Glenn D. Grant

Senior Counsel

Overview

Glenn D. Grant is a senior counsel in the Crowell & Moring's Labor and Employment Group, where he counsels and represents employers on the full range of labor and employment law matters, including such areas as disability discrimination issues, wage and hour compliance, affirmative action compliance, employment policies, FMLA compliance, ERISA, and wrongful discharge/employment tort litigation.

Glenn has extensive trial experience involving class action discrimination litigation as well as individual employment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He has also litigated claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, various other federal and state anti-discrimination statutes, as well as employment-related contract and tort claims. He counsels and represents employers in collective bargaining, union representation elections, and other matters under the National Labor Relations Act before the National Labor Relations Board.

Glenn is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania (inactive) and is a member of the Labor and Employment Sections of the D.C. and American Bar Associations.

Career & Education

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    • Bucknell University, B.A.
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., With Honors, Member of George Washington Law Review
    • Bucknell University, B.A.
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., With Honors, Member of George Washington Law Review
    • District of Columbia
    • Pennsylvania (Inactive)
    • District of Columbia
    • Pennsylvania (Inactive)
  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Member, Labor and Employment Sections, D.C. and American Bar Associations

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Member, Labor and Employment Sections, D.C. and American Bar Associations

Glenn's Insights

Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.16.24

From the Administrative State to the Wild West? What Employers Should Know About the Shifting Administrative Law Landscape

Over the past several years, federal courts have increasingly questioned the authority of administrative law judges (ALJs) to adjudicate alleged violations of certain labor and employment statutes.  In the last several weeks, two U.S. district courts in Texas issued decisions halting unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on the grounds that NLRB ALJs lack the constitutional authority to preside over such actions due to unconstitutional protections against their removal.[1]  Similarly, the last year has seen several decisions by courts in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits finding that ALJs, whose decisions are not reviewable by a Presidential appointee, lack constitutional authority under the Appointments Clause to adjudicate claims.[2]  The trend illustrated by these decisions, combined with the Supreme Court’s decision in June to abandon the Chevron doctrine of extending deference to federal agency rule-making proceedings, portend significant changes in the way employers interact with federal agencies that enforce labor and employment law. ...

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Glenn's Insights

Client Alert | 7 min read | 08.16.24

From the Administrative State to the Wild West? What Employers Should Know About the Shifting Administrative Law Landscape

Over the past several years, federal courts have increasingly questioned the authority of administrative law judges (ALJs) to adjudicate alleged violations of certain labor and employment statutes.  In the last several weeks, two U.S. district courts in Texas issued decisions halting unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on the grounds that NLRB ALJs lack the constitutional authority to preside over such actions due to unconstitutional protections against their removal.[1]  Similarly, the last year has seen several decisions by courts in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits finding that ALJs, whose decisions are not reviewable by a Presidential appointee, lack constitutional authority under the Appointments Clause to adjudicate claims.[2]  The trend illustrated by these decisions, combined with the Supreme Court’s decision in June to abandon the Chevron doctrine of extending deference to federal agency rule-making proceedings, portend significant changes in the way employers interact with federal agencies that enforce labor and employment law. ...