Contributors

Seth H. Borden and Richard B. Hankins are contributors to this blog.

Seth H. Borden

   New York
   230 Park Avenue
   New York, NY 10169

   TEL: 212.905.8343
   FAX: 212.922.1819
   EMAIL: sborden@mckennalong.com

 

 

Mr. Borden has represented management in traditional labor law matters for more than a decade. His practice focuses on labor relations, collective bargaining, labor arbitration, NLRB investigations and litigation, and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) investigations and litigation. 

Mr. Borden has been active on behalf of the business community during the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act. He has written extensively on the issue, spoken before numerous trade groups and chambers of commerce, and met with government officials to discuss management perspectives. 

Practices

  • Litigation: Labor and Employment
  • Labor and Employment: Labor Relations, Employment Services

Education

  • J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1997
  • B.A., Brandeis University, 1995

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Eastern District of New York
  • Southern District of New York

Richard F. Hankins

  Atlanta
  303 Peachtree Street, NE
  Suite 5300
  Atlanta, GA 30308

  TEL: 404.527.8372
  FAX: 404.527.4198
  EMAIL: sborden@mckennalong.com

 

 
 

For more than 20 years, Richard Hankins has advised U.S. corporations with regard to a wide variety of complex labor relations matters, such as large-scale union organizing and decertification campaigns, strikes and secondary boycotts, union jurisdictional disputes, and successor employer claims. He works closely with management on labor relations strategies related to new facilities, plant closings and consolidations, as well as during acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. Hankins was lead counsel in what is believed to be the largest successful decertification in U.S. history. He has successfully argued numerous traditional labor cases before U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, has appeared before more than 15 regions of the National Labor Relations Board, and has spoken at conferences for the National Academy of Arbitrators and other prominent groups.

Mr. Hankins was active on behalf of the business community during the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007. He edited EFCA Report, a web log tracking the status of the legislation, was interviewed by numerous media outlets in connection with the bill, and met with key government officials to present management perspectives.

In addition to his work in labor-management relations, Mr. Hankins handles wage and hour matters, employment discrimination claims, and restrictive covenant cases. He was a contributing editor on the treatise: “Covenants Not To Compete: A State-by-State Survey,” (BNA Books, 1991).

Chambers USA rates Mr. Hankins as a leading Georgia labor and employment lawyer. He has also been named a Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta magazine.

Practices

  • Litigation: Labor and Employment
  • Labor and Employment: Labor Relations, Employment Services

Education

  • J.D., University of Mississippi School of Law, 1985
  • B.S., Freed-Hardeman College, 1982

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia