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Allison is a Senior Associate practicing in the areas of employment law, civil rights, and personal injury litigation.
Ben Patchen is a senior associate practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, municipal law, public sector pension and benefits law, administrative law and appellate law.
Brian P. Gabriel is a shareholder, practicing in the areas of employment law, civil rights, and personal injury litigation.
is an Associate Attorney practicing in the areas of labor and employment law. Prior to joining Campbell Durrant, Mr. Kelly worked as an attorney for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
Mr. Kelly graduated from The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law in May 2019, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Dickinson Law review, graduated as a member of the Woolsack Honor Society, and obtained a certificate in Government Affairs focusing on State Regulatory and Legislative Practice. He received a Master of Arts in Religion from Trinity School for Ministry in May 2014. He previously received his Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum Laude) from Geneva College in December 2011.
Clifford Kelly is an Associate Attorney practicing in the areas of labor and employment law. Prior to joining Campbell Durrant, Mr. Kelly worked as an attorney for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
David E. Mitchell is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment, municipal law/school law, administrative law and appellate law.
David served as a founding board member for a local low income legal services program and coordinated the Allegheny County Bar Association's Backpacks for kids program for its first two years.
Gabrielle Campbell is an Associate Attorney practicing in the areas of labor and employment law. Prior to joining Campbell Durrant, Ms. Campbell worked as a judicial clerk for President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas - Family Division.
In 2022, Ms. Campbell graduated from Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law School.
Gabrielle is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Homer S. Brown Division - Allegheny County Bar Association.
Gretchen K. Love is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, civil rights, and personal injury litigation.
Jacob Schramm is an Associate Attorney working in the areas of labor and employment law, with a focus on municipal pensions and retirement matters. Prior to joining Campbell Durrant, Mr. Schramm worked as a Research Assistant at Duquesne University under Professor Katherine Norton and a Teaching Assistant with Professor Julia Glencer. He also performed pro bono work in immigration law.
John P. McLaughlin is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, municipal law, public sector pension and benefits law, administrative law and appellate law.
John P. McLaughlin has been representing employers in the private and public sector since 1989. In addition to providing daily labor and employment advice to employers, John represents employers in negotiations, grievance and interest arbitration, charges of unfair labor practices and union elections before the National and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Boards. He also defends employers in federal and state court and before administrative agencies involving claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
Mr. McLaughlin routinely serves as the employer-appointed arbitrator in interest arbitrations under Act 111 and Act 195 and the arbitration of discipline and discharge cases involving uniformed and non-uniformed employees. A specific focus of John's practice is conducting investigations of alleged workplace discrimination, harassment, wrong doing by employees on or off duty, misbehavior by elected or appointed officials and misconduct by police officers or other uniformed employees. John also regularly advises employers in pension and labor matters. He has represented public employers in litigation involving significant pension and labor matters and has drafted legislation and testified before the Pennsylvania legislature regarding those issues. On a day-to-day basis, Mr. McLaughlin counsels employers regarding labor matters under the Pennsylvania and federal law, Heart and Lung Act litigation and disability and pension issues involving police, fire and non-uniformed employee
John is a frequent speaker for a variety of municipal organization, including the Pennsylvania Municipal League ("PML"), Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors ("PSATS"), the Government Finance Officers Association ("GFOA"), the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioner ("PSATC"), and the Association of Pennsylvania Municipal Managers ("APMM") and a variety of other organizations. John P. McLaughlin has published articles in various publications, including the Pennsylvania Township News, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment, The Municipal Reporter, Borough News, Public Management, the Municipal Lawyer, the Ohio Cities and Villages Reporter, and the Municipal Law Newsletter. He also has been interviewed, quoted or consulted on various topics by National Public Radio, the Bond Buyer, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Times-Tribune (Northeastern Pennsylvania), the Borough News, and the Township News.
