Biography
Randy's practice focuses primarily on all aspects of labor relations and employment law.
He handles the full spectrum of legal issues related to the employment relationship from pre-hire procedures to post-termination closure, including unemployment compensation and statutory compliance issues such as Title VII, ADA, FLSA, FMLA and OSHA compliance. Randy negotiates, drafts, and enforces contracts protecting client's rights in all aspects of the employment relationship, including employment and separation, confidentiality and non-competition, intellectual property protection, and independent contractor arrangements.
On the labor side, Randy has negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreements and has represented management in grievance arbitrations. He also counsels employers on union avoidance strategies and tactics. He has also successfully served as a private mediator to parties involved in employment disputes.
Randy has extensive litigation experience and has successfully tried numerous jury and bench trials to verdict, including injunctive relief. He has been lead defense counsel in several collective actions under the FLSA.* He has argued appeals before all Pennsylvania appellate courts, as well as the Third and Fourth Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. Randy has represented employers before various administrative agencies such as the EEOC, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, OSHA, and the NLRB, among others.
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
Randy's experience also extends to the prosecution and defense of tax assessment appeals on behalf of taxing authorities and property owners. He has represented many Pennsylvania school districts and property owners in the prosecution and defense of tax assessment appeals over the past 30 years. He is frequently involved in litigation of significant tax exemption cases, and taxing authority appeals involving claims by property owners that there was a due process violation in the selection of their property for appeal. Randy handles cases from initiation before the Board of Assessment Appeals through the Appellate Courts.
Before Fox Rothschild
Randy returned to Fox Rothschild after having served as Chair of the Labor & Employment Group at another large area law firm.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Randy is a frequent speaker and writer for human resource and legal professionals on all aspects of the employment relationship including procedures, training, and legal compliance issues.
Representative Matters*
- Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Mid-Atlantic motor coach service provider in a wage and hour collective action alleging denial of overtime pay. Successfully demonstrated that the Motor Carrier Exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act applied as the company was engaged in interstate activities, saving the client an estimated $1 million in retroactive overtime pay and attorney’s fees, and allowing the client to maintain the current profitable structure of its business operations.
- Defended a company under OSHA investigation following the death of an employee who fell from rigging while painting a water tank. Obtained a favorable resolution and no criminal inquiry was initiated, despite a prior death in similar circumstances in the last decade.
- Represented a company being investigated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under its Strategic Enforcement Initiative relative to the alleged termination of a gender transforming employee. The case was assigned to a high-level enforcement unit and no conciliation was offered. Successfully persuaded EEOC not to file suit against client, and ultimately reached a favorable settlement with private counsel after EEOC closed its file.
- Assisted several employers in developing and documenting Early Retirement Incentive Programs (ERIP) designed to incentivize older workers to retire in anticipation of further reductions in force (RIF).
- Successfully argued an unemployment compensation case before the Commonwealth Court where, in an en banc decision, the court clarified previously unclear case law and held that in a situation where an employee is terminated for a series of offenses or misconduct, none of which arise to willful misconduct, the referee should review the entire course of conduct and not focus on the last event preceding termination.
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 1981)
- University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (B.S., 1978)
Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Stively Inn of Court of the Chester County Bar Association
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Chester County Bar Association
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- Delaware County Bar Association
Board of Directors
- Leadership Chester County, Advisory Board (Chairman)
- Lionville Community YMCA, Board of Advisors (Former Chairman)
- Alliance for Health Equity (Secretary)
- Chester County Human Resources Association (Legislative Affairs Chair)
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of the Chester County Bar Association President's Award (2021)
- Selected to “AV Preeminent” list of rated attorneys
This award is conferred by Martindale-Hubbell. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court. - Selected to the "Super Lawyers" list for Employment & Labor in Pennsylvania (2023-2025)
This award is conferred by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
