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Welcome to the home page of Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon, P.C. The Firm specializes in the practices of labor and employment law, employee benefits, bankruptcy and general civil litigation. Founded in 1996, the Firm's clients include both local and international unions and multiemployer (Taft-Hartley) pension and health and welfare plans.
1920 L Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: 202-783-0010
Facsimile: 202-783-6088Photograph of the Supreme Court by Labor Photojournalist Earl Dotter
A special greeting to the attendees at the recent Collections Institute hosted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. I was invited to speak on the topic: "Recent Collection Cases--You be the Judge." My presentation was offered in quiz form, where the audience members were expected to try their hands at predicting how recent court decisions resolved particular issues. To take the quiz yourself, follow this link. One note of caution, however, is that you will have to record your answers and tally your score yourself. I was not able to set this up to automatically record your quiz answers. At the end, you can see how you did by comparing your answers with those of the courts. If you can wait a few weeks until I get the materials from the Foundation, I will put up the results of the attendees. If you can wait even longer, I will post an article that includes an explanation of each of the answers.--Paul Green
Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon, P.C. was established to serve the interests of working people by assisting their labor representatives and benefit plans. The Firm represents unions in the private and public sectors, and in many industries and fields, including mining and industrial, service employees, educational, transportation and construction. Services provided to unions range from litigation (including cases involving offensive and defensive RICO and anti-trust actions, defending injunction and strike damage suits, and defending member law suits), assisting unions in responding to governmental investigations and audits, assisting in collective bargaining, and advising on such matters as regulatory compliance, internal union affairs, organizing, and strike conduct. The Firm also represents pension and benefit plans of all sizes. Services to these plans include tax qualification, ERISA compliance, employer collection actions, responding to governmental investigations, obtaining rulings and exemptions from the appropriate governmental agencies, defending participant law suits, and general advice. The Firm has also been involved in crafting legislation to address labor issues that could not be adequately resolved in collective bargaining.
The Firm represents its clients at every level of the court system, all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Firm's Supreme Court practice has included its success in such cases as Eastern Associated Coal Corporation v. United Mine Workers of America, No. 99-1038, as well as its participation in Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel, No. 97-42, Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co., No. 00-1307, and Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., Nos. 01-705 and 01-715.
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Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon, P.C.
1920 L Street, N.W.,
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: 202-783-0010
Facsimile: 202-783-6088
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The Internet presents an unparalleled opportunity for the exchange of information. In particular, it is a means for the supporters of the labor movement in the U.S. and abroad to work to overcome the enormous advantage of employers in money, power and influence. In order to facilitate access to some of these resources, we have put together a labor page. In addition to the most extensive listing of labor-related links available on the Internet, our site includes news and commentary. If you are looking for a particular international or local union, or just want information on the labor movement in general, this is a good place to start. |
Pension and Benefit Plan Resources: We have recently begun to maintain a page devoted to pension and benefit plan issues. This page provides some useful information, as well as links to other sites.
Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon Legal Report |
We have also posted several issues of our periodic Legal Report. In our Legal Report, we attempt to report on some issues of concern in the field of Employee Benefits. The most recent edition contains an article explaining the new health care non-discrimination regulations under the law known as "HIPAA." These issues of the Legal Report may be accessed by clicking here. |
The attorneys at Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon, P.C. are:
College of William and Mary, B.A. 1978; Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, J.D. 1982. Member of the Catholic University Law Review and Moot Court. Admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia, United States Supreme Court and numerous federal trial and appellate courts. Adjunct Professor, Employee Benefits, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America 1986-90; Adjunct Professor, Labor Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1990-2001. Author: RICO and Labor Law: Is Accommodation Possible?, Proceedings of the 7th Annual University of Louisville Labor and Employment Law Symposium, 1990; Co-Author: Drug Testing Developments in the Private Workplace, Proceeding of the 1990 Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association. Member American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Co-chair, District of Columbia Bar Section of Labor Law, Public Employment Subcommittee, 1987-90.
University of Chicago, A.B. 1978; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. (Order of the Coif) 1982. Admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Adjunct Professor, Employee Benefits, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America 1986-95. Law Clerk, Hon. Rita C. Davidson, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1982-83. Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1983-85. Author: "Fiduciary Obligation in Collections," Employee Benefit Issues, The Multiemployer Perspective, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, pp. 169-178 (2002); "Investment Management Fees--Soft Dollars," Employee Benefit Issues, The Multiemployer Perspective, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, pp. 34-44 (2002); "401(k) and Self-Directed Annuity Plans," Employee Benefit Issues, The Multiemployer Perspective, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, pp. 318 - 326 (2000); "Self-Pay Revisited - New Legal Requirements," Digest, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 7 et seq., 1986. Co-Author: The Single-Employer Pension Plan Amendments of 1986: An Overview, Spencer & Associates, 1986; "Pension-Related Claims in Bankruptcy," Pension Briefings, Federal Publications Inc., No. 87-7, July, 1987. Speaker at various conferences of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and of the District of Columbia Bar. Co-chair, Labor Law Section, Employee Benefits Committee, District of Columbia Bar, 1986-90.
