Aaron Karsh Named Assistant General Counsel in NLRB Division of Operations-Management

Aaron Karsh Named Assistant General Counsel in NLRB Division of Operations-Management
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. announced the appointment of career attorney Aaron Karsh as Assistant General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management of the Office of the General Counsel in Washington.
In his new position, Mr. Karsh will assist the General Counsel in managing the 26 Regional Offices of the NLRB and provide programmatic support for the national enforcement and administration of the National Labor Relations Act.  Prior to his promotion, Mr. Karsh served as a Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management working in District 3 which currently covers 8 Regional Offices.
A native of Champaign, Illinois, Mr. Karsh earned a bachelor’s degree from The University of Illinois in 1983 and a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1987.  Later that year, Mr. Karsh joined the NLRB as a staff attorney in the Office of Appeals in Washington, and subsequently served as a field attorney in the NLRB’s Chicago Regional Office. In 1993, he returned to Washington and joined the Division of Advice, where he moved up the ranks to become briefing supervisor in the Injunction Litigation Branch and Deputy Branch Chief of the Regional Advice Branch. In 2010, Mr. Karsh joined the Division of Operations-Management as Deputy Assistant General Counsel, where he served prior to this promotion.
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employee rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative.  The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions.
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