About NLRB

Lauren McFerran served as a Member of the NLRB from December 17, 2014, until December 16, 2019. On July 29, 2020, the Senate confirmed her renomination as a Board Member for a term expiring on December 16, 2024.

On January 20, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden named Ms. McFerran Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, and she served as Chairman until December 16, 2024.

Judge Tracy was appointed in September of 2014. She was a judge with the Social Security Administration for 3 years, most recently as the hearing office chief judge in San Rafael, California. Before her appointment as a judge, she spent 6 years litigating and handling employment law matters and presenting cases in Federal courts as an attorney and supervisory attorney for the General Counsel of the Social Security Administration. Earlier, she spent 4 years as an attorney litigating unfair labor practice and related cases with the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Judge Muhl was appointed in September of 2014. Previously, he served as an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration in 2013-14.  Before that, he spent more than 11 years as a trial attorney with the Board’s Chicago regional office, where he handled some of the region’s more significant cases.  He also was employed in the private practice of law in Chicago and as an economist with the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC.  Judge Muhl received his B.A. degree from Washington University in St. Louis (1991) and his J.D.

Judge Locke was appointed in January of 1997. He previously served for 11 years as a field attorney, trial specialist, and supervisory attorney in the Board's St. Louis Regional Office.  He also spent 3 years as a senior associate with the law firm of King & Ballow, representing employers in labor relations matters.  He received his B.J. degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, his J.D. from Wayne State University, and his L.L.M. from George Washington University. He was an SSA judge for 5 years before transferring to the NLRB. 

Judge Sandron was appointed in September of 2002. He previously served as both an  SSA judge in Evansville, Indiana (2001 – 2002) and an Immigration Judge in Miami, Florida (1990–2001).  Before that he was a senior trial attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Arlington, Virginia (1989–1990) and for the FLRA in Washington, D.C. (1984–1988).

Judge Dawson was appointed in April of 2013.