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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robert A. Boonin published a guest article recently that ran in four of Thompson Publishing Group's national monthly newsletters including the Employer's Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The title of the article: "What Bills Are Pending in Congress on the Wage and Hour Front?"
Based in Butzel Long's Ann Arbor office, Mr. Boonin's 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 of the Litigation Counsel of America (a national legal honorary) and is its Immediate Past-President; he also is co-founder and 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 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.
Mr. Boonin's other professional services include being a member of the governing board of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Michigan Bar Association, 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). He also is a past chair of the Washtenaw County Bar Association's Employment Law Section.
Mr. Boonin frequently publishes articles and presents at conferences on various topics involving labor and employment law matters. He routinely presents on wage and hour matters for the Institute of Continuing Education at its Annual Employment Law Symposium, and the Society for Human Resource Management's annual conferences.
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 Masters Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University (M.L.I.R. 1980). Prior to law school, Mr. Boonin served on the labor relations staff of the Michigan Association of School Boards (1978-1982), representing Michigan school districts in their labor relations. Before graduate school, Mr. Boonin worked for the Legislators' Education Action Project of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Washington, D.C. (1975-76).
About Butzel Long
Butzel Long is one of America's leading law firms, with 240 attorneys and offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan, New York City, Washington, D.C., Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida, 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 a regional, national and multi-national level 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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