University of Florida, B.S. 1988 (Magna Cum Laude) Phi Beta Kappa. Washington College of Law, American University, J.D. 1991. Admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Managing Editor, The Administrative Law Journal, 1990-91. Law Clerk to Hon. Nan R. Shuker, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-92. Member, District of Columbia Bar Association; American Bar Association; Charles Fahy American Inns of Court, 1994-1997.
Mr. Murphy’s practice is significantly devoted to advising unions in both the private and public sector on a wide array of labor and employment issues. Mr. Murphy also has significant experience in representing the Firm’s clients in arbitration proceedings, including challenges to Employer imposed discipline upon bargaining unit members.
Mr. Murphy provides advice and representation to clients seeking to organize unrepresented workers. Such advice includes handling matters before both the National Labor Relations Board and the Public Employee Relations Board of Washington, D.C., as well as providing guidance on organizing and representational issues under the Congressional Accountability Act. Mr. Murphy has also appeared before the Office of Employee Appeals in cases involving reductions in force (“RIFs”) imposed by the District of Columbia Public Schools.
In addition, Mr. Murphy advises the Firm’s clients concerning compliance with a variety of federal labor laws, including issues relating to the collection of union dues and agency fees. Mr. Murphy has successfully defended clients against duty of fair representation claims. He has also been extensively involved in federal litigation in a number of courts throughout the country seeking to protect retiree health care in the coal industry. Mr. Murphy has defended the Firm’s clients in complex federal RICO and state defamation cases. Finally, Mr. Murphy represents individuals in discrimination cases and cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Mr. Murphy is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Mr. Murphy is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section. Mr. Murphy is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross (1990) and Brooklyn Law School (1996).
James Madison University, B.A., 1991. University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1997. Earle K. Shawe Labor Relations Award; recipient, Robert K. Bellamy Labor Law Scholarship. Co-Author: "Hiding Behind the Corporate Veil; Employer Abuse of the Corporate Form to Avoid or Deny Workers' Collectively Bargained and Statutory Rights," West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 100, No. 3 (Spring 1998). Admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Attorney, International Union, United Mine Workers of America, 1997 - 2000. Member, Virginia Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section.
University of Massachusetts--Amherst, B.A., 1992. Washington College of Law, American University, J.D. (Cum Laude), 1996. Georgetown University Law Center, Certificate in Employee Benefits, 2002; Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. in Taxation, with distinction, 2004. Admitted to practice in Missouri. Attorney, Diekemper, Hammond, Shinners, Turcotte & Larrew, P.C., St. Louis, Mo. 1996 - 2001. Attorney, International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications Workers of America, 2001 - 2002.
Ohio State University, B.S., 2003 (Magna Cum Laude). Emory University School of Law, J.D. 2007. AFL-CIO LCC Minority Outreach Program. Law clerk, American Federation of Teachers (2006-2007); Law clerk, Stanford Fagan, LLC, Atlanta, GA (2007). Admitted to practice in New York.
Duke University, B.A., 2004 (Highest Distinction in the Department of Public Policy Studies). George Washington University Law School, J.D. 2007. George Washington International Law Review, Member 2005-2007, Notes Editor 2006-2007. Author: "The Right to Strike or The Freedom to Strike: Can Either Interpretation Improve Working Conditions in China?", 39 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 919 (2007). Member, Virginia Bar Association and American Bar Association. Admitted to practice in Virginia.
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University of Maryland, B.A. 1969. Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, J.D. 1975. Admitted to practice in Alabama and the District of Columbia, United States Supreme Court, and the Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits. General Counsel of the United Mine Workers of America, 1989-1996. Of Counsel, Nakamura & Quinn (formerly Stropp and Nakamura), 1996-present. Partner, Stropp and Nakamura, 1984-1989. Partner, Mitch and Crawford, 1980-1984. Associate, Mitch and Crawford, 1975-1980. Author, "Walk-Around Rights for Miners’ Representative under MSHA: A Compatible Statutory Scheme," West Virginia Law Review. Member, American Bar Association, the Alabama State and D.C. Bar Associations and their Labor and Employment Sections, American Trial Lawyers Association, AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, NLRB Advisory Panel, and the Industrial Relations Research Association. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Macalester College, B.A., 1984; Washington College of Law, American University, J.D. 1989. Admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; D.C. Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section.
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Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon, P.C.
1920 L Street, N.W.,
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: 202-783-0010
Facsimile: 202-783-6088
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