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William F. Mede
Mr. Mede has vast experience in both litigation and non-litigation labor and employment law matters on behalf of public and private sector employers, including: union organizing drives; negotiation of collective bargaining agreements; representation of employers in arbitration proceedings; representation before labor relations agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Alaska Labor Relations Agency, and the National Mediation Board; representation of employers in unfair labor practice hearings; and defense of wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, discrimination, wage and hour, and other employment related matters. Mr. Mede has represented employers in labor and employment related matters for over 25 years.
Areas of Practice
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Contracts
- Discrimination
- Employment Law -- Employer
- Labor Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Sexual Harassment
- Wage and Hour Law
Bar Admissions
- Alaska, 1983
- U.S. District Court District of Alaska, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Education
- University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California
- Honors: Moot Court Board Advisory Vice Chairman
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science - 1976
Representative Cases
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., 348 NLRB No. 44 (2006)
- Perkins v. Doyon Universal Services, LLC, 151 P.3d 413 (Alaska 2006)
- Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc. and Alaska State District Council of Laborers, 341 NLRB No. 84 (2004)
- Matanuska Electric Ass'n. Inc. and IBEW Local 1547, 337 NLRB 680 (2002)
- Holland v. Union Oil Co. of California, 993 P.2d 1026 (Alaska 2000)
- Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc. v. N.L.R.B., 190 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 1999)
- Schorr v. Frontier Transp. Co., 942 P.2d 418 (Alaska 1997)
- Manning v. Alaska R.R. Corp., 853 P.2d 1120 (Alaska 1993)
- McKeown v. Kinney Shoe Corp., 820 P.2d 1068 (Alaska 1991)
- Sea Star Stevedore Co. v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs, Local 302, 769 P.2d 428 (Alaska 1989)
Classes/Seminars
- Instructor, Labor Management Relations, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1989
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment section, Woodward & White, 2002 - Present
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
- Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers and Partners, 2005 - 2006
- Who's Who Legal: USA Management Labour and Employment, Who's Who Legal: USA, 2006
- "Top One Hundred Labor Attorneys" in U.S., Labor Relations Institute, 2006 - 2007
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections
- Alaska Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- Carpenter, Bennett & Morrisey, Associate, 1980 - 1983
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