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| | Address | | Suite 560, 1750 Tysons Boulevard | | McLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102 | | (Fairfax Co.) | | | |
| | | Kruchko & Fries practices in the following areas of law:
Labor Relations, Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Related Employment Litigation (Management). | | Year Established: 1978 | Firm Profile:
Kruchko & Fries' practice is limited to the representation of management in all phases of labor and employment, equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, employee benefits, immigration and related litigation. The Firm represents employers throughout the Northeast, South and Midwest in a variety of Industries including government contracting, health care, communications, construction, information systems, manufacturing, insurance, retail and transportation. The Firm litigates claims involving employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, ERISA and wage and hour disputes. It also represents management in collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration, union organizing campaigns and matters before the National Labor Relations Board. | | Firm Size: 5 | Representative Clients:
Amtrak; JWK International Corporation; Virginia Association of Broadcasters; Virginia Ready-Mix Concrete Association; Sibley Hospital; NCI Information Systems, Inc.; American Systems Corp.; Shockey Industries; Hess Construction; Tessada & Associates; W.R. Systems, Inc.; National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative; Natural Gas Supply Association. |
Other Office Locations of Kruchko & Fries
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. (Main Office)
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | John G. Kruchko (Member) born Iowa City, Iowa, September 3, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania; 1978, Maryland; 1983, District of Columbia; 1998, Virginia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Sixth and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: Xavier University (B.A., 1970); University of Cincinnati (M.A., History, 1971; M.A., Labor Relations, 1972); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa. Symposia Editor, William & Mary Law Review, 1974-1975. Adjunct Professor, Masters in HR, American University, 1999-2000. Author: "The Birth of a Union Local," Cornell University Press, 1972; "Mandatory Maternity Leave: Title VII and Equal Protection," 14 William & Mary Law Review, 1026, 1973; "Application of the Mandatory-Permissive Dichotomy to the Duty to Bargain and Unilateral Action," 15 William & Mary Law Review, 918, 1974. Co-Author: "The Maryland Employer's Guide to Labor and Employment Law," Michie Company, 1984. Member: Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Subcommittee Co-Chairman, Committee on Public Sector Collective Bargaining, 1980—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation. Email: John G. Kruchko | | Jay R. Fries (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1982, Maryland, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1976); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1979). Pi Sigma Alpha; Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, William & Mary Law Review, 1979-1980. Author: "Corporate Reorganization in the Health Care Industry: The Labor Law Implications," Hospital and Health Services Administration, Vol. 31, No. 5, 1986; "Alcohol, Drugs and the ADA," Journal of Individual Employment Rights, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1993. Chair, Employment Relations Committee, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, 1992-2002. Member: Baltimore County, Maryland State and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Employment Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Jay R. Fries | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Martha L. Hutzelman (Senior Counsel) born Hamilton, Ohio, January 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Oklahoma; 1995, Virginia; 2004, Dist. of Columbia. Education: Ohio Northern University (B.A., 1979); University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., 1982). 1999 Distinguished Author, BNA Tax Management Inc. Elected Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, 2003. Listed in Who's Who in American Law. Author: "Qualified Plans—Taxation of Distributions," BNA Tax Management Inc. portfolio; "Employee Benefits for Small and Mid-Sized Employers," BNA Tax Management Inc. portfolio; "Bankruptcy Issues in Employee Benefits," Employee Benefits Law, 3rd Edition, American Bar Association; "Employee Benefit Plan Issues Resulting from Insurance Company Demutualizations: An Overview of Welfare Benefit Plan Issues," ALI-ABA, 2001; "Current Issues Facing Fiduciaries of Plans with Participant—Directed Investments," ALI-ABA, 2002. Member: Advisory Council to Board of Directors, American Benefits Council; Association of School Business Officials; National Practitioners' Forum for TE/GE Employee Plans Team Audit; Legislative Subcommittee, Government Affairs Committee, American Society of Pension Actuaries. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Joint Committee on Employee Benefits; Chair, Self-Correction and Administrative Practices Subcommittee, Employee Benefits Committee, Section on Taxation; Employee Benefits Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section); United States Tax Court Bar; United States Supreme Court Bar. Reported Cases: Steel Balls, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo, 1995-266. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; ERISA Compliance; Qualified Retirement Plans; Legislative Lobbying; Flexible Benefits; Deferred Compensation; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans; 403(b) and 457 Plans; Health and Welfare Plans; Executive Compensation. Email: Martha L. Hutzelman | | ASSOCIATE | | Kevin B. McCoy (Associate) born Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Indiana and Illinois; 2005, Maryland; 2006, Virginia. Education: Emory and Henry College (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Legal Writing Teaching Assistant. Negotiation and Moot Court Competition Teams. Former Judicial Law Clerk, Illinois and Indiana Courts of Appeal. Author: "2003 Employment Law Year in Review," National Seminar, Chapters on: 11th Amendment Immunity; FMLA Leave; FSLA Overtime; Whistleblowing for 2004, "Indiana Labor Book." Speaker, "Harassment in the Workplace," 2004 SHRM Seminar. Member: Virginia State Bar; Illinois State, Indiana State and Maryland State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Management Employment Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Kevin B. McCoy | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Baltimore, Maryland Office: 502 Washington Avenue, Suite 400. Telephone: 410-321-7310.
Washington, D.C. Office: 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900. Telephone: 202-347-6550.
| | (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel see Professional Biographies at Baltimore, Maryland) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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