About Kenneth R. Ballard

Ken is a founding partner of the firm. He has dedicated his legal career to labor and employment law matters primarily involving union-management relations. He is considered one of the country’s preeminent management attorneys in the hospitality industry and has lectured throughout the country on preventive labor relations and other employment-related issues.

Although Ken is a strong management advocate and a result driven negotiator, he maintains unique working relationships both with area and national labor leaders and politicians that make a real difference in achieving desired objectives. He has won the recognition of his peers and legal rating services as one of the best labor lawyers in the country.

Experience

Ken has negotiated union contracts for employers in virtually every major city in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and even the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is uniquely qualified to provide the kind of real world guidance that employers require.

Publications

Labor Insignia Battle Decided in San Diego, Hotel & Motel Management (2007)
Employers Must Handle Issues Before Unions Do, Hotel & Motel Management (2006)

Professional Activities & Recognition

Awards

Lawyer of the Year (Labor Law - Management), Best Lawyers

Honors

Southern California Super Lawyers (Labor and Employment Law)
Best Lawyers

 

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Areas of Law

  • Labor and Employment 1
    • Wage and hour law
  • Other 5
    • Business acquisition/disposition
    • Employer advice and problem solving
    • Government agency investigations
    • Labor management relations
    • Management training

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Published Decisions: Court of Appeal of California: GAB Business Services v. Lindsey & Newsom Claim Services (2000) 83 Cal. App. 4th 409 (court reversed jury verdict against our client, a company that provides independent insurance adjusting services, on claims against a former corporate officer
    a competitor company for breach of fiduciary duty
    unfair competition)
    Gosvener v. Coastal Corporation (1996) 51 Cal. App. 4th 805 (established st
    ards for an employer's reasonable accommodation of alcoholism under Labor Code Section 1025
    the Fair Employment
    Housing Act)
    National Labor Relations Board: Anaheim Town & Country Inn, 282 NLRB 224 (1986) (employer lawfully refused to honor collective bargaining agreement signed by manager
    lawfully discharged manager for allowing union to organize employees)
    Service Employees Local 44 (Sir Francis Drake), 274 NLRB 501 (1985) (union unlawfully attempted to force employer to assign certain work to its members rather than to the employer's non-union employees)
    Labor Arbitrators: Gaylord National Harbor, 128 BNA LA 821 (Abrams, 2010) (awarding employer work assignments language proposals in an interest arbitration)
    Fedco, Inc., 1992 BNA LA Supp. 115260 (Christopher, 1992) (employer did not violate collective bargaining agreement by suspending
    discharging employee for failing to ring up a transaction)
    Sebastiani Vineyards, 85 BNA LA 371 (Rothstein, 1985) (employer had the right to award foreman position to more qualified employee rather than most senior employee)
    Lash Distributors, 74 BNA LA 274 (Darrow, 1980) (employer had just cause to suspend employee for low production)

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    California
    United States Courts of Appeals: Ninth Circuit
    Northern District of California
    Southern District of California
    United States District Courts: Central District of California
    1976, Florida
    Memberships

    Professional Associations

    •American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Sections

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    UNC School of Law
    Class of 1975
    J.D.

    Southern California Super Lawyers
    Labor and Employment Law

    Lawyer of the Year
    Labor Law - Management
    Best Lawyers
    Other Education
    Syracuse University
    Class of 1971
    B.A.

    National Moot Court Team

    Best Lawyers
    2007 - present
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1949
    Brooklyn, New York, January 5, 1949

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15760 Ventura Blvd., 18th FloorEncino, CA 91436U.S.A.

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18067 W. Catawba Avenue, Suite 201Cornelius, NC 28031U.S.A.

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  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP has 22 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Kenneth R. Ballard attended Lawyer of the Year; Southern California Super Lawyers and UNC School of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP was established in 1986.
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    Kenneth R. Ballard is listed in the Arbitration and Labor and Employment Law section of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.