John N. Raudabaugh


Staff Attorney (2012-present)

Experience: Reed Larson Professor of Labor Law, Ave Maria School of Law, 2012-present; Nixon Peabody LLP, 2010-2012; Baker & McKenzie LLP, 2006-2010; Butzel Long, 2004-2006; Matkov Salzman, 1993-2004; Member, U.S. National Labor Relations Board, 1990-1993; Constangy Brooks & Smith, 1989-1990; Powell Goldstein, 1977-1989.

Bar Admissions: Georgia, 1977; U.S. Supreme Court, 1982; District of Columbia, 1993; Michigan, 2005 (admitted only in GA, DC, and MI).

Law School: University of Virginia, J.D. 1977;

Graduate School: New York State School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Cornell University, M.S. Labor Economics and Econometrics, 1974.

College: Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, B.S. Labor Economics, cum laude, 1968.

Military Service: Flag Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Supply Corps, 1968-1972.

Member: Senior Advisor, Labor and Employment Practice Group, Federalist Society National Lawyers Division; Labor and Employment Relations Association; American Bar Association.

Publications and Testimony: “Labored Law: Bilateralism or Pluralism, Ossification or Reformation?,” 87 Indiana L.J. 105 (2012); “Protecting Private Ballot Rights for American Workers,” U.S. Senate Republican Conference, 2008; “NLRB Representation Elections and Initial Collective Bargaining Agreements: Safeguarding Workers’ Rights?”, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, 2008; “National Labor Relations Board 2007 Year in Review: Fueling Union’s Demand for Euro-Centric Labor Law Reform,” CCH Labor Law Journal, Spring 2008, pp. 16–25; “Contract Modification and Unilateral Change—Bath Iron Works,” ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2006; “Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2004,” U.S. House Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 2004; “Foreward,” A Guide to Sources of Information on the National Labor Relations Board, 2003; “Employee Voting Rights: Industrial Stability vs. Employee Free Choice,” ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 2001; “Electromation: An Opportunity Lost or Just Postponed?” Chapter 29, Non-Union Employee Representation, 2000; “Employee Relations Law Reform,” Industrial Relations Research Association, 50th Anniversary Volume, Government Regulation of the Employment Relationship, 1997; “One Former Board Member’s Recommended Changes to the National Labor Relations Act,” IRRA, 1995; “Perspectives on Labor Law Reform,” IRRA Spring Proceedings, 1994.