Robert A Boonin

1985, Michigan

of the Litigation Counsel of America (a national legal honorary) and is a Past-President; he is also Chair of the Wage and Hour Defense Institute of the Litigation Counsel of America. He is also a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Law Lawyers (a prestigious and highly limited national honorary of employment law practitioners). Mr. Boonin has been repeatedly recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyer in labor and employment law matters, and he has also been recognized in Chambers USA as a leading attorney in labor and employment law. His other professional services include being: a Vice-Chair (Chair-Elect) of the governing board of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan; Past-President, Board member and a founder of the Michigan Council of School Attorneys; a member of the NSBA's Council of School Attorneys; a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys; and a member of the local chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly IRRA). He is a past chair of the Washtenaw County Bar Association's Employment Law Section, and is a past Co-Chair of its Trial Practice Section. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti Regional Chamber Board of Directors.

Mr. Boonin frequently publishes articles and presents at conferences on various topics involving labor and employment law matters. He is a Co-Editor of the chapter on national origin discrimination in the 2007 edition of the preeminent treatise Employment Discrimination (BNA 2007), and a contributor and Chapter Editor to the annual supplements of the American Bar Association's treatise The Fair Labor Standards Act (BNA 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010), and is also on the Editorial Advisory Board of each of Thompson Publishing Group's four legal services on wage and hour law. Among his presentations are: recent seminars regarding overtime pay compliance - including presenting two seminars at the recent conventions of the Society for Human Resource Management in Las Vegas (2007), Chicago (2008), New Orleans (2009), San Diego (2010), and Las Vegas (2011); a regularly featured speaker at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Annual Employment Law Institutes. Among his other professional writings are: "The Constitutional Constraints in Dealing with Drug Abuse in the Schools," Michigan Bar Journal (Nov. 1989); "Wage and Hour Law for Michigan Public Employers, Michigan Public Employers, Michigan Public Employment and Labor Relations Law" (MPELRA 1994); "Damage Recoverable in the Employment Case, Michigan Wrongful Discharge and Employment Law" (ICLE 1994); MPELRA Manual Chapter on FLSA for Public Employers; numerous articles on the new overtime regulations; "Damages in Employment Litigation" (ICLE).

Experience

· Represented a private equity investor in a complicated effort to purchase a major OEM's glass manufacturing operations in North America

· Obtained summary disposition against a major school district

· Involved on labor and employment matters in two plant divestitures

· Convinced an arbitrator to uphold a 30 day suspension of an employee

· Successfully represented employer in a wage and hour collective action.

· Lead counsel in labor, employment discrimination

· NLRB and EEOC charges

News

Media Releases

10.11.12, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin elected Vice-Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section's Council, State Bar of Michigan

09.26.12, Butzel Long attorneys named to Super Lawyers 2012

09.10.12, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2013

07.02.12, Butzel Long attorneys named to Chambers USA 2012

05.21.12, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin will be a featured speaker during Michigan HR Day on June 13, 2012 in Lansing

02.27.12, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin will be a featured speaker during the Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference & Exposition June 24-27, 2012 in Atlanta

10.19.11, Best Lawyers Names Two Butzel Long Shareholders as 2012 Best Lawyers of the Year in their respective practice

07.12.11, Butzel Long attorneys named to Chambers USA 2011

06.10.11, Butzel Long labor and employment attorney Robert A. Boonin will be a featured speaker during Michigan HR Day on June 14 in Lansing

05.17.11, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin will be a featured speaker during the Society for Human Resource Management's Annual Conference June 26-29 in Las Vegas

03.31.11, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin interviewed on Teacher Unions and School Management by OurBlook online

03.23.11, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin will be a featured speaker during ICLE's 36th Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium on April 14

01.19.11, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin is a featured speaker in demand

10.25.10, Forty-two Butzel Long attorneys named to the 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list

10.12.10, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin elected Treasurer of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan

07.06.10, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin featured recently at events in California and Michigan

06.23.10, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin to serve on the newly merged Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti Regional Chamber Board of Directors

03.15.10, Wage & Hour Defense Institute Gives Employers New Forum for Staying on Top of Hottest Corner of Workplace Disputes

01.28.10, Butzel Long attorneys featured during Michigan Press Association convention in Grand Rapids

01.07.10, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin publishes guest article in Thompson's national monthly newsletters

11.09.09, Forty-Nine Butzel Long attorneys named to Super Lawyers 2009 listing

09.24.09, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin is Chair-Elect of the Wage & Hour Defense Institute

06.09.09, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin to moderate ABA Labor and Employment Law Section webinar on June 17

11.13.08, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin elected to Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

07.28.08, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

01.03.08, Butzel Long attorney Robert A. Boonin named President of the Litigation Counsel of America

07.09.07, Robert A. Boonin featured at Litigation Counsel of America Spring Conference in New York

04.19.07, Robert A. Boonin featured at SHRM national conference in June

02.21.07, Robert A. Boonin named Charter Fellow of the American Academy of Trial Counsel

News in brief

10.04.11, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2012

09.14.11, Butzel Long attorney Robert Boonin discusses power of public-sector unions

Publications

Articles, presentations & briefs

03.29.10, Article: Wage-and-hour cases can alter how industries operate

11.10.08, 2008 Election and the Future of Labor and Employment Law

02.28.08, Robert Boonin - Executive Profile

Client alerts

04.18.12, Labor and Employment - Courts Throw Wrenches in NLRB's Poster Requirement: Posting Requirement is Now on Hold

01.01.12, Automation Alley Newsletter - New Michigan Law Changes Certain Eligibility Criteria for Unemployment Benefits

12.27.11, Client Alert - Labor & Employment - New Michigan Law Changes Certain Eligibility Criteria for Unemployment Benefits

10.06.11, Client Alert - Labor and Employment - NLRB Postpones Effective Date of Notice-Posting Requirement

09.20.11, Client Alert - Labor and Employment - NLRB Employee Rights Poster Now Available

09.01.11, Automation Alley Newsletter - NLRB Continues to Scrutinize Employers for "Facebook Firings"

09.01.11, Client Alert - Labor and Employment - State-by-State Wage and Hour Law Summary

08.26.11, Client Alert - Labor and Employment - New Rule Requires Employers to Notify Employees of Their Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act

08.15.11, Client Alert - Labor and Employment - NLRB Continues to Scrutinize Employers for "Facebook Firings"

07.21.11, Client Alert - Labor & Employment - NLRB Expands Rights to Handbill on Private Property

06.01.11, Automation Alley Newsletter - DOL Rolls-Out Free Smartphone App for Employees to Keep Shadow Time Records: Is this a Concern or an Opportunity for Employers?

05.20.11, Client Alert - Labor & Employment - DOL Rolls-Out Free Smartphone App for Employees to Keep Shadow Time Records: Is this a Concern or an Opportunity for Employers?

03.25.11, Client Alert - Labor & Employment - U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Retaliation Claims Under the FLSA can be Based on the "Filing" of Oral Complaints

06.01.10, Automation Alley Newsletter - June 2010

05.12.10, E-news: Wage and Hour E-news - 05/12/2010

04.08.10, E-news: Wage and Hour E-news - 04/08/10

07.13.09, E-news: Labor and Employment - 07/13/09

02.19.09, E-news: Labor and Employment - February 19, 2009

01.09.08, E-news: Labor and Employment - January 9, 2008

Resources

01.01.12, State-by-State Wage & Hour Law Summary

Events

Seminars & Sponsored Events

11.08.12, 25th Annual Labor, Employment, and Immigration Law Forum