Robert Rachal

Labor, Mediation
LL&E Tower, 909 Poydras, Suite 1100
New Orleans, Louisiana 701124017


Labor

Admitted

1993, Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana

Law School

Tulane University of Louisiana, J.D., summa cum laude, 1993

Law School Graduation Year

1993

College

University of New Orleans, B.S., 1981

Memberships

American Bar Association (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Employee Benefits Subcommittee on Fiduciary Responsibility).

Biographical

Law Clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1993-1994. Co-Author: The Duty to Inform and Fiduciary Breaches: The ‘New Frontier” in ERISA Litigation, 14 The Labor Lawyer 503, Winter/Spring 1999; Article, Litigation Issues in Cash Balance Plans, in Cash Balance Plans published by the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, 1999; Essay, Report on the Growing Tension Between the First Amendment and Harassment Law, 12 The Labor Lawyer 475, Winter/Spring 1997; Article, Fifth Circuit Symposium 1999 - Labor and Employment Law, 46 Loy. L. Rev. 187, Spring 2000. Contributing Author: BNA Employee Benefits Law, 2ed. 2000. Author: Article, Machinists Preemption Under the NLRA: A Powerful Tool to Protect an Employer's Freedom to Bargain, 58 La. L. Rev. 1065, Summer 1998.

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