Douglas W. Hall (Doug)

Doug Hall has represented clients in every aspect of labor management relations for more than 30 years, from responding to union organizing drives to collective bargaining to arbitration of grievances. He is recognized as one of the leading management-side lawyers representing airlines and airline service providers under the Railway Labor Act (RLA). He also represents clients in sophisticated litigation involving such issues as threatened strikes, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), AIR21 whistleblower claims, and the RLA's jurisdictional scope.

Doug represents clients of all shapes and sizes before courts and administrative agencies in matters involving the RLA, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and other statutes. In 2017, for example, he obtained a favorable decision from the D.C. Circuit regarding the manner in which the National Mediation Board (NMB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determine whether service providers are subject to the RLA. In 2015, he obtained an order enjoining a threatened pilot strike against Allegiant Air. Doug also regularly appears before the NMB in union representation matters, including those involving whether multiple airlines constitute a single carrier for representation purposes. In addition, Doug counsels clients on labor and employment issues engendered by contemplated corporate transactions and on efforts by employers in bankruptcy to reject their union contracts.

Doug is co-editor-in-chief of The Railway Labor Act. He often speaks at conferences on labor and employment issues and is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. In 2017, Doug was named Washington, D.C. labor law — management "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America.