Tom Dowdalls represents employers in California and nationally in:

• Collective bargaining
• Union organizing
• Arbitration of grievances
• Mediation
• Discrimination issues
• National Labor Relations Act matters
• Meyers-Milias-Brown Act matters
• California public employment laws and regulations

Tom regularly handles matters before all state and federal courts in Northern California, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH).

In addition to handling disputes in court and before administrative agencies, Tom  provides compliance counseling and preventive counseling on labor and employment law issues to employers in a variety of industries, including:

• Banking and finance
• Manufacturing
• Biotechnology
• Retail
• Hotel and restaurant
• Public transit
• Insurance
• Acute care hospitals
• Skilled nursing facilities
• Non-profit community healthcare providers

While in law school, Tom externed with the EEOC.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Labor and Employment Section - The State Bar of California
• Member, Employment and Labor Law Section - Contra Costa County Bar Association