Solicitor, National Labor Relations Board
Fred Jacob is the Solicitor of the National Labor Relations Board. As Solicitor, Mr. Jacob serves as the chief legal adviser and consultant to the entire Board on all questions of law regarding the Board’s general operations and on major questions of law and policy concerning the adjudication of NLRB cases in the Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Solicitor also acts as the Board’s legal representative and liaison to the General Counsel and other offices of the Board. From 1997 to 2014, Mr. Jacob worked as an attorney, supervisor, and Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the NLRB’s Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Branch. Before joining management, he served as Grievance Chair of the NLRB Professional Association, the union representing Washington, DC-based NLRB attorneys.
Prior to his appointment as the NLRB's Solicitor, Mr. Jacob spent four years as Solicitor of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. In that role, he represented the FLRA before all federal courts, advised FLRA components on legal issues arising under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, and served as the FLRA’s in-house counsel. Mr. Jacob also clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked in private practice.
Mr. Jacob is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School and has previously taught labor and employment law courses at Georgetown University Law Center and the College of William and Mary School of Law.
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board
John F. Ring, currently a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, served as a Board Member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 2018 to 2022 and as its Chairman from 2018 to 2021. He has been with Morgan Lewis for almost 30 years, where he served as co-chair of the firm’s Labor / Management Relations practice and Practice Group Leader for the Washington Office Labor and Employment Law Practice. He represented client interests in all aspects of labor law, including collective bargaining, workforce restructuring, employee benefits, labor‐management-related counseling, litigation, and litigation avoidance strategies. Mr. Ring has an extensive background in negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements most notably in the multi‐employer bargaining context, as well as experience with multi‐employer pension plans. Mr. Ring received his J.D. and B.A. from the Catholic University of America.
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel, CHRO Association
Roger King is a highly regarded labor relations attorney, whose career spans more than 40 years. Roger recently retired as a partner with Jones Day law firm. He now serves as Senior Labor and Employment counsel for the Association.
Roger specializes in labor and employment, healthcare, collective bargaining, contract administration and representation campaigns. Roger represented the winning side as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case known as Noel Canning, which successfully challenged President Obama’s authority to make recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
After graduating from Cornell University Law School, he was a Captain and Legal Services Officer in the United States Air Force, on the Staff of United States Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and, subsequently, was appointed as Professional Staff Counsel to the United States Senate Labor Committee.
Roger has testified before both the U.S. Senate and House Labor Committees, is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves on the Advocacy Committee of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Association (ASHHRA) and on the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Council.
He is a nationally recognized author/speaker on employment matters and has represented employers regarding labor and employment issues both before administrative agencies and in federal and state courts. He has represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the HR Policy Association (HRPA), the National Manufactures Association (NAM), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) in federal courts regarding numerous labor law issues.
Other clients Roger has represented include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Catholic Health Partners, MedStar Health, HCA, Texas Health Resources, Unity Point Health, UHS, Trinity Health, National Beef, General Cable, Orlando Health, ProMedica, Premier Health, Cedars-Sinai, Yale New Haven Health System, McLaren Health Care Corporation, Ohio, California and American Hospital Associations, Bon Secoure Health System, Kaleida Health, Sisters of Levenworth Health System, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Clarion Clinic, Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Saint Joseph Health System, Benefis Healthcare, Community Health Systems, American Water Works, Macy’s Inc., Verizon and General Motors.
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel, CHRO Association
Roger King is a highly regarded labor relations attorney, whose career spans more than 40 years. Roger recently retired as a partner with Jones Day law firm. He now serves as Senior Labor and Employment counsel for the Association.
Roger specializes in labor and employment, healthcare, collective bargaining, contract administration and representation campaigns. Roger represented the winning side as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case known as Noel Canning, which successfully challenged President Obama’s authority to make recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
After graduating from Cornell University Law School, he was a Captain and Legal Services Officer in the United States Air Force, on the Staff of United States Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and, subsequently, was appointed as Professional Staff Counsel to the United States Senate Labor Committee.
Roger has testified before both the U.S. Senate and House Labor Committees, is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves on the Advocacy Committee of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Association (ASHHRA) and on the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Council.
He is a nationally recognized author/speaker on employment matters and has represented employers regarding labor and employment issues both before administrative agencies and in federal and state courts. He has represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the HR Policy Association (HRPA), the National Manufactures Association (NAM), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) in federal courts regarding numerous labor law issues.
