Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Shareholder James J. Sullivan, Jr. Appointed as Employer Co-Chair of the ABA Labor & Employment Law Section’s Occupational Safety & Health Committee

Wilmington, DE / Philadelphia, PA – July 29, 2013 – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney announces today that shareholder James J. Sullivan, Jr. has been appointed as Employer Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section’s Occupational Safety & Health Committee. The three-year term will begin at the conclusion of the 2013 ABA Annual Meeting.

Sullivan has more than 30 years of experience in counseling employers in many aspects of safety and health and labor and employment law. He represents employers in union-related conflicts including unfair labor practice proceedings, collective bargaining negotiations, grievance/arbitration hearings and active management of union election campaigns.

About the ABA’s Occupational Safety & Health Committee
Committed to a balanced discussion of employment issues in the United States and abroad, the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law represents all perspectives of labor and employment law. The Occupational Safety and Health Committee follows developments under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, as well as various state plans through which occupational safety and health laws and regulations are enforced.

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