After graduating from the Villanova University School of Law in 1987 (magna cum laude and Order of the Coif), John served as a law clerk for two federal judges in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Honorable Joseph L. McGlynn, Jr. and the Honorable Jay C. Waldman. He is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Jonathan F. Whalen is an associate practicing in the areas of labor and employment law and municipal law.
Jonathan Whalen is an associate with Campbell Durrant, practicing in the areas of labor and employment and municipal law. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law (2020), where he served as a Managing Editor for the Journal of Law and Commerce and received the CALI Award for Excellence in Employment Law. Along with assisting employers with collective bargaining negotiations, Jonathan has successfully represented public employers in grievance arbitrations, matters involving violations of municipal ordinances, breach of contract cases, pension-related issues, and other matters involving municipal clients. He has also successfully served as an advocate for private employers in unemployment compensation proceedings with the Unemployment Compensation Board. Jonathan's practice generally focuses on advising clients on matters related to labor and employment laws such as Act 111, Act 195, the Heart and Lung Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Unemployment Compensation Law, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, state civil service laws, and other state and federal laws affecting the work place. Jonathan also advises clients on matters related to municipal laws such as the Right-to-Know Law, the municipal codes (the Third Class City Code, the First and Second Class Township Codes, the Borough Code, etc.), the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (Act 47), and pension laws such as the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act (Act 205).
Joshua C. Hausman is an associate practicing in the areas of labor and employment law as well as general litigation.
Michael A. Palombo is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment, municipal law/school law, administrative law and appellate law.
Patrick Harvey is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, municipal law/school law, public sector pension and benefits law, disability and discrimination law, administrative law and appellate law.
Pat Harvey has been providing daily labor and employment advice and representing employers in Federal and State trials, union negotiations, grievance and interest arbitrations, unfair labor practices, civil service proceedings, and local agency hearings for over twenty-five years. Pat began his career as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and brings a depth of experience in handling workplace misconduct investigations and defending municipalities in discipline grievances. Pat specializes in handling sensitive investigations of elected officials and police misconduct and is frequently called on to defend municipalities in challenges to police discipline.
Pat also brings a wealth of experience when acting as the municipal arbitrator in Police and Fire Act 111 and Act195 proceedings. He has been chosen as the employer arbitrator in interest arbitration and as chief negotiator in Act 195 contract negotiations countless times. Pat also supervised a workers' compensation defense department for over ten years and uses his disability experience in globally settling workers' compensation injuries, drafting maximum leave policies and handling ADA, FMLA and heart and lung claims. Pat serves as counsel to the Pennsylvania Municipal League ("PML") and the PennPRIME Workers' Compensation and Liability Trusts. He plans and speaks at the annual Pennsylvania Employer Labor Relations Advisory Service ("PELRAS") conference. He also frequently speaks at the Pennsylvania Association of Township Commissioners Conference ("PSATS"), Newly Elected Officials Training, American Arbitration Association Arbitrator Training, the Boroughs Association, the Pennsylvania Association of Township Commissioners ("PSATC"), the Society for Human Resources Management ("SHRM"), the County Commissioners Association and various municipal Councils of Governments ("COGS"). Pat has authored multiple labor and employment articles in various publications including the Pennsylvania Municipal Reporter, the Township News, the Borough News and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law.
Pat has drafted Act 111 and Heart and Lung reform legislation and has frequently testified before the Pennsylvania legislature regarding those issues. Pat is a graduate of Villanova University and Villanova University Law School.
Paul N. Lalley is a senior associate practicing in the areas of labor and employment, municipal law/school law, and appellate law.
Richard D. Miller is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, municipal law/school law, public sector pension and benefits law, administrative law and appellate law.
Shon K. Worner is a shareholder practicing in the areas of labor and employment, education, civil service, and municipal law.
Tiffany Allen is a senior associate practicing in the areas of labor and employment law, with a focus in municipal labor law, public sector fiscal recovery, administrative law and appellate advocacy.