Other clients Roger has represented include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Catholic Health Partners, MedStar Health, HCA, Texas Health Resources, Unity Point Health, UHS, Trinity Health, National Beef, General Cable, Orlando Health, ProMedica, Premier Health, Cedars-Sinai, Yale New Haven Health System, McLaren Health Care Corporation, Ohio, California and American Hospital Associations, Bon Secoure Health System, Kaleida Health, Sisters of Levenworth Health System, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Clarion Clinic, Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Saint Joseph Health System, Benefis Healthcare, Community Health Systems, American Water Works, Macy’s Inc., Verizon and General Motors.
Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance
Sheng Li is Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Prior to joining NCLA, Sheng served as Counselor to the Administrator of Wage and Hour at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that role, he led numerous efforts to remove or simplify unduly burdensome regulations. He has also worked in the private sector as a litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and at Kirkland & Ellis.
Sheng is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Journal of International Law. After graduating law school, Sheng served as law clerk to the Hon. Danny J. Boggs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Litigation Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance
Sheng Li is Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Prior to joining NCLA, Sheng served as Counselor to the Administrator of Wage and Hour at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that role, he led numerous efforts to remove or simplify unduly burdensome regulations. He has also worked in the private sector as a litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and at Kirkland & Ellis.
Sheng is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Yale Law School, where he was managing editor of the Yale Journal of International Law. After graduating law school, Sheng served as law clerk to the Hon. Danny J. Boggs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Solicitor, National Labor Relations Board
Fred Jacob is the Solicitor of the National Labor Relations Board. As Solicitor, Mr. Jacob serves as the chief legal adviser and consultant to the entire Board on all questions of law regarding the Board’s general operations and on major questions of law and policy concerning the adjudication of NLRB cases in the Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Solicitor also acts as the Board’s legal representative and liaison to the General Counsel and other offices of the Board. From 1997 to 2014, Mr. Jacob worked as an attorney, supervisor, and Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the NLRB’s Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Branch. Before joining management, he served as Grievance Chair of the NLRB Professional Association, the union representing Washington, DC-based NLRB attorneys.
Prior to his appointment as the NLRB's Solicitor, Mr. Jacob spent four years as Solicitor of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. In that role, he represented the FLRA before all federal courts, advised FLRA components on legal issues arising under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, and served as the FLRA’s in-house counsel. Mr. Jacob also clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and worked in private practice.
Mr. Jacob is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School and has previously taught labor and employment law courses at Georgetown University Law Center and the College of William and Mary School of Law.
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board
John F. Ring, currently a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, served as a Board Member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from 2018 to 2022 and as its Chairman from 2018 to 2021. He has been with Morgan Lewis for almost 30 years, where he served as co-chair of the firm’s Labor / Management Relations practice and Practice Group Leader for the Washington Office Labor and Employment Law Practice. He represented client interests in all aspects of labor law, including collective bargaining, workforce restructuring, employee benefits, labor‐management-related counseling, litigation, and litigation avoidance strategies. Mr. Ring has an extensive background in negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements most notably in the multi‐employer bargaining context, as well as experience with multi‐employer pension plans. Mr. Ring received his J.D. and B.A. from the Catholic University of America.
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel, CHRO Association
Roger King is a highly regarded labor relations attorney, whose career spans more than 40 years. Roger recently retired as a partner with Jones Day law firm. He now serves as Senior Labor and Employment counsel for the Association.
Roger specializes in labor and employment, healthcare, collective bargaining, contract administration and representation campaigns. Roger represented the winning side as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case known as Noel Canning, which successfully challenged President Obama’s authority to make recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.
After graduating from Cornell University Law School, he was a Captain and Legal Services Officer in the United States Air Force, on the Staff of United States Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and, subsequently, was appointed as Professional Staff Counsel to the United States Senate Labor Committee.
Roger has testified before both the U.S. Senate and House Labor Committees, is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves on the Advocacy Committee of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Association (ASHHRA) and on the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Council.
He is a nationally recognized author/speaker on employment matters and has represented employers regarding labor and employment issues both before administrative agencies and in federal and state courts. He has represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the HR Policy Association (HRPA), the National Manufactures Association (NAM), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) in federal courts regarding numerous labor law issues.
Other clients Roger has represented include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Catholic Health Partners, MedStar Health, HCA, Texas Health Resources, Unity Point Health, UHS, Trinity Health, National Beef, General Cable, Orlando Health, ProMedica, Premier Health, Cedars-Sinai, Yale New Haven Health System, McLaren Health Care Corporation, Ohio, California and American Hospital Associations, Bon Secoure Health System, Kaleida Health, Sisters of Levenworth Health System, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Clarion Clinic, Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Saint Joseph Health System, Benefis Healthcare, Community Health Systems, American Water Works, Macy’s Inc., Verizon and General Motors.
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