practice areas

Labor & Employment Labor-Management Relations & Labor Disputes Washington Government Relations & Public Policy Financial Services

bar admissions

District of Columbia Pennsylvania

court admissions

U.S. Supreme Court

Charles I. Cohen

Email: ccohen@morganlewis.com

Washington, D.C.
1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-2541
Phone: 202.739.5710
Fax: 202.739.3001

practice accolades

Labor & Employment

The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012

Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2012

Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2012)

Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor & Employment by U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2011-2012)

Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey

Labor-Management Relations & Labor Disputes

Ranked, National Tier 1: Labor Law - Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)

education

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1970, J.D.

Tulane University, 1967, B.A.

Date	Title	Publication
01/28/1301/28/13	D.C. Circuit Rules NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional View LawFlash Download or Listen to Podcast Listen Now	Labor and Employment LawFlash
11/03/1211/03/12	Independent Contractor Misclassification, presented at the 6th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference, Atlanta, GA	Speech
10/09/1210/09/12	NLRB Expands Employee Rights to Enter Workplace Outside Work Hours Download or Listen to Podcast Listen Now View LawFlash	Labor and Employment LawFlash
05/29/1205/29/12	Amicus Brief to US House – 5.29.2012 – National Association of Manufacturers, et al., v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., D.C. Circuit View Supplement View Amicus Brief	Labor Congressional Materials
10/12/1110/12/11	Statement before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on H.R. 3094, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act View Testimony	Speech
08/22/1108/22/11	Comments on the NLRB Proposed Rule Regarding Union Elections, submitted on behalf of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) View Comments	Comments
07/26/11July 2011	NLRB Proposed Election Rules Discussion: Part 3 Listen to or Download Podcast (5:10 duration; 7.1 MB) Listen Now	Podcast
07/25/11July 2011	NLRB Proposed Election Rules Discussion: Part 2 Listen to or Download Podcast (14:03 duration; 19.3 MB) Listen Now	Podcast
07/24/11July 2011	NLRB Proposed Election Rules Discussion: Part 1 Listen to or Download Podcast (9:03 duration; 12.4 MB) Listen Now	Podcast
07/20/1107/20/11	An Unprecedented Moment: The NLRB Hearings on Proposed Election Rules Listen to or Download Podcast (12:50 duration; 17.6 MB) Listen Now	Podcast
04/07/1004/07/10	Two Appointments & the Future of the NLRB (a Legal Talk Network podcast) Download Podcast (duration: 35:17 - 25.6MB) Listen Now	Podcast
06/11/0906/11/09	The National Labor Relations Act, Union Organizing and Collective Bargaining: The Present and the Future, presented at the Labor and Employment Relations Association's 8th National Policy Forum, Washington, D.C.	Speech
06/13/062006	Resisting Its Own Obsolescence—How the National Labor Relations Board Is Questioning the Existing Law of Neutrality Agreements, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Vol. 20	Article
01/04/0601/04/06	Doing Business Under the Department of Labor's LM-10 Requirements: Compliance and Practical Guidelines for Employers and Certain Service Providers View Presentation	Webinar
10/05/0510/05/05	Form LM-10: Surprising New DOL Enforcement of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements View Presentation	Webinar
06/16/0406/16/04	NLRB to Review Recognition Bar in Neutrality Agreement Cases View Law Flash	Labor and Employment LawFlash
06/15/0406/15/04	NLRB Returns to Earlier Precedent Holding That Weingarten Right Does Not Apply in Nonunion Workplaces View Law Flash	Labor and Employment LawFlash
08/11/0308/11/03	The Developing Law of Neutrality Agreements View Presentation	Speech
11/01/01November 2001	Are Your Temporary Employees Now Covered by the Same Collective Bargaining Agreement As Your Permanent Employees? The NLRB Says Yes. View White Paper	White Paper
08/01/01August 2001	NLRB Liberalizes Position on Employee Participation Committees View White Paper	White Paper
09/01/00September 2000	NLRB Alters Rules for Organizing Temporary and Contingent Workers View White Paper	White Paper
07/10/0007/10/00	Neutrality Agreements: Will the NLRB Sanction Its Own Obsolescence? Presented before The American Bar Association, Committee on Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act, Key Largo, FL	Speech
07/01/00July 2000	Employers Beware: The NLRB is Watching Your E-Mail View White Paper	White Paper
07/01/00July 2000	NLRB Extends Rights to Have Co-Employee Present at Investigatory Interviews to Non-Unionized Employers View White Paper	White Paper
03/01/00March 2000	Neutrality Agreements: Will the NLRB Sanction Its Own Obsolescence?, The Labor Lawyer	Article
12/01/99December 1999	National Labor Relations Board Decision Finds House Staff Subject to National Labor Relations Act View White Paper	White Paper
11/16/9911/16/99	Developments in Collective Bargaining, Trends in Union Organizing, and Recent Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
07/01/99July 1999	Proposed Rules Would Blacklist Government Contractors With Unsatisfactory Labor and Employment Records View White Paper	White Paper
06/01/9906/01/99	Clinton Administration Proposes Regulations Requiring Government Contractors to Have "Satisfactory Labor & Employment Records": ML&B White Paper View Morgan Lewis Title	White Paper
11/01/9811/01/98	Developments Under The National Labor Relations Act, presented at the ML Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia	Speech
11/01/9811/01/98	Neutrality Agreements: When do Nonmandatory Bargaining Issues Become Mandatory?: University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics Labor Law Roundtable, Philadelphia	Speech
10/02/9810/02/98	Practice Before the NLRB Today - Recent Changes in Procedures - Significant Board and Court Decisions, presented at the Southwestern Legal Foundation's 45th Annual Institute on Labor and Employment Law, Dallas View Presentation	Speech
11/01/9711/01/97	Developments in Collective Bargaining and Union Organizing Trends, presented at the Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia View Presentation	Speech
04/01/9704/01/97	New 'Satisfactory' Labor and Employment Practice Requirements to be Proposed for Government Contracts View White Paper	White Paper
02/01/9702/01/97	A Retrospective on 25 Years of the Law Under The National Labor Relations Act, presented to the Committee on the Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Speech
12/01/9612/01/96	NLRB Likely to Hinder Employer Use of Contingent and Contract Workers View White Paper	White Paper

