Overview
Fred Richardson assists employers facing union organizational campaigns, unfair labor practice charges and union negotiation/arbitration issues. He also assists in developing employee-friendly practices and policies.
During his 40 year career, Fred has:
- Handled over 100 union elections, including voting units as large as 14,000 voters
- Assisted companies in due diligence, mergers, acquisitions and decertifications
- Represented in voting unit hearings, objections case hearings, unfair labor practice hearings
- Successfully obtained injunctions in strikes
- Acted as the collective bargaining spokesman in numerous collective bargaining proceedings and arbitrations
- Provided companies with preventative training in all areas of employment law and conducted numerous mock union campaigns as a training exercise
- Provided advice to clients regarding closure of union and non-union facilities
- Successfully represented management in among the largest union elections in North Carolina, one voting unit of approximately 14,000 voters and another of over 2,000 voters
- Clients won over 95% of all union elections
Before joining Constangy, Fred served as a Field Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board.
Professional & Civic Associations
- Atlanta Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
- American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
- State Bar of Georgia, Labor & Employment Law Section
About Me
Fred is married, has three children and five grandchildren. Fred is too old for hobbies.
- “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
- Mark Twain
Practices
Practice Emphasis
- Labor relations counseling
- Union avoidance
- Union campaigns
- NLRB litigation
- Arbitrations and contract negotiations
- Employment law advice
- Merger and acquisition advice
- Plant closing advice
Education
University of Alabama
- J.D., 1971
- B.A., American Studies, 1964
- Phi Betta Kappa
- Order of the Coif
- Law Review, 1970-1971
Bar & Court Admissions
- Alabama, 1971
- Georgia, 1972