People: Charles F. Walters, Partner

Charles F. Walters

Partner

Washington, D.C.
Direct: (202) 828-5371
Fax: (202) 828-5393
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Biography

Mr. Walters represents and counsels employers from many different industries on the full range of employment and labor law matters from Seyfarth Shaw’s Washington, DC office.  As a member of the Labor and Employee Relations Group, Mr. Walters has represented employers from many different industries in collective bargaining, arbitrations, grievance mediations, and NLRB and court litigation.  He has also provided extensive counseling to employers in connection with strikes, picketing, handbilling and other economic weapons, and on subcontracting, work relocations, permanent and temporary closings and other important management decisions.  Mr. Walters has assisted employers in more than 30 organizing and decertification campaigns and provided supervisory training on positive employee relations and related topics. He has particular experience in service industries, including hospitality, healthcare, construction, commercial cleaning, government services and gaming, and represents several multi-employer bargaining groups.

Mr. Walters regularly acts as lead counsel in employment cases before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, and has tried jury cases to verdict and arbitrations to award.  He has successfully obtained dismissal of numerous cases at the summary judgment or motion to dismiss stage. 

Mr. Walters has an active employment counseling practice and regularly guides clients through federal (DOL, DOJ, EEOC) and state and local agency investigations.  He has conducted internal investigations, prepared employee handbooks, workplace policies and employment agreements, and counseled employers in connection with large workplace transformations.  He has particular expertise in the WARN Act and the Service Contract Act, and provides regular counseling on all other employment laws and issues. 

Mr. Walters also represents both U.S. employers with foreign operations, and foreign employers with U.S. operations, and understands the unique employment issues and challenges faced by such employers.

Mr. Walters represents and counsels employers from many different industries on the full range of employment and labor law matters from Seyfarth Shaw’s Washington, DC office.  As a member of the Labor and Employee Relations Group, Mr. Walters has represented employers from many different industries in collective bargaining, arbitrations, grievance mediations, and NLRB and court litigation.  He has also provided extensive counseling to employers in connection with strikes, picketing, handbilling and other economic weapons, and on subcontracting, work relocations, permanent and temporary closings and other important management decisions.  Mr. Walters has assisted employers in more than 30 organizing and decertification campaigns and provided supervisory training on positive employee relations and related topics. He has particular experience in service industries, including hospitality, healthcare, construction, commercial cleaning, government services and gaming, and represents several multi-employer bargaining groups.

Mr. Walters regularly acts as lead counsel in employment cases before federal and state courts and administrative agencies, and has tried jury cases to verdict and arbitrations to award.  He has successfully obtained dismissal of numerous cases at the summary judgment or motion to dismiss stage. 

Mr. Walters has an active employment counseling practice and regularly guides clients through federal (DOL, DOJ, EEOC) and state and local agency investigations.  He has conducted internal investigations, prepared employee handbooks, workplace policies and employment agreements, and counseled employers in connection with large workplace transformations.  He has particular expertise in the WARN Act and the Service Contract Act, and provides regular counseling on all other employment laws and issues. 

Mr. Walters also represents both U.S. employers with foreign operations, and foreign employers with U.S. operations, and understands the unique employment issues and challenges faced by such employers.

Education

  • J.D., Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (1994)
    cum laude
    sociate Editor, Catholic University Law Review
  • M.I.L.R., Cornell University (1990)
    New York State School of Industrial Relations
  • B.SC., University of Toronto (1988)

Admissions

  • District of Columbia

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth and Eighth Circuits
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit

Affiliations

  • District of Columbia Bar (Labor & Employment Law Section)
  • American Bar Association(Labor & Employment Law Section)
  • D.C. Superior Court Employment Law Task Force (2003)
  • Hospitality Law (Editorial Advisor) 2005-present
  • Chair of Legislative Affairs Committee, Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area (2010 – Present)

Presentations

  • “Legislative Update,” Building Service Contractors Association International
    (August 2009)
  • “Labor Law Reform Update for Employers,” Client Similar (March 2009)
  • “Labor Relations Update,” Capital Association of Building Service Contractors (September 2008) 
  • “The Aging Workforce Issues,” Hotel Human Resources Association (April 2008)
  • “Grievance Mediation,” DC Bar (November 2007)
  • “How to be an Effective Attorney in Mediation of Private Sector Cases at the EEOC,” DC Bar (October 2007)
  • “Federal and State Employment Law Comparison,” Neighbor Works America annual conference (March 2007)
  • “Handling NLRB Representation Cases,” PTI Labor Research and Media Relations (January 2006)
  • “Transferring Employees in International Commercial Transactions,” MICPEL
    (August 2005)
  • Numerous presentations to Hotel Association of Washington, DC, Hotel Human Resources Association and Hospitality Financial and Technical Professionals Association

Publications

  • “Expect Increased Government Enforcement of Employment Laws,” Hospitality Law (February 2010)
  • “New and Future Legislation Will Have Sweeping Effects,” Hospitality Law (April 2009)
  • “Prepare Now for Possibility of EFCA,” Hospitality Law (June 2008)
  • “Transferring of Employees,” International Commercial Transactions (August 2005)
  • “Law Change Lifts a Burden in Misconduct Investigations,” Washington Business Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (May 2004) (Co-Author)