Philip A. Miscimarra

Partner

Philip A. Miscimarra is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice in the Chicago office.

Mr. Miscimarra represents clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues, with a focus on traditional labor matters and employment litigation. He also co-chairs Morgan Lewis/Workforce Change, the practice within Morgan Lewis that is devoted to the management of all employment, labor, benefits, and related issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, startups, workforce reductions, and other types of business restructuring.

Mr. Miscimarra is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School, and is managing director of the Wharton Center for Human Resources Research Advisory Group. The group includes a large number of the country's principal manufacturing, service, and retail corporations. Additionally, Mr. Miscimarra acts as employment counsel for the Center's Financial Services Group, which is composed of many of the nation's largest bank, insurance, and financial establishments.

Mr. Miscimarra has represented many groups in prominent cases, such as the United States Chamber of Commerce and The National Association of Manufacturers with respect to Electromation, Inc. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (involving the legality of employee committees, work teams, and employee involvement initiatives). He also represented the Business Roundtable during the U.S. Department of Labor's development of regulations to interpret the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

From 2004 through 2010, Mr. Miscimarra has been named one of the leading U.S. lawyers for employment law by Chambers USA, based on the views of clients, peers and other industry professionals. Chambers notes that according to competitors, "Most lawyers pale next to Philip Miscimarra." Additionally, Chambers mentions that clients admire Mr. Miscimarra’s "multilayered abilities and business savvy" and his "high level of integrity" while also recognizing his "extensive network of contacts" that clients find invaluable.

Mr. Miscimarra's books on labor and employment issues include The NLRB and Managerial Discretion: Subcontracting, Relocations, Closings, Sales, Layoffs, and Automation (2d ed. 2009) (by Miscimarra et al.), the first edition of which was cited by the National Labor Relations Board for its "comprehensive review of prior decisions in this area, including cogent criticism of inconsistency and ambiguities" (Milwaukee Spring Division of Illinois Coil Spring Co., 268 N.L.R.B. 601, 603 n. 12); The NLRB and Secondary Boycotts (3d ed. 2002) (by Miscimarra, Berkowitz, Wiener and Ditelberg); Government Protection of Employees Involved in Mergers and Acquisitions (1989 and 1997 supp.) (by Northrup and Miscimarra); and Multinational Union Organizations in the White-Collar, Service, and Communications Industries (1983) (by Rowan, Pitterle and Miscimarra); among other publications.

In 1982, Mr. Miscimarra earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from Duquesne University in 1978.

Mr. Miscimarra is admitted to practice in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.