Brett Huckell Named Deputy to the Assistant General Counsel in the Division of Operations-Management

Today, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo announced the selection of Brett Huckell as Deputy to the Assistant General Counsel in the Agency’s Division of Operations-Management. In his new role, he will assist Operations in managing the Agency’s 48 field offices across 26 Regions and will provide programmatic support for national enforcement and administration of the National Labor Relations Act.

Mr. Huckell earned his undergraduate degree from Washington State University in 2004, graduating summa cum laude, and his master’s degree from the University of Minnesota in 2006. He began his career at the NLRB in 2005 as a Co-op Field Examiner in the Agency’s Overland Park, Kansas, subregional office (then Region 17, now Region 14), and, upon graduation, was hired as a Field Examiner in the Tulsa Resident Office. He was promoted to Compliance Officer in 2009 and Supervisory Compliance Officer in 2020. In 2022, Mr. Huckell became a Supervisory Field Examiner in Region 14.