JULES LOBEL AND MIKE HEALEY will be recipients on May 17, 2007 of the Thomas Merton Center’s New Person Award honoring them for their history of peace and social justice work.
MIKE HEALEY will be moderating a panel on Guantanamo sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild at the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee meeting on April 27, 2007 in Chicago.
MIKE HEALEY will be one of the presenters at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s annual seminar on Labor and Employment Law on June 1 2007. He will be speaking on the Employee Free Choice Act and new methods of union organizing.
CINDY GOLDSTEIN will be speaking on work place privacy issues at Indiana University’s Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law on April 27, 2007.
MIKE HEALEY was named one of the best labor and employment lawyers in the country. (“Best lawyers in America” (2007) and Best lawyers.com)
On April 28, 2005, Attorney Cindy Goldstein will be speaking at the Allegheny Bar Association's program on Worker's Compensation Case Law Updates.
On February 26, 2005, Jay Hornack and Michael Healey spoke to IUE-CWA Local 502 addressing issues of: Worker's Compensation; the Family Medical Leave Act; and Disability Discrimination.
Attorney Douglas McKechnie recently spoke as a guest lecturer to University of Pittsburgh students enrolled in an Introduction to Political Science course. The focus of the lecture was Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States.
Michael Healey appeared on a panel in Pittsburgh (June 10, 2005) with Chairman Battista of the National Labor Relations Board discussing decisions and current philosophy of the NLRB. Michael and Chairman Battista did not agree on very much.
Michael Healey and Douglas McKechnie successfully pursued precedent setting cases on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. 396 F.3d 237, dealing with Court review of labor arbitration awards, and with ACLU Legal Director Vic Walczak in SEIU & Rachel Canning v. Mt. Lebanon, 446 F.3d 419, protecting First Amendment rights of canvassers to distribute literature.
Michael Healey and Douglas McKechnie successfully argued a precedent-setting case on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. 396 F.3d 237.
Attorney Michael Healey was recently awarded the Marjorie H. Matson Award for Civil Liberties and Civil Rights by the ACLU. The Pittsburgh City Council further honored Michael by declaring March 8, 2005 Michael J. Healey Day.
Michael Healey continues regular interviews by radio, print and TV news outlets on many labor law and civil liberties issues. Most recently he has been interviewed concerning an NLRB decision stripping away rights of millions of workers to belong to unions. He has also been interviewed concerning efforts to save breweries at Latrobe (formerly Rolling Rock beer) and Pittsburgh (Iron City ).
Jules Lobel has been primary counsel or amicus counsel on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights in cases challenging the Executive Branch’s usurpation of power and restriction of civil liberties.
Jules Lobel, with Georgetown Law Professor, David Cole, recently released his latest book “Why We Are Losing The War On Terror”.
On October 20, 2004, Attorney Cynthia Goldstein presented a health and workplace safety seminar to the members of the Steamfitters Union, Local 489, in Cumberland, Maryland. Attorney Goldstein co-presented with Sean George, who survived a life-threatening industrial accident while working as a steamfitter.
