Stevens & Lee : Professionals : William J. Payne

PROFESSIONALS

William J. Payne

Shareholder
Labor & Employment

Valley Forge
610.205.6041
610.371.7987 fax
wjp@stevenslee.com

Bill has practiced labor and employment law for over 30 years. He started his career as an attorney with the Philadelphia Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board, then accepted a position as labor counsel for Bangor Punta Corporation, a large national company at that time.

Bill focuses his practice on employment discrimination litigation in both federal and state courts, NLRB matters, and labor arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements. The employment litigation clients Bill represents include a number of large national corporations, such as Reliant Energy, Marriott International, Inc., FirstEnergy (GPU Companies), Federal Mogul, John Hancock Life Insurance Company and John Hancock Financial Services, Prudential Financial and SAP America, Inc. He has handled well over one hundred labor arbitrations through the years for numerous employers including the GPU Companies, the Delaware River Port Authority, Federal Mogul, Marriott International, Inc., The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Penn Jersey Paper Company, Piper Aircraft Corporation, and Beef International Corp. Bill litigated unit clarification petitions for Pennsylvania Power & Light, Met Ed and Penelec before the NLRB, prevailing in the exclusion of System/Distribution Operators from the bargaining units for each of these clients.

Bill has represented management in organizational drives involving many clients, including Aydin Corporation, Sylvin Technologies, Inc., Lutheran Church of America, Beef International Corp., Ceramet, Inc., the Delaware River Port Authority, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Smith & Wesson, Piper Aircraft Corporation, Bangor Punta Marine (decertification) and Penn Jersey Paper Company. He has also handled collective bargaining negotiations for numerous companies and advised the GPU Companies over the years in connection with collective bargaining negotiations.

Education:
Boston College Law School, J.D., 1974
Duke University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1971

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Representative Court Cases:

Campanaro v. Pennsylvania Electric Company, 1999. Pa. Super 224, 738 A.2d 472 (1999) (Class action alleging sex discrimination).
Baer v. Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC and Metropolitan Edison Co., 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 12160 (E.D. Pa. 2002).
Marriott Corporation v. Dea Alexander, 799 A.2d 205 (2002).
Paul v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., 879 F.2d 859 (3d. Cir 1989).

Professional and Civic Affiliations:
Boston College Law School Alumni Association
Duke University Alumni Association
Historical Car Club of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Masters Track & Field Association
Mid-Atlantic USA Track & Field
Philadelphia Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
American Bar Association

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