Stephen C. Richman - a Philadelphia, PA Collective Bargaining Lawyer

Philadelphia Collective Bargaining Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Collective Bargaining
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
Employee Rights -- Employee
Employment Discrimination -- Employee
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
Labor Arbitration
Labor Disputes
Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings
Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee
Sexual Harassment -- Employee
Unfair Labor Practices
Unions
Wage & Hour Laws
Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee
Wrongful Termination -- Employee

Attorney Information

Overview

Mr. Richman’s practice is concentrated in the representation of individual employees, labor organizations and employee benefit funds in the public and private sectors. He has tried numerous cases to judges, federal and state administrative agencies and labor arbitrators.

He represents many labor organizations and employee benefit funds. He presently serves as labor counsel to the New Jersey State Fraternal Order of Police and counsel to numerous public and private sector labor unions and employee benefit funds.

He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New York and the District of Columbia; the United States Court of Appeals for the Third and D.C. Circuits; the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Richman is a past President of the Philadelphia chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association and also a past Chairman of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has been appointed by the American Arbitration Association to serve on the Labor Advisory Council for Eastern Pennsylvania. He is also a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Mr. Richman is listed in “Who’s Who in America,” “Who’s Who in American Law,” “The Best Lawyers in America,” “Philadelphia’s Best Lawyers,” and “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.” He was designated by Best Lawyers as the Labor and Employment Lawyer of the year in 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2024. Mr. Richman has been a lecturer at the Temple University School of Law and the Pennsylvania State University on the subject of labor management relations and is a frequent lecturer at labor law seminars. He earned his B.S. Degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo and the J.D. Degree from the National Law Center of George Washington University.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, 2012 - Present
Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, 2015 - Present
Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, 2019 - 2020

Other Sources of Feedback About Stephen C. Richman

Included on the 2026 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
  B.S.
  Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

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Managing Partner
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References

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Robert P. Weiss, CPA
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Classes and Seminars

Labor Management Relations, PA State University/Temple University
Grievance Arbitration, American Arbitration Association

Representative Clients

New Jersey State Fraternal Order of Police

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Public and Private Sector Employees
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Teamsters Health & Welfare and Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity

MAN-U Service Contract Trust Fund (Laborers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO)

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia, 1968
New York, 1983
Pennsylvania, 1972
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1973
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1973
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1969
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2015

Other Affiliations

Industrial Relations Research Association, Philadelphia Chapter (Past President)
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Past Chairman)
Labor Advisory Council to the American Arbitration Association (Member)
Philadelphia Bar Association
American Bar Association

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Contact

Philadelphia, PA

123 South Broad Street
Suite 2020
Philadelphia, PA 19109

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Fax: 215-790-0668

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Website: https://www.markowitzandrichman.com

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