Jack Hughes joined Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as an associate attorney in 1996. Since then he has worked in all aspects of the firm's labor and employment law practice.
Jack has been involved in public-sector employment law trial and appellate court litigation on behalf of a number of cities, with several published decisions to his credit including Robison v. City of Manteca 78 Cal.App.4th 452, 92 Cal.Rptr.2d 748, City of Palo Alto v. Service Employees International Union 77 Cal.App.4th 327, 91 Cal.Rptr.2d 500, and Smith v. City of Napa 120 Cal.App.4th 194, 14 Cal.Rptr.3d 908.
Jack has served as labor negotiator for city, county and special district clients, and has represented charter cities in labor negotiation impasse interest arbitration proceedings. He has successfully negotiated Memoranda of Understanding involving police officers, sheriff deputies, correctional officers, probation officers, firefighters, supervisory staff, clerical staff, maintenance employees and other blue-collar professions, in-home support service employees and most other public sector classifications.
Jack is also one of the experienced presenters in the firm's renowned management and supervisory training programs. Jack has conducted hundreds of training seminars for municipal, county, special district and federal agencies. Jack specializes in training on protected status discrimination/harassment/retaliation, supervisor skills, labor relations/negotiations, leave laws, disability laws, workplace violence, free speech, disciplinary procedures, grievance procedures and effective performance evaluations among others.