Robert L. McTiernan

Robert L. McTiernan has been practicing law for more than 25 years, primarily in the area of labor and employment law. He has successfully represented employers in both jury and non-jury trials, including discrimination, wrongful discharge and civil rights cases. Bob has handled nearly two hundred labor arbitrations and has negotiated labor contracts with every major union representing private and public employees.

 
Mr. McTiernan often appears before the National Labor Relations Board, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Bureau of Employment Security and other tribunals. He has argued appeals before Pennsylvania appellate courts as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

An important part of Bob’s practice is helping employer’s avoid legal problems. He often counsels clients on employment agreements, confidentiality issues, non-competition covenants, wage and hour problems and employee discipline and discharge. Bob has written about employment law in Allegheny Business News and Dynamic Business magazine. Bob has also served as a panelist and instructor for both the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations.

As a candidate for the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in May, 1989, Bob received a “well qualified” rating from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judiciary Committee and was endorsed by the Philadelphia Daily News, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Courier. He has an AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards awarded by this national directory of lawyers. He has been selected by The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas both Labor and Employment Law and Municipal Law in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Bob, a shareholder in the firm, received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1973, and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh Law School in 1977. Before joining the firm, Bob served for two years as law clerk in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations and their Labor and Employment Law Sections.
 

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