Tom Jerman

Partner

Tom Jerman, head of the Labor and Employment practice at O’Melveny's Washington, DC office, has extensive experience representing employers in all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including union organizing campaigns and representation proceedings, collective bargaining negotiations, wrongful discharge litigation, individual and class action employment discrimination claims, sexual harassment litigation, wage and hour cases, arbitrations, and advice regarding personnel policies, employee discipline and discharge, and labor relations. Tom has litigated matters throughout the United States, including district courts in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas, Colorado, Ohio, Kansas, California, Arizona, Illinois, Missouri and Minnesota, and appellate courts in the DC, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.

Tom's representations include the defense of employment class actions or other multiple plaintiff cases, and the representation of air carriers under the Railway Labor Act.  Tom has successfully defended numerous certified or putative class actions under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Labor-Management Relations Act, and ERISA.  

Tom has represented seven airlines and air carriers. His airline experience includes: representation proceedings and carrier interference cases before the National Mediation Board; federal court litigation with unions, individuals and class action claims under the Railway Labor Act; system board of adjustment cases; collective bargaining negotiations; and advice regarding mergers, acquisitions and ESOP transactions.

Professional Activities

Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California, and Districts of Columbia, Arizona, and Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Member, American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law, Section of Litigation; Fellow, American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
Speaker, ALI-ABA Conferences on Railway and Airline Labor Law
Senior Editor, The Railway Labor Act (BNA 1995)
Management Co-Chair, American Bar Association, Labor Section, Labor and Employment Law, Railway and Airline Labor Law Committee