Rebecca A. Leaf represents public and private employers in a wide range of traditional labor matters. Rebecca began her career as a trial attorney at the National Labor Relations Board, where she spent eight years developing a deep knowledge of the National Labor Relations Act, collective bargaining, and the unionized workplace.
Rebecca has extensive experience representing health care systems, municipalities, educational institutions, manufacturers, and nonprofit organizations in everyday labor relations matters, grievance and arbitration, and unfair labor practice charges and hearings. She routinely serves as lead negotiator in collective bargaining negotiations and works strategically with clients on union representation matters.
Services
Professional Highlights
Professional Activities
American Bar Association, Member of the Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA Committee
Speaking Engagements
Presenter, “January Education Event – Hot Topics with DC SHRM,” D.C. Society for Human Resource Management, January 24, 2024
Presenter, “A Tipping Point in Employment and Labor Law,” Association of Corporate Counsel, March 29, 2023
Presenter, “Section 7 Rights – The Process Explained,” New York City Bar Association Employment Law Institute, March 3, 2023
Presenter, "Testing Accommodations: Legal Challenges and Practical Solutions in 2021 and Beyond," Association of Test Publishers – Innovations in Testing, April 28, 2021
Publications
Rebecca is a contributor to the firm's HR Law Watch blog.
"Takeaways from NLRB Advice on 'Outside' Employment," Law360, March 15, 2024
"A Look at NLRB GC's Memos on Misleading Employees," Law360, February 22, 2023
Credentials
Education
St. John's University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2010)
University of Maryland (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit