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Walter H. Flamm, Jr.
Tel: 267-419-1501
Fax: 267-419-1560
whflamm@flammlaw.com
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Labor (Management) and Employment Law, Litigation |
 Walter Flamm has represented management in all areas of labor relations and
employment law since 1972. He graduated Lafayette College in 1969 with a degree
in English and from Villanova School of Law, where he was the Articles Editor of
the Villanova Law Review. Upon graduation in 1972, he was awarded the
prestigious Order of the Coif.
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, 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
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