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James A. Bowles 
Los Angeles, California
Partner
phone (213) 620-0460
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JAMES A. BOWLES practices labor relations and employment law representing management. Mr. Bowles specializes in the litigation and trial of employment cases, including wrongful discharge and employment discrimination claims, labor arbitrations, and employee benefit litigation under ERISA. Mr. Bowles also counsels management clients on labor and employment matters.

Mr. Bowles graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University in 1976. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1979. Mr. Bowles is the author of 'Defining the Scope of Bargaining for Teacher Negotiations: A Study of Judicial Approaches,' The Labor Law Journal, October 1978. He was admitted to the California bar in 1979, and the Wisconsin bar in 1988, and has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, District of Columbia Circuit, and the Seventh Circuit.

Areas of Practice:
Labor & Employment:
Collective Bargaining
Discrimination
Employee Benefits
Employment Policies & Agreements
Handbooks & Personnel Manuals
Harassment Investigation & Training
Health & Safety Regulations
Litigation
Management Relations
OSHA Regulations
Taft-Hartley Plans
Union & Employee Regulations
Wage & Hour Regulations
Wrongful Termination Defense
Bar Admissions:
California, 1979
Wisconsin, 1988
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1979
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1982
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1987
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979
U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979
J.D.


Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1976
A.B.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa


Published Works:
Defining the Scope of Bargaining for Teacher Negotiations: A Study of Judicial Approaches, The Labor Law Journal, October, 1978


Representative Cases:
Graefenhain v. Pabst Brewing Co., 870 F.2d 1198 (C.A.7 (Wis.) 1989)
Cardinal Distributing Co., Inc. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Bd., 205 Cal.Rptr. 860 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. 1984)
Retirement Fund Trust of Plumbing v. Franchise Tax Bd., 909 F.2d 1266 (C.A.9 (Cal.) 1990)
USCP-WESCO, Inc. v. N.L.R.B., 827 F.2d 581 (C.A.9 1987)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of California
Member


Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


Languages:
Spanish

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