proceedings and labor strikes.
Mr. Boonin is active in national and state bar association sections in labor and employment law and public contract law. He is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee and the American Employment Law Council. He is a Fellow and Past-President of the Litigation Counsel of America (a national legal honorary); he is also Chair-Elect of the Wage and Hour Defense Institute of the Litigation Counsel of America.
Mr. Boonin also is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Law Lawyers (a prestigious and highly limited national honorary of employment law practitioners). Mr. Boonin has been repeatedly recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyer in labor and employment law matters. His other professional services include: Past-President, Board member and a founder of the Michigan Council of School Attorneys; a member of the NSBA's Council of School Attorneys, a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, and a member of the local chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly IRRA).
Mr. Boonin is a past chair of the Washtenaw County Bar Association’s Employment Law Section, and a past Co-Chair of its Trial Practice Section. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti Regional Chamber Board of Directors.
Mr. Boonin is an honors graduate of The University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1985) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Economics 1976). He also holds a Master’s Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University (M.L.I.R. 1980).
About Butzel Long
Established in 1854, Butzel Long is one of America's leading law firms. With 170 attorneys, it has offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan, New York City, and Washington, D.C., as well as Alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey. The firm is also a member of the Washington D.C. law firm, Butzel Long Tighe Patton. Butzel Long represents clients from diverse industries on regional, national, and multi-national levels and is a member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.
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