In the “traditional” labor law area, Wally has been the management representative in collective bargaining negotiations, arbitrations, unfair labor practices, mass picketing and other injunctions, and union elections and decertifications.  In the employment law context, Wally has handled hundreds of cases, including trials and appeals, involving such areas as race, sex, age and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, implied contract, wrongful discharge and matters arising under the Fair Labor Standards Acts, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as well as common law claims for retaliatory discharge.  He has done much litigation in the enforcement of non-competition clauses.  He has also been involved in some of the more unusual cases of individual employment litigation, such as “negligent hiring” and “negligent firing,” drug testing, invasion of privacy and defamation.  He has advised clients on all areas of the employment relationship, including the creation of employee handbooks, confidentiality and non-competition agreements, hiring, counseling and firing, as well as how employers can remain non-union.

The types of clients who have engaged Wally span the spectrum in size and industry, and include one of the nation’s largest regional transit authorities, multi-employer bargaining associations in the trucking and construction industries, non-profit corporations, and organizations in the manufacturing, service, maritime, printing, computer, retail restaurant, real estate, financial and health care industries.  A number of his clients are other law firms.  The size of the clients range from the multi-employer groups with thousands of employees, to small employers with one or two employees.

Because much of the practice of labor and employment law is federal in nature, Wally is admitted to and has practiced and has tried cased or argued appeals in many of the district and circuit courts of appeals throughout the United States.

Wally has been active in presenting seminars to large groups, such as the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and bar associations, and to individual companies.  The topics of some of these seminars have included “Management’s Guide to Strikes & Picketing”, “How to Hire and Fire Without Being Sued (Successfully)”, “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”, “Avoiding Sexual Harassment”, “Age Discrimination in the Workplace”, “A Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act” and “Wrongful Discharge - New Claims for a New Age.”  He has appeared on these topics on radio and television, including the Today Show. Law & Politics and Philadelphia Magazine have twice named him as a “Super Lawyer” and the Legal Intelligencer has published a feature article on him.

Like many labor lawyers with a substantial number of clients in the construction industry, Wally also represents a significant number of contractors in construction litigation.  His contractor clients include general as well as subcontractors, and the practice spans the breadth of the construction litigation arena.