Steptoe & Johnson

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Federal court trial for a construction company disputing the validity of a collective bargaining agreement with a local trade union and asserting fraud by the union
• Defended an industrial cleaning enterprise in a class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act
• Defended multiple fatality/personal injury claims that arose from a mine shaft explosion
• Defended client in MSHA investigation and civil litigation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1993
  Steptoe & Johnson
• 1989-1993
  Arnold & Porter
• 1987-1989
  Judicial Clerkship, Judge Floyd R. Gibson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

• 2002 Leadership Harrison
• 2009 Leadership West Virginia
• National Moot Court Team
• Executive Editor, Nebraska Law Review
• Order of the Coif
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Super Lawyers®
• The Best Lawyers in America®
• Charter Member, Wage & Hour Defense Institute
• Editor, West Virginia Employment Law Letter
• West Virginia Member, National Employers Counsel Network
• Board of Directors, Harrison County Bar Association

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Harrison County Chamber of Commerce
• Allohak Council, Boy Scouts of America
• Board of Directors, Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• He has regularly addressed professional organizations and clients in the areas of labor and employment law and has been a frequent lecturer at the West Virginia University College of Law.
• Mr. Rector co-authors a point/counterpoint employment law column for The West Virginia Lawyer
• “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Parent Corporation's Duty to Disclose Safety and Environmental Issues Related to Its Subsidiaries, and How the Internal Controls Necessary to Carry Out That Duty May Expose a Parent Corporation to Liability for the Torts of Its Subsidiaries,” The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, January 2007

BIGGEST REGRET:  Not attaining the rank of Eagle Scout