Hugh F. McGough
Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas
Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Employee Benefits; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law; Employer Counseling and Employee Relations; Internal Investigations; Legal Compliance
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Admitted
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1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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Law School
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University of Pittsburgh, J.D.
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Member
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Allegheny County (Member, Labor and Employment Section and Federal Court Section) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Society of Human Resource Management, Senior Professional in Human Resources.
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Biography
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Order of the Barristers. Law Clerk, Glenn E. Mencer, U.S. District Judge, Western District of Pennsylvania 1992-1994. Associate Attorney, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP, 1994-1998. Assistant Solicitor and Labor Relations Manager, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1998-2007. Intern, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Pennsylvania. Adjunct Professor: Journalism, University of Pittsburgh; Prison Outreach Program, Western State Penitentiary. Former News Reporter and Producer, WPXI and KDKA. City's Negotiator, Collective Bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police and in Interest Arbitration. Represented: Public Officials including Pittsburgh's Police Chief and Fire Chief, Litigation of Labor-Management Disputes at the Trial Level; Appellate Courts; City of Pittsburgh in Traditional Labor Matters such as Arbitrations and Collective Bargaining. Litigated Cases: Workforce Reductions; Discrimination; Employee Misconduct; Wage and Hour Disputes; Workplace Torts; Unfair Labor Practices. Defended: City of Pittsburgh, Litigation Arising from its Designation as a "Financially Distressed" Municipality; Connection with a Federal Court Consent Decree Requiring Reforms to the City's Police Operations. Handled, Constitutional Litigation for the City and Civil Service Proceedings. Authored, Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy Governing the City's workforce of 3,500 Employees. Trained Managers and Supervisors: Fair Employment Practices; Oversaw Internal Investigations of Employee Complaints.
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Born
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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ISLN
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900401662
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