Thomas K. Wotring

Senior Counsel

Thomas K. Wotring is senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Mr. Wotring regularly counsels employers in the areas of labor negotiations and federal litigation before state and federal agencies, particularly the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has a background in the negotiation and administration of single- and multiemployer collective bargaining agreements, most notably in the trucking, automobile transport, maritime, and air freight industries.

Mr. Wotring also represents employee benefit plans regarding all areas of benefit collective bargaining and benefit plan operations. In addition to bargaining with union representatives, his practice on behalf of employers includes ERISA compliance; litigation of federal claims; and representation before the Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and the Department of Justice.

Mr. Wotring received his J.D., cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1975 and his B.A. from American University in 1972.

Mr. Wotring is a member of the Washington, D.C. Bar Association, ABA's Section of Labor & Employment Law, and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

Mr. Wotring is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.