Jungbauer is the President and Senior Partner of the law firm of Yaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, PLC. (YJB). This law firm is the ONLY Plaintiff’s FELA Law firm in the USA to be recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as in its First Tier of law firms on a National basis in 2010-2013, every year of such law firm rankings. YJB has represented Railroad workers since 1929.PERSONAL INFORMATIONYaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, PLC (YJB) has always supported the rights of working men and women and supported various rail labor organizations in education and training of members and officers and substantially supported labor endorsed candidates for federal and state offices in many different states. YJB law firm has been affiliated with rail labor and FELA representation of rail workers for over 80 years.Jungbauer was a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union while working at American Can Company in St. Paul, MN in the early 1970's (now Sheet Metal Worker’s Local 10); Jungbauer’s father in law was a Sheet Metal Worker. Bill and Janet have been married for 34 years. Jungbauer is one of eleven children, and has a brother Lou who is also a partner and lawyer in the Yaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, PLC law firm.Jungbauer is President and senior partner of Yaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, PLC. He has worked at the firm since April, 1978.ETHICS: Bill Jungbauer has been a national leader in promoting Lawyer compliance with all codes of ethics and ethical behavior in all Union Officer-Union Lawyer contacts. Jungbauer helped introduce and enforce ethical codes for DLC lawyers. He stood up to unethical conduct and even resigned from several important positions with a major union to stop or deter unethical behavior.Jungbauer as National Chairman of ARLA first contacted and met with US Dept of Labor OLMS leaders to discuss rules and regulations for lawyers and union officers to help make sure that all involved understood and complied with such rules and regulations.Jungbauer continues to fight for full and complete compliance with all Rules and Regulations enforcing ethical conduct for lawyers representing union members including Designated Legal Counsel programs and to encourage labor unions to adopt and enforce adequate compliance programs to stop corruption of labor organizations by lawyers and other employers doing business with union leaders and labor organizations.Jungbauer has fought for and continues to work to convince organizations such as ARLA and union DLC programs to adopt and enforce compliance programs as required by laws and regulations for the purpose of eliminating corruption.EMPLOYMENT & RECOGNITIONS:- President and Senior Partner of Yaeger & Jungbauer Barristers, PLC; employee/attorney/partner of firm 1977-Present.- Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1993 and Minnesota State Bar Association since 1990.- Listed in Best Lawyers of America; Railroad Law Section every year the publication has recognized field of Railroad Law. Firm recognition: YJB has more lawyers listed as Best Lawyers in America in Railroad Law than any FELA firm in USA.- Jungbauer has been awarded the highest possible peer review lawyer rating-preeminent by Martindale Hubbell -National Lawyer Rating Service - 5.0 out of Possible 5.0 Rating- Recognized as a "Super Lawyer" in State of Minnesota.- Past National Chairman, Board Member and current member of Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (ARLA). Jungbauer has supported Rail Labor political candidates through ARLA. Frequent ARLA lecturer on Rail Law topics.- Past National Chairman and current member of Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Railroad Law Section, now known as AAJ, American Association for Justice.- Senior Trial Attorney, practicing with firm that has been in existence since 1929 practicing in the field of railroad litigation, personal injury, and wrongful death litigation- Past National Chairman of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Designated Legal Counsel, (BLE- DLC) and Chairman of BLET DLC Ethics Compliance Committee !Resigned as Chairman of Ethics compliance committee in protest of improper/illegal activity. Independent Govt investigation of such activity eventually led to conviction and imprisonment of national union president- Resigned as BLET DLC rather than sign document that could have required illegal obstruction of justice by requiring DLC Lawyers to tip off union officials of government corruption investigations during Govt. investigation of BLET and its DLC system. BLET members injured on the job now directed to ARLA list of attorneys; lawyers representing BLET injured workers are no longer forced to sign illegal document.
- Elected United States Electoral College for State of Minnesota, 1972; Youngest member of Electoral College in U.S. History at age 19
