Richard M. Albert is a partner in Foley & Lardner’s Labor & Employment Practice and the Health Care Industry Team, and focuses exclusively on labor and employment matters.
Mr. Albert has extensive experience representing employers in administrative proceedings before virtually all state and federal agencies relevant to labor and employment, and has handled a wide variety of civil litigation matters in both state and federal court. In addition, he regularly advises clients on wage and hour concerns, personnel policy formulation and enforcement, as well as collective bargaining and arbitration matters. Mr. Albert routinely provides general advice and counseling on matters such as disciplinary issues, layoffs, and other employee relations concerns.
Mr. Albert presently serves as labor counsel to numerous organizations, including the Betty Ford Center, St. Joseph Health System, Universal Health Services, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance.
A frequent speaker on labor and employment topics before various local and state human resource organizations, Mr. Albert also writes for a variety of national and regional publications.
Mr. Albert is a member of the American Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He also is an active participant in the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Albert is a graduate of the University of Michigan (J.D., Law School, 1978; B.B.A, 1975), and was admitted to the California Bar in 1979.