Joseph L. Paller Jr. - Los Angeles, CA

• Labor Law
• Employment Law

• California, 1978
• Nevada
• New York
• Pennsylvania

• Member, Board of Governors, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (2020-present)
• Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (2017-present)
• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (2012-present)
• Union Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Taft-Hartley Plans of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association (2012-present)
• Member, Board of Directors, AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee (2005-08)
• Chair, AFL-CIO Lawyers Committee on State and Local Privacy Legislation (2001)
• Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1993-94)
• Union Co-Chair, ERISA Litigation Subcommittee of the Committee on Employee Rights and Responsibilities of the Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association (1987-2002)
• President, Orange County Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly, Orange County Industrial Relations Research Association) (1993-94)
• Member, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (1988-present)
• Member, Executive Committee, Orange County Chapter, Labor and Employment Relations Association (1988-present)
• Chair, Southern California Labor and Employment Law Symposium, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association (1989)
• Founding Co-Chair (1990), and Member, Planning Committee (1994), Entertainment Industry Labor Law Conference, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, Planning Committee, Labor Law Conference, co-sponsored by National Labor Relations Board Regions 21 and 31, the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service and the Orange County Labor and Employment Relations Association (1989-present)
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (1995-Present)

• “Overview of COVID-19 Workplace Laws and Regulations,” Southern California Labor & Employment Relations Association (webinar) (2021)
  
• “Selected Fiduciary Duty Issues for Collectively-Bargained ERISA Plans,” AFL-CIO Lawyers Advanced ERISA Seminar, Washington, D.C. (2020)
  
• “ERISA Fiduciary Duty Basics,” AFL-CIO Lawyers ERISA Basics Seminar, Washington, D.C. (2019) (co-authored by Peter S. Dickinson)
  
• “Ethics Basics for Union-Side Multiemployer Plan Attorneys,” AFL-CIO Lawyers ERISA Basics Seminar, Washington, D.C. (2019)
  
• “Ethics: Confidentiality Issues in Labor Arbitration, Litigation and Bargaining,” 2019 UFCW Attorneys Conference, San Antonio, Texas (2019)
  
• “Recent Developments at the NLRB,” Orange County Labor & Employment Relations Association, Anaheim, California (2019)
  
• “What is the Right Number? Lifetime Benefits from Defined Contribution Plans,” 64th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 2018)
  
• “Representing Multiple Parties and Interests,” AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (May 2018)
  
• “What Commissioners Need to Know,” California School Personnel Commissioners Annual Meeting, San Diego, California (2018)
  
• “Fiduciary Basics,” AFL CIO Lawyers ERISA Basics Seminar, Washington, D.C. (2017) (co-authored with Ellen Silver)
  
• “Ethics Basics for Union Side Multiemployer Plan Attorneys,” AFL-CIO Lawyers ERISA Basics Seminar, Washington, D.C. (2017)
  
• “Ethics Issues Arising When a Union Receives Confidential Workplace Documents or Information,” 2017 UFCW Attorneys Conference, Coronado, California (2017)
  
• “The NLRB in the Trump Administration,” Orange County Labor & Employment Relations Association, Anaheim, California (2017)
  
• “Multiemployer Potpourri: Construction Industry Reciprocity Litigation,” Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor & Employment Law Section, American Bar Association, Austin, Texas (2017)
  
• “Revenue Sharing Issues for Defined Contribution Plans,” AFL-CIO Advanced ERISA Seminar, Washington D.C. (2016)
  
• “Legal, Accounting, and Legislative Update for Trustees and Coordinators,” Western Conference on Sheet Metal Apprenticeship and Training, San Diego, California (2016)
  
• “Labor Law for Employment Lawyers,” State Bar of California Labor & Employment Law Section Webinar (with Erich Shiners) (2015)
  
• “Insight on Fees (DC and DB Plans),” 61st Annual Employee Benefits Conference, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Honolulu, Hawaii (2015)
  
• “Multiemployer Potpourri: The Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014,”
  
• Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor & Employment Law Section, American Bar Association, San Diego, California (2015)
  
• “What’s Wrong with Labor Arbitrators?” Southern California Chapter of the National Academy of Arbitrators, Los Angeles, California (2014)
  
• “Traditional Labor Law: Recent NLRB Decisions Affecting the Non Union Workplace,” Labor & Employment Law Section Retreat, sponsored by Los Angeles County Bar Association, Ojai, California (2013)
  
• ”Social Media and the National Labor Relations Board: Something to Get All A Twitter About,” 32nd Annual Labor & Employment Law Symposium, sponsored by Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California (2012)
  
• “Update on Employment Law,” and “Workshop: Human Resources Issues,” Trustees Institute for Jointly Managed Training and Education Funds, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Las Vegas, Nevada (2012)
  
• “Hot Issues at the NLRB: Cases on Social Media and Protected Activity, and the New Notice Posting Rules,” Orange County Labor and Employment Relations Association, Anaheim, California (2011)
  
• “Are There Greater Fiduciary Responsibilities in Your Defined Contribution (DC) Plans?” 57th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, New Orleans, Louisiana (2011)
  
• “Collective/Class Actions and Collective Actions: Selected Ethical and Legal Issues,” 2011 AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Conference, San Diego, California (2011)
  
• “Fee Disclosure in Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans,” Investments Institute, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Las Vegas, Nevada (2011)
  
• “Fair Representation and the Attorney Client Relationship in Labor Arbitration: Dilemmas for Union Counsel,” 64th Annual Meeting, National Academy of Arbitrators, San Diego, California (2011)
  
• Adjunct Professor, USC Gould School of Law (2016-Present)
  
• Instructor, Labor Studies, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles Community College District (1995-Present)
  
• Lecturer, “VEBAs,” Capital Stewardship Institute, National Labor College, Los Angeles (2008)
  
• Co-Facilitator, Labor Arbitration Training, American Arbitration Association, Las Vegas, Nevada (2002)
  
• Instructor, National Education Association, Grievance and Arbitration Training Program, Anaheim (2002)
  
• Presenter, Employment Arbitrator Training II, American Arbitration Association, Orlando, Florida (2002)
  
• Presenter, Commercial Arbitrator Training, American Arbitration Association, Anaheim, California (1999)

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• 2004 Southern California Super Lawyers list

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• Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
• Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (“ACEBC”)
• Lawyer of the Year, U.S. News & World Report, Best Lawyers in America, 2017, 2020
• Lawdragon’s 500 Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, 2018 - 2020
• America’s Most Honored Lawyers for 2020 and 2021 by the American Registry
• Super Lawyers®
• AV-Preeminent®, Martindale Hubbell, 1998 - 2021

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