James Matthews III

Jim is co-chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Department and an elected member of the firm's Executive Committee. Jim has more than 25 years experience representing management in all aspects of the employment relationship. He has extensive trial and appellate litigation experience in the arbitral, administrative and judicial systems. Jim's practice includes:
• Union organizing campaigns
• Collective bargaining, strikes and labor arbitration
• Employment discrimination and wrongful discharge issues
• The employment implications of mergers, acquisitions, relocations and other major transactions
• Employment, non-disclosure and non-competition agreements
• Multi-employer benefit plan issues, including serving as management plan counsel and representing participating employers in withdrawal liability avoidance planning and withdrawal liability and contribution disputes
• Labor-related antitrust issues
 

Jim has particular experience in the transportation and logistics industry, including air, rail, trucking and shipping (both ocean and inland); public transit; stevedoring and marine terminal operations; and warehousing and distribution.

Jim earned his J.D., cum laude, from Villanova University School of Law in 1981 after receiving his A.B., cum laude, from Duke University in 1978.