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Rebecca Leaf

Rebecca Leaf

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Rebecca A. Leaf represents public and private employers in a wide range of traditional labor matters. She routinely serves as lead negotiator in collective bargaining negotiations and provides strategic counseling to clients on union representation matters, grievance and arbitration proceedings, and hearings before government agencies.

Rebecca has extensive experience representing health care systems, municipalities, manufacturers, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations in labor relations matters, grievance and arbitration, and unfair labor practice charges and hearings. Rebecca began her career as a trial attorney at the National Labor Relations Board, where she spent eight years developing a deep knowledge of federal labor law and the unionized workplace.

In addition to her traditional labor experience, Rebecca maintains an active employment practice and regularly advises clients on matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour law.

Career

Admissions:

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, Member of the Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA Committee

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Labor & Employment - Maryland

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Rebecca Leaf regularly represents clients in a range of labor matters, including day-to-day collective bargaining negotiation and discrimination claims.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Rebecca navigates complex and sensitive employment matters with integrity, grit and sound judgment while maintaining a strong commitment to fairness and compliance.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA
  • Rebecca Leaf is responsive, and always makes us feel like we are a priority.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA
  • Rebecca Leaf combines sharp legal intellect with practical, real-world judgment. Her advice is not only legally sound, but actionable and grounded in our operational realities.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA
  • Rebecca is fantastic in all aspects. She is extremely knowledgeable about labor law and provides sound advice for complex issues time and time again.

    Labor & EmploymentChambers Guide to the USA

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