Date	Title	Description
Jan 25, 2013	Obama's Recess Appointment Fight Destined For High Court, Law360	Labor and Employment partner Chuck Cohen is quoted.
Nov 07, 2012	NLRB Judge Rips 24 Hour's Class Waiver, But Law Still Murky, Law360	Labor and Employment partner Charles Cohen is quoted.
Nov 16, 2011	GOP Legislators Oppose NLRB Notice Rule; Amicus Briefs Cite Early Legislative History	Charles Cohen and Philip Miscimarra are quoted.
Oct 12, 2011	Committee Weighs Kline Bill to Amend NLRA, But Dems See Case Backlogs, Election Delays, BNA's Daily Labor Report	Charles Cohen is quoted.
Oct 12, 2011	New NLRB Actions Stunt Businesses, Republicans Say, Law360	Charles Cohen is quoted.
Oct 11, 2011	Morgan Lewis Senior Counsel to Testify Before House Committee on Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act	Morgan Lewis senior counsel Charles Cohen will testify tomorrow before the House Education and Workforce Committee on H.R. 3094, the "Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act.
Jul 18, 2011	Senior Counsel Testifies Before the National Labor Relations Board on Proposed Election Rules	Charles I. Cohen testifies before the NLRB on proposed election rules.
Apr 07, 2010	Two Appointments & the Future of the NLRB, Lawyer 2 Lawyer (Legal Talk Network)
Dec 13, 2007	Partner Testifies Before Joint Senate and House Hearing on National Labor Relations Board	Charles I. Cohen testifies before a joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety and the House Committee on Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and
Feb 08, 2007	Morgan Lewis Partner Charles Cohen Testifies on Capitol Hill	On February 8, Charles Cohen, a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor & Employment Practice, testified on Capitol Hill regarding the proposed Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 800).
Jun 03, 2002	The Lessons of Baseball	As a partner at the D.C. outpost of Morgan Lewis, Charles Cohen puts in the requisite hours in his office and on the road attending to what he describes as his traditional labor practice and to the needs of such clients as Comcast and IBM.