J Michael McGuire

Employment Law

Traditional Labor Relations

Michael (Mike) McGuire has over four decades of management-side labor and employment experience. He represents employers nationally in labor law litigation. Mike’s labor experience includes representing management before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in representation and unfair labor practice cases, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and arbitrating labor and employment disputes.

Mike defends employers in numerous employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination lawsuits in federal and state courts. He has argued and/or briefed many well-known precedents in Maryland State Courts and the Federal Appeals Courts, including Hopkins v. Baltimore Gas & Electric (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit) (same-sex harassment).

Mike advises many corporate clients on early termination programs, reductions-in-force, and downsizing, including separation and release agreements. He represents clients in many industries, including financial services, energy, healthcare, utilities, gaming, and manufacturing.

American Bar Association (Litigation Section; Labor and Employment Law Section, Committee on Practice; Procedure before the National Labor Relations Board; Developing Labor Law)

Contributing Editor, The Developing Labor Law BNA (2016-present)

Co-author, Legal 500’s Country Comparative Guides: United States Employment & Labour Law. Contributing Editor, ‘The Developing Labor Law’ BNA (2016-present). Former Co-author, ‘Employee Discipline and Discharge’, and ‘An Employer's Guide to the Occupational Safety and Health Act’, published by Lexis/Matthew Bender, and numerous articles for the Maryland Bar Journal including ‘Jury Trial Waivers’ (Vol 38, #4); ‘Acquiring a Unionized Facility’ (Vol 33, #3), and ‘Sex Harassment Investigations’ (Vol 35, #1).

University of Maryland School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1978 recipient, Joseph Bernstein Prize; University of Maryland (Economics Honors Program), BA